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Articles tagged with: Fuel Cells
New power source for portable electronic devices
Microfluidic fuel cells could provide the necessary energy to provide continuous power to remote sensors, mobile phones and laptops, according to a University of Southampton student, who will graduate on Friday (17 July). more
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Alcatel-Lucent Opens Alternative Energy Lab for Telecoms Infrastructure
Alcatel-Lucent has announced the operational launch of an alternative energy laboratory and pilot site dedicated to the telecoms sector. Located on its Bell Labs research site in Villarceaux, France, this station forms part of an Alternative Energy strategic program launched by Alcatel-Lucent to respond to the growing demand from wireless operators for energy-autonomous and green wireless networking equipment that can provide communications capabilities even in remote areas with no access to commercial power grids. more
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Sprint Nextel to Expand Hydrogen Fuel Cell Deployment
US network operator, Sprint says that it is the only wireless carrier to be awarded a grant, worth $7.3 million, from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding earmarked for fuel cell technology. This is the largest single grant awarded by the Department of Energy for this round of grant funding, which totaled $41.9 million. The grant funding will be used to expand Sprint's hydrogen fuel cell program at cell sites throughout the United States - creating 72 hours of additional network resiliency. more
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335,000 Cellular Base Stations to Include Solar Power by 2013
As mobile network expansion moves ostensibly to emerging markets where solar energy levels are more favorable, solar power appears ready to play an important role in reducing the costs of cellular service delivery and ensuring a more reliable power supply. The OEMsÃ' drive toward reducing base station power consumption, along with improvements in photovoltaic cells, have meant that solar energy is now a very viable solution for powering cellular base stations. more
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Mobile Network Energy OPEX to Rise Dramatically to $22 Billion in 2013
Over the next few years the growing cost of bulk diesel fuel, coupled with wholesale electricity price increases, are likely to offset significant gains in cellular base station power efficiency. This will result in a collective network OPEX of $22 billion in 2013, according to a new study from ABI Research. Starting in 2012, however, the benefits of power consumption and efficiency advancements should start to rein in the spiraling operating expenditures. more
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MIT creates new material for fuel cells
MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much broader market, particularly in portable electronics. more
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Surrey research group wins grant to develop new low-cost fuel cells
An energy materials research group in alkaline polymer fuel cells lead by Dr John Varcoe at the University of Surrey has been awarded £292,000 by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to develop new low-temperature fuel cells which could lower the cost and increase the operation times of batteries used in everyday gadgets such as mobile phones and laptops. The EPSRC award to Surrey forms part of a larger £1.4m award to four UK universities. more
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Tests Show a Motorola Phone Being Powered by Hydrogen
The Canadian firm, Angstrom Power says that it has successfully completed a six month trial running a Motorola mobile phone on a hydrogen based fuel cell. The replacement fuel cell was clipped to the phone as a direct replacement for the existing battery - and importantly, did not increase the overall size of the mobile phone. more
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Get Ready for Water-Powered Cell Phones
Samsung Electro-Mechanics has developed a micro-fuel cell and hydrogen generator that runs on water, writes the Chosun Ilbo. Oh Yong-soo, vice president of Samsung Electro-Mechanics' research centre, who said that when the handset is turned on, metal and water in the phone react to produce hydrogen gas. The gas is then supplied to the fuel cell where it reacts with oxygen in the air to generate power. more
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Lithium Batteries Dominate Cellphone Market
Strategy Analytics is forecasting slow worldwide battery market demand at an average of 4.7% per year until 2010 in a new report. The "Energy Gap" between cellular handset requirements and battery limitations determine what and how new services can be introduced in the mobile market. It is difficult to fulfill the energy demand that has been created by an insatiable wireless communication industry. more
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