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Tom Breunig

Berkeley
As seen in: LinkedIn, MDPI, EEWeb
Covers:  Innovative cleantech and business models, usually at the R&D level or early stage implementation.
Doesn't Cover: Policy, personnel announcements, earnings and minor incremental advances in technology.
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3PLW Digests Food Waste for Cost-Effective Bioplastic

3PLW Digests Food Waste for Cost-Effective Bioplastic

www.cleantechconcepts.com — As the world's population grows to 8.5 billion by 2030 and urban centers become denser, processing waste is going to be one of our largest environmental challenges. In particular, plastics threaten our ecosystems. Plastics only break down into microparticles that are often taken for food sources by wildlife, especially in the oceans.
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Playing Ball Creates High-Capacity, True Lithium Battery

Playing Ball Creates High-Capacity, True Lithium Battery

www.cleantechconcepts.com — Lithium ion batteries have become the go-to energy storage medium for everything from EVs to renewable energy reservoirs at the substation level. While flow batteries and other devices are being developed and are on the horizon, none have the cost effectiveness of current Li-ion storage solutions.
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Revised Recipe for Redox Doubles Effectiveness

Revised Recipe for Redox Doubles Effectiveness

www.cleantechconcepts.com — Over the years we have have sought to educate the industry about the virtues of redox flow batteries as a grid-scale storage solution. We are seeing more pilots of the technology in large volumes by such companies as UET, which has vanadium-based battery installations in the US Northwest and in China.
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First 100% Solar Train Shines in Australia

First 100% Solar Train Shines in Australia

www.cleantechconcepts.com — Chalk this one up to the accelerated growth of efficient solar technology. In Australia, a railroad company has restored a derelict heritage train to run completely on solar, repaired three kilometres of railway line and a bridge and reinvigorated and consequently preserved a section of an out-of-action rail corridor.
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"WaveSax" Jazzes Italian Coastal Energy Prospects

"WaveSax" Jazzes Italian Coastal Energy Prospects

www.cleantechconcepts.com — With 7,500 kilometers of coastline, Italy stands to gain from any widespread deployment of wave energy. However, the coastline is often rugged, making it difficult to set up larger tidal tanks and sea-bottom infrastructure with cabling to the shore.
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New Catalyst May Slash Fuel Cell Cost

New Catalyst May Slash Fuel Cell Cost

www.cleantechconcepts.com — While fuel cells have the potential to power many different kinds of vehicles and devices, widespread use has been limited by a number of factors. Besides refueling infrastructure concerns, a primary challenge is cost. That's because a key component of the most common fuel cells is a catalyst made from the precious metal platinum.
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"Brewing" Municipal Waste for New Product Materials

"Brewing" Municipal Waste for New Product Materials

www.cleantechconcepts.com — Fermentation is the new fad for many foodies, prompting a boom in homemade beers, sauerkrauts, kimchi, and all the accompanying accessories. And now, fermentation may be a key to dealing with municipal solid waste, by converting it to a highly useful materials stream for new products.
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Hybrid Tugs To Push Energy Savings into Brazil Harbors

Hybrid Tugs To Push Energy Savings into Brazil Harbors

www.cleantechconcepts.com — When it comes to the environmental costs of transporting manufactured and agricultural goods we typically think of the fuel expended by large freighters. One associated cost that is less visible to us is the costs of guiding and maneuvering the vessel into the harbor and the assigned berth by a tugboat.
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Big Data, Big Gains for Renewable Energy

Big Data, Big Gains for Renewable Energy

www.cleantechconcepts.com — Renewable energy is on a fast track that may get even faster. The advent of networked sensor systems and the much touted "Internet of Things" (IoT) has brought about the ability to collect and analyze vast amounts of data. Several firms are already aiming to use "big data" to revolutionize the energy industry.
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Are Lithium Ion Batteries a Gamble?

Are Lithium Ion Batteries a Gamble?

www.cleantechconcepts.com — Lithium-ion batteries have brought us a long way, and with the introduction of Tesla 's electric vehicles and its home energy storage products, lithium-ion is on its way to becoming the perceived default technology for any kind of energy storage.
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Speeding Energy Storage to the Grid: Going Slow to Go Fast

Speeding Energy Storage to the Grid: Going Slow to Go Fast

www.cleantechconcepts.com — Flow batteries seem to be the best solution to fill the short-term energy storage gap at grid scale, but despite a prodigious amount of development, the industry as a whole still lacks the in-depth understanding and the full data sets required to effectively make reliable decisions about deployment.
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Cleantech Forum Diary Day One: A Fighting Stance

Cleantech Forum Diary Day One: A Fighting Stance

www.cleantechconcepts.com — SAN FRANCISCO, January 24, 2017 - It's not often that you walk into a business conference where the excitement is palpable, especially in the wake of an inauguration seen as an unmitigated disaster by most of the major players in that industry.
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Cleantech Forum Diary Day One: A Fighting Stance

Cleantech Forum Diary Day One: A Fighting Stance

www.cleantechconcepts.com — SAN FRANCISCO, January 24, 2017 - It's not often that you walk into a business conference where the excitement is palpable, especially in the wake of an inauguration seen as an unmitigated disaster by most of the major players in that industry.
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Plug and Play Summit: Building Energy

Plug and Play Summit: Building Energy

www.cleantechconcepts.com — If you're looking for the next wave of energy technology that's just over the horizon, you don't have to go much farther than Plug and Play's Summer Summit, which took place this week. While accelerators are sprouting like spring leaves, the Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale is one of the venerable grandparents of the industry.
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