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Superconducting Generators Increase Wind Power Plant Efficiency

Leigh Hutchens — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 05:43:39 +0000

Experts believe that wind power will be the key in the quest for alternative energy solutions. After years of research, scientists have determined that adding superconductors to generators will increase the performance and generate 10 megawatts while also reducing the weight and size of the generator. Superconducting generators also use a fraction of the globes’ […]

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German Researchers Dramatically Improve Electrolyte Filling Time in Batteries, Reduce Costs

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:17:12 +0000

A discovery made by researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) can eventually make lithium ion batteries cheaper by improving a key process that currently takes a lot of time to complete: filling the batteries with liquid electrolyte. The porous electrodes inside modern rechargeable batteries have to be properly filled with liquid electrolyte. Actually, […]

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