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Compressed Air Runs Motorcycle for Up to 40 Minutes

Credit: Wildebeast1 via Flickr. Get on your bad motor scooter and ride. This motorcycle runs on compressed air, rather than polluting gas (like the one shown above). It’s been designed, conceptually, by two India scientists, and uses compressed air to turn a small air turbine, generating enough power to let a rider get wild for up to 40 minutes. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Smart Grid + Demand Response = Underrated Renewable Energy Storage?

Photo: Flickr , CC Shaping Demand to Match Supply Serious discussions about renewable energy usually end up being about energy storage too. Wind and solar power are both intermittent sources of electricity, so if we want to power a significant fraction of our power grids with them, we need a way to store power for windless and cloudy days. The most talked about candidates are batteries, molten salts, pumping water uphill, compressed air, etc. All of this has to do with supply, but what about demand? “Demand response” is very u… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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