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The Brits had large plans for tidal power, but something put the kibosh on them and last I heard those plans were cancelled. I don't know why. The Bay of Funday, as you suggest, has always seemed a natural. Have you heard anything about the success of the New York project?
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I only occasionally see something on the news, and now that I have gone to learn more I find I might have been wrong about the Hudson since I do not see anything on that. What I did find was on the East River----which is not really a river, rather it is a link between western Long Island Sound and the ocean. As such it has relatively high currents induced by tidal change.
I did take a few minutes to see what I could find and I have to say at this point this technology remains a "potential" contributor.
Below are three links, two on the Manhattan project (pun intended) and the third on a project in the Bay of Fundy:
Hydrokinetic power from NY State.
The East River Project.
The Bay of Funday
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I'll throw this one on the pile and see if it turns up later — something from the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies called the Fraunhofer Battery, oddly enough.
http://newatlas.com/battery-stacking...ic-cars/49324/
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Reports of longevity-capacity innovation for the devilish anode side of batteries promising to replace graphite with silicon —
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/20/1...y-polyrotaxane
Problem: expensive production costs for now.
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Man's scientific progress is unrelenting---and exciting
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Just wish it were quicker with batteries...Originally Posted by Dave Grubb
Man's scientific progress is unrelenting---and exciting
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Graphene -- again —
https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile...ene-ball-news/
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Tiny crumpled graphene balls coated with lithium offer promise for new battery technology —
https://newatlas.com/crumpled-graphe...tteries/53047/
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Very interesting---thank you
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
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One of these days - I hope soon - one or more of these technologies are going to hit with something dense, light & cheap and we will have the batteries we need. That is why I keep posting these projects, so when it happens, I can say I told you so.
My philosophy: If you can’t do it, take credit for it.
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It isn't a matter of if, only of when----but I beleive that will not come as a "revelation" but rather a progression. I would also expect that once viable commercialization takes hold as part of the power grid the advances will speed up.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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Joe, this one is close enough to your 'hood to allow you to indulge in some nostalgia, and put your money where your mouth is all with one rather substantial check......Ben
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Flat out exciting!
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
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OK, this one is not a battery, but in many ways is more exciting. It is a fluid that directly absorbs sunlight, which changes its chemical composition thereby storing the energy long-term and can give back that energy in the form of heat when passed back through a catalyst. Apparently, the system is in its redimentary stages, but there is great promise. No mention of costs in the article though.
https://www.sciencealert.com/scienti...p-sun-s-energy
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Aluminum-air Batteries
https://www.techspot.com/news/77357-...ive-times.html
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