New US Technology Promises To Save Electricity
Thursday, February 24th, 2011 - VOA
A new U.S. company backed by Internet giant Google says it has developed a way to make many electrical devices from cell phones to hybrid cars more energy efficient.
Transphorm, Incorporated announced Wednesday its new technology could save electricity in the process of converting it from alternating current — which is how it travels through electric lines — to direct current — which is used by many popular devices.
The technology company said its new system would save as much as 90 percent of the energy now wasted in the conversion process. Calculated across the entire U.S., company officials say the invention could save enough electricity to power the entire U.S. West Coast.
They said the system could be integrated into any device, and make solar panels more efficient.
You can measure energy being wasted by, for example, feeling how warm a cell phone charger gets when plugged into a wall outlet. That heat which represents wasted energy, started out as alternating current.
The company said it would unveil its first products next month.
New US Technology Promises To Save Electricity
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