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Ultracapacitors Ensure Safe, Efficient, Low-Maintenance Wind Turbine Operation Ultracapacitors Ensure Safe, Efficient, Low-Maintenance Wind Turbine Operation

Today’s megawatt class wind turbines are three-bladed, variable speed turbines. Each rotor blade is adjusted and controlled by an independent electro-mechanical pitch control mechanism located in the rotor or in the blade itself. The turbine has an electronic controller that constantly... [Read more]


Ultracapacitors could assist GM’s eAssist hybrid auto system Ultracapacitors could assist GM’s eAssist hybrid auto system

We read with interest General Motors’ recent announcement that it is introducing a fuel-saving technology it calls “eAssist” as standard equipment on some of its auto platforms, beginning with the 2012 model year. The system uses an electric motor powered by a lithium-ion battery... [Read more]


Stop-Start Autos: A Simple Premise Stop-Start Autos: A Simple Premise

In my last post, I observed that in automotive design, as with so many things in life, the simplest answer is often the best answer. The question at hand was how best to make cars greener and more economical to operate. My answer is what the industry calls “stop-start idle elimination.” In... [Read more]


Stop-Start:  K-I-S-S for Greener Cars Stop-Start: K-I-S-S for Greener Cars

You’ve heard it over and over, from the lips of football coaches, management gurus and countless others – Keep it simple stupid, or K-I-S-S.  According to Wikipedia, “The KISS principle states that simplicity should be a key goal in design and that unnecessary complexity should... [Read more]


Ultracapacitors support fuel-saving stop-start system Ultracapacitors support fuel-saving stop-start system

Responding to the European Union’s CO2 emission reduction legislation and US CAFE fuel economy targets, major automakers around the world are aggressively implementing “stop-start” idle elimination systems across their main product lines.  In fact, Industry sources forecast... [Read more]


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