ULTRACAPACITORS?? Could This Be The Breakthrough To “New Energy Economy”??
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– The ultracapacitor and fuel cell battery growth forecast may also be low, given potential technology/performance breakthroughs in the next few years. I believe that ultracapacitors will prove to be one of the essential engines of the new energy 
economy. Dependent on the performance of their materials, they store and release more energy faster than conventional batteries, and they have an almost limitless cycle life.
– Growth in renewable energy, like solar and wind power , will drive additional demand for storage capacity, especially with increased smart grid electricity deployment all over the world.
– Very few storage technologies have actually reached the scalable commercial deployment phase, so we’re not fully aware of the portfolio of possibilities — and the market isn’t feeling the true impact of these innovations yet. Several companies produce lithium-ion batteries, for example, but utilities have only begun to experiment with them for balancing loads or storing power. And General Electric (GE) just jumped into the market for sodium batteries, computer-sized batteries that can store large amounts of power at wind farms.
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Andrew
admin @ July 17, 2009