Yoshihito Kawamura, professor at the Kumamoto University Graduate School of Science and Technology developed the strongest ultralight magnesium alloy ,of which weight is 2/3 of 7075 aluminium alloy. (Related article)
On the other hand, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) developed a new rolling process for commercial magnesium alloy sheets with high room-temperature formability. (Press Release)
This means that a conventional press-forming machine without heating equipment can be used to press the new magnesium alloy sheets and that significant cost reduction and enhanced productivity can be expected.
Greentech Media said:
The Department of Energy announced $106M today in funding for 37 experimental projects that could radically change the ways that we think of “alternative energy.”
One of these projects is an inexpensive, rechargeable magnesium-ion battery for electric and hybrid-electric vehicle.
Pellion Technologies, Inc. – $3.2M – the project will develop an inexpensive, rechargeable magnesium-ion battery for electric and hybrid-electric vehicle applications. Computational methods and accelerated chemical synthesis will be used to develop new materials and chemistries.
WIRED VISION introduces “Magnesium battery” developed by TSC and SAITEC. (This article is written in Japanese)
TSC and SAITEC is developping primary battery “magnesium-air battery” and “magnesium-water battery”, secondary battery “magnesium-metal battery”.
On March 16th, NHK Business Front Line (BS1 23:40-24:00) broadcasts “Possibility of magnesium fuel” in their program.
Rendering of desalination plant
Pegasos Electra developed “Pegasus desalination device” which uses
solar heat by a new method, as we mentioned in the article “A new
seawater-desalination technology which uses solar energy”.
Pegasos Electra is proposing a desalination plant for oversea clients.
The following photo is a redering of a desalination plant which
provides fresh water of 100 cubic meters/day. It consists of 10 units
of Pegasus desalination devices.
The plant draws water from the sea or a lake and warms up to 80-90 °C,
and makes it to distillated water. (We have to add some mineral to it
for agricultural water or drinkable water.)
Pegasus desalination plant works with solar-heat and consumes no electricity.
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