Using viruses to build the battery of the future? That's what some researchers at MIT appear to have been working on. Besides the intriguing virus angle, the article also serves to illustrate how much effort is being put into figuring out how to make batteries store more energy per weight. Lots of creative thinking in energy storage out there right now, and lots of investors interested...
...And what more fun way to apply energy storage technology than in a souped-up electric-powered race car like the WrightSpeed. 170mpg (equivalent), but be honest, is that really why you want to take a test drive? I've seen the car in person (no test drive, alas), and it does look like fun...
Rob Day is a Partner with Black Coral Capital, based in Boston. He has been a cleantech private equity investor since 2004, and acts or has served as a Director, Observer and advisory board member to multiple companies in the energy tech and related sectors. Rob was a co-founder of the Renewable Energy Business Network (www.rebn.org), a non-profit organization which was acquired in 2009 by the Clean Economy Network. The views expressed on this blog are those of Rob, not necessarily the views of any of his colleagues and affiliated organizations. Contact Rob at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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