hydraulic storage Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:35:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Hydraulic Regenerative Braking Saving 52.7% Fuel in BMW 530i https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydraulic-regenerative-braking-saving-527-fuel-in-bmw-530i-20090226/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydraulic-regenerative-braking-saving-527-fuel-in-bmw-530i-20090226/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:35:27 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=2724 Who said a car has to be electric to be called a "hybrid"? Artemis Intelligent Power has converted a BMW 530i to mechanically capture the energy resulted from braking (aka "regenerative braking"), and use it in an electrically-hybridized car fashion.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydraulic-regenerative-braking-saving-527-fuel-in-bmw-530i-20090226/feed/ 7 2724 Hydraulically Stored Wind Power Increases Efficiency Dramatically https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydraulic-storage-wind-power-high-efficiency-20080909/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydraulic-storage-wind-power-high-efficiency-20080909/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:11:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=822 A blog whose articles I read daily, cleanbreak.ca, has published some news about a company from Alberta, Canada (Lancaster Wind Systems) that wants to bring an innovation to the classic and old wind turbines. The company itself hasn't described the exact method by which they are going to improve the efficiency of the wind turbine, but the main idea is that they're going to store a few hours of energy in a hydraulic system, so when the wind doesn't blow, you'll still have energy, converted at a higher rate.

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