As high power density devices, fuel cells can convert chemical energy
directly into electric power very efficiently and environmentally friendly.
In anticipation of a future society which will make ever greater use of a variety of renewable energy sources, Mazda has a long history of research and development
into electric powered vehicles.
Brake Energy Regeneration converts some of the vehicle's kinetic
energy into electric power for the on - board network whenever the driver lifts off the accelerator or applies the brakes.
«Converting waste
heat into electric power, for example, using vehicle exhaust, is a near - term «green» application of such materials.»
While a tandem - structure transparent organic photovoltaic (TOPV) device developed at UCLA in 2012 converts about 4 percent of the energy it receives from the
sun into electric power (its «conversion rate»), the new tandem device — which uses a combination of transparent and semi-transparent cells — achieves a conversion rate of 7.3 percent.
According to Colsmann, another field of application is the integration of solar cells into buildings: Since the glass facades of high - rise buildings must often be shaded, it is an obvious option to use organic solar modules for transforming the absorbed
light into electric power.
From a safety perspective, all 2013 GL - Classes are fitted with ABS and stability control, a collision warning system, and a new crosswind stabilization function
incorporated into the electric power steering system.
The exhaust system contains a Thermo - Electric Generator, which converts thermal energy in the tailpipe
emissions into electric power to feed back into the car.
A possible solution for these water and power problems can be found in The Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the Power of the Oceans, by Elizabeth Rusch, which follows a team of engineers who are working together to transform the force of ocean
waves into electric power.
The electric currents driven by the coupling of the solar wind and the interplanetary magnetic field with the geomagnetic field — which during the 19th century flowed through telegraph wires — can now find their
way into electric power transmission lines with potentially devastating consequences.
But for the U.S. primary energy fossil fuel
input into the electric power sector in 2010, it seems to be about 0.39933 W / (kg CO2 / yr)(1.4632 W / (kg C / yr)-RRB-.
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a fabric that converts kinetic
energy into electric power, in cooperation with the Swedish School of Textiles in Borås and the research institute Swerea IVF.