seanseamour on November 01 2008 | Filed under: EEStor
The log awaited paradigm change in energy storage may well be around the corner as Eestor’s ESU readies for market entry the nature of this paradigm change is now illustrated in comparative charts
seanseamour on April 23 2008 | Filed under: Fuel Cells
Reviewing the presentation abstracts of the Small Fuel Cells 2008 Portable & Micro Fuel Cells For Commercial & Military Applications we though interesting to single out four of these that appear of interest from a topical perspective, notably in the search of fuel cell / battery synergies. Starting with EnerFuel, sister subsidiary of Ener1 Inc’s [...]
seanseamour on April 18 2008 | Filed under: Johnson Controls - Saft
We noted some months ago Maxwell Technologies collaborating with China’s leading Li-ion Tianjin Lishen Battery to combine the strengths of a double layer capacitor with a Li-ion battery. Now Market and technology leaders in battery technology Johnson Controls (Optima, Varta, etc) and SAFT (high end defense and space applications), after winning the Daimler hybrid supply [...]
seanseamour on April 15 2008 | Filed under: EEStor
Hardly a week goes by without some hopeful news about EEStors emergence from secrecy. I invite you to read the [press release] http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=837653 of ZENN Motor Company’s Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders (published by Marketwire)with encouraging data regarding the availability and performance of the EEStor Ultracapacitor technology — still holding our breath just imagine [...]
seanseamour on March 18 2008 | Filed under: Oorja Protonics
Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DFMC) that claim to be ten to a hundred times more powerful than the existant! No, it doesn’t appear to be blue sky, this would be the fifth generation developed and deployed with industrial end users since 2005 as a self contained retrofits for material handling vehicles like pallet loaders, tuggers, [...]
seanseamour on March 12 2008 | Filed under: EEStor
After the January announcement of the marketing agreement with Lockheed Martin, news bits from Zenn announcing a performance upgrade for their electric vehicles, Forbes actually published a picture of the long awaited “arlesienne” Perhaps more interesting yet is the performances announced in the Forbes articleby Melanie Linder “EEStor says it solved that problem using a [...]
seanseamour on March 09 2008 | Filed under: Violet Fuel Stick
VioletTM Fuel Cell StickTM claims they have overcome the most significant obstacles to fuel cells while increasing output by almost an order of magnitude “‘We believe that this is the highest density, scalable fuel cell in the world, and we are confident that we can quickly go much higher” said co-founder of VioletTM Fuel Cell [...]
seanseamour on January 29 2008 | Filed under: State of the Art
Here is the schema of the recently released Steyr Hybid Propulsion system, the data below is taken from their brochure. It is strangly similar to the Hyperion system we will be presenting shortly. “This is our integrated flywheel generator (IFG) was developed in collaboration with the Universities of Ljubljana and Vienna and ISKRA Avtoelektrika d.d. [...]
seanseamour on January 09 2008 | Filed under: A123
We have hesitated until now to publish data regarding A123 as their Iron Phosphate technology appeared close to other companies I had already published, although summarily. What strikes me today is the link to the Stanford University nanostructure breakthrough that has demonstrated the ability to multiply by ten the storage capability of Li-ion cells (see [...]
seanseamour on January 07 2008 | Filed under: Enerdel Li-ion, Li-Ion automotive batteries in 2008
Ener1 chairman says lithium-ion batteries coming to market in 2008 “Our batteries have already been tested by the United States Advanced Battery Consortium, which is General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. We are the only battery company today using this Lithium-ion technology, which has met or exceeded all of the Big Three’s requirements, especially and most [...]
seanseamour on January 04 2008 | Filed under: Getting a grip on Lithium-Ion, Next Generation Batteries
From the sailor – laymen’ perspective Lithium Ion batteries are a dream come true. If it all checks out we can multiply our load capacity in the same allotted space while maintaining our waterline; we can run that horrible diesel a fraction of what we are accustomed to reload our battery banks, and even aspire [...]
seanseamour on January 03 2008 | Filed under: Propulsion
Looking, let alone seeking to implement some of the new technologies available to equip our sailboats today requires a phenomenal culture change as there are some major paradigm shifts under way. Consider batteries that will be able to charge 90% of their capacity in less than five minutes, this in a weight-volume ratio to to [...]
seanseamour on January 03 2008 | Filed under: IdaTech iGen
IdaTech’s direct hydrogen-fueled ElectraGen™ family of backup power solutions is an economical alternative to traditional battery powered systems for markets such as telecommunications, utilities, public safety networks, and any application requiring high reliability and long lifetimes. IdaTech’s ElectraGen™ backup power systems are based on a modular and scalable design and are an ideal replacement for [...]
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The Greening of Sean Seamour III is a long term project designed to monitor and analyze new and emerging technologies important to bettering our environment and to help mariners and sailors who aspire to go green choose and implement the appropriate solutions. A Nauticat 33 is the test bed for maturing technologies sailing towards a future phase-out of fossil fuels. We invite you to join our crew of mariners from around the world who seek to make the sea a greener place to be.
