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Solar Links + Fuel Cells + Cell Phone Relays + Cabling + Flywheels + Geothermal + Microturbines + Superconductors

 

 

Solar 

 

GE Solar  Formerly AstroPower, The largest US solar company.

 

BP Solar The Solar arm of British Petroleum, a genuinely forward-thinking oil company, that not only "gets it", is actively working towards hydrogen/solar as fuel sources, and away for oil.

 

Institute for Solar Living  Non-profit affiliated with Real Goods

  

 

Fuel Cells

 

Fuel cells produce electricity from hydrogen, with no moving parts and no pollution. Several car manufacturers expect to have fuel cells cars within three years.  This technology is going mainstream fast...

 

Manufacturers. All of whom have serious deep-pocket investors, like Ford, Intel, DaimlerChrysler, Texaco, GE.

 

Ballard Power  Has an excellent Java animation of how fuel cells work.

 

Plug Power

 

Fuel Cell Energy

 

Energy Conversion Devices

 

The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Investor  Aimed at investors, with lots of links, news, and general info. Useful even if you aren't an investor.
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Superconductors

Two main uses. The first use is in cell phone relays - fewer drop outs, stronger signals.  The second use is cabling that allows electricity to flow with no resistance. 

 

Cell Phone Relays

 

Superconductor Technologies   

 

Conductus 

 

Cabling

 

American Superconductor

 

Intermagnetics

 

Superconductors.Org  Excellent tutorials and links.

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Flywheels

An excellent way to store kinetic energy, to be converted into electricity when needed.

 

Beacon Power

 

Geothermal  

 

 

Widely used in Iceland, and somewhat in California.

 

Geothermal Resource Clearing House  

 

Geothermal Resources Council

 

 

Microturbines

Another way to generate clean electricity.

 

Capstone  Manufactures microturbines that generate electricity using methane from landfills.  Their turbines are also power test buses in many cities.
 

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