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Organic Algae Batteries A Match For Lithium

Posted on 14. Sep, 2009 by Ross.

Thought that algae-based biofuels were all that algae was good for? (As if that wasn’t enough!)
Thought that Bolivia was to become the cleantech equivalent of Saudi Arabia, with their vast lithium reserves?
Well, a team of Swedish researchers at Uppsala University has harnessed a particularly despised species of algae to produce a lightweight organic battery which, [...]

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New Battery Technologies In A Spin

Posted on 13. Mar, 2009 by Ross.

This week saw a deluge of press releases regarding innovations in lithium battery technology, a massively important cornerstone in the new drive towards electrical car technology. Hybrid cars, purely electrical vehicles and fuel cell cars all require batteries to help store energy which is then ploughed back into the electric motors, and lithium batteries are [...]

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