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BMW has announced plans to sell all-electric versions of its popular Mini car in the U.S., starting from summer 2009.

Speaking on Tuesday, Mini USA Vice President, Jim McDowell, said that the company is still deciding whether to sell or lease the vehicles. He remained tight-lipped over exactly where in the country the cars will be available, and declined to comment on other aspects, such as range, power, charging time and price.

 
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Another possible method of charging electric cars is the quick change battery exchange routine where cars drive up to the battery station and remove a low battery by some mechanical means (heavy batteries) while a full charged battery is installed.

Another possible method of charging electric cars is the quick change battery exchange routine. A car with a low battery pulls into the battery charging station. The low battery is switched for a fully charged battery by some mechanical means.

A very simple way to see how this can work (only to illustrate it, not to dictate that this one way will be THE way) is to imagine a battery trailer towed behind an electric car.

Someone who needs to travel 2,000 miles in one trip can pick up a trailer (aerodynamic trailer) that is a battery on wheels. The outside of the trailer can even be made of solar panels to help in daytime electric generation. The trailer can also have a brake system that generates electricity during braking. The company U-Haul can begin to make these specialized trailers right now or have an order for them published to anyone wanting to invest in building them right now.


 

 

 

 

 
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Agassi’s plan, backed by Israel’s government, is to create a complete electric car “system” that will work much like a mobile-phone service “system,” only customers sign up for so many monthly miles, instead of minutes. Every subscriber will get a car, a battery and access to a national network of recharging outlets all across Israel — as well as garages that will swap your dead battery for a fresh one whenever needed.

 
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General Electric (GE) Energy announced on June 28 the official opening of their first wind turbine assembly plant in China. It is located in Shenyang and will produce 1.5 megawatt turbines. The first unit was completed in late March 2006 and the delivery of the first units is expected by July. "Our world-class wind turbine assembly facility in China builds on the success and experience of our wind factory in Salzbergen, Germany and adds to our ability to support growing customer demand in the renewable energy segment," said Victor Abate, vice president of renewable energy for GE Energy.


 



http://www.gepower.com/businesses/ge_wind_energy/en/index.htm

Are those products made with modern design features?

Here:

http://www.greenoptimistic.com/2008/03/31/jet-engine-like-wind-turbine-4-times-more-efficient/



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 http://gas2.org/2008/07/28/aptera-electric-car-closer-to-production-after-cash-infusion/

Aptera has received over 3,300 deposits from buyers eager to be among the first to drive this new vehicle. California residents can reserve a vehicle by placing a fully refundable $500 deposit on the Aptera website.

 
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The working models in his lab generate 50 kilowatts of electricity - enough to power six or seven houses. But these, Mills says, can be scaled to drive a large, electric power plant. The inventor claims this electricity will cost less than 2 cents per kilowatt-hour, which compares to a national average of 8.9 cents.

 
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Ultra-strong, high-temperature, high-performance permanent magnet compounds, such as Samarium Cobalt, are the mainstay materials for several industries that rely on high-performance motor and power generation applications, including the Department of Defense (DOD) and the automotive industry.
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 Once again boosting their reputation as a country intent on helping the environment, Spain has announced that they intend to put 1 million electric cars on their roads by 2014. This will be part of the Zapatero government’s plan to reduce their use of energy and increase the countries overall energy efficiency.
 

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Utah's Solar Fired Furnace to Power California for Less Than the Cost of Coal or Gas

 
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 And the fourth-generation fuels?
We're using a unique type of algae that we've genetically engineered to turn sunlight and CO2 into C8 and C10 and larger lipids. The people that initially grew algae viewed it as farming—you know, you grow a bunch of algae and then you harvest it. But it's totally different if the algae are chemical factories. Ours continuously secrete these molecules, so we get constant production of something that can basically be used right away as biodiesel.

So they perform better than traditional biofuels—but will they actually be better for the environment?
Because we actually have to feed them concentrated CO2, we can take CO2 streams from power plants, cement plants and other places. People view CO2 as a contaminant—they want to bury it in the ground or pump it into wells to hide or sequester it. We want to take all that waste product and convert it into fuel.

If the smallest modular unit can produce more power (algae fuel) than the cost of production (purchasing power including the cost of construction and maintenance of the smallest modular unit) then anyone who can afford to invest in the smallest unit can farm their own motor fuel.

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Inspired by the photosynthesis performed by plants, Nocera and Matthew Kanan, a postdoctoral fellow in Nocera's lab, have developed an unprecedented process that will allow the sun's energy to be used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gases. Later, the oxygen and hydrogen may be recombined inside a fuel cell, creating carbon-free electricity to power your house or your electric car, day or night.

 
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A new milestone was reached recently in the race to make fuel from algae a conventional oil alternative: high-octane gasoline that is compatible with any gas-guzzling vehicle. The feat was performed by Sapphire Energy, a company that manufactures “green crude”. Sapphire uses single-cell algae to produce a chemical mixture that contains extractable fuel for cars and other transport vehicles. While the green crude is chemically identical to crude oil, it is completely

carbon neutral.

The algal energy doesn’t require the use of agricultural land and water, and it deliver 10 to 100 times more energy per acre than crop-based biofuels. The company hopes that their green crude will ultimately be injected into normal crude pipelines.


 

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Where have these guys been?

Better late than never?

 

 

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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today joined with State Treasurer Bill Lockyer and Tesla Motors representatives to announce Tesla's decision to locate its new manufacturing facility for its Model S, Tesla's second-generation vehicle, in California. As part of the state's ongoing commitment to clean technology, the Governor also announced a new program that waives the sales tax on investment in new manufacturing equipment for Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs). This program was developed in conjunction with the State Treasurer and the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority (CAEATFA).
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 Solazyme B100 Algae Biodiesel Goes on the Road
by Michael Graham Richard, Gatineau, Canada on 02.11.08

 

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The Solazyme process is reported to solve one of the major obstacles to industrial production of biodiesel from algae. Algae usually rely on photosynthesis for energy to consume CO2 and produce oils. Biodiesel can be harvested from the algae, which can be composed of up to 50% oily matter. But getting sunlight to the algae in industrial-scale processes is difficult. So how does Solazyme solve the problem?



By growing a special strain of algae in the dark.

 

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How much time does it take on average to pay off one solar panel and how much time does it take before the one solar panel wears out? 

Like this: 

It takes approximately one year of average electricity production at current prices for electricity to offset the price of one solar panel.  

One solar panel will continue producing about the same amount of electricity for 25 years total. 

Therefore: 

1/24 is the cost/benefit ratio. 

How about filling in the blank? 

One solar panel will produce enough electricity in BLANK A months, at current prices for electricity, to pay for on solar panel priced at currency prices and each solar panel will continue to generate at that rate or no less than 90 percent of that rate for BLANK B months total. 

If Blank A is 12 and Blank B is 300 then he cost/benefit ratio is 1/24 as 12 – 300 = 288 (benefit) and 12 is the cost or 12/288 = 1/24 

Please fill in the two blanks asked. 

 

Blank A = pay off time interval in months (average for U.S.A or California) 

Blank B = time interval between new and when the unit wears out (less than 90 percent production rate) assuming full production on average (no unusual or planned down time).

Joe 

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http://www.power-independence.com/view_topic.php?id=262&forum_id=4&jump_to=2841


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This produces large quantities of distilled water from seawater and is almost entirely driven by renewable energy. The structure is orientated perpendicular to the prevailing northeasterly wind to obtain a supply of ambient air. The flow rate is controlled by louvres on the leeward side, which also incorporates solar panels to provide heat for the evaporators. As well as serving as a visible engine of sustainability, this structure doubles as an auditorium.

 
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