Along the way, its mission to produce a commercially viable electric car attracted skepticism.
But a commercially viable solar-powered car, experts say, is still very far down the road.
Someday someone will find a way to store electric power for long periods, and someday someone may build a commercially viable electric car.
If this can be packaged into a commercially viable platform, it could instantly double the amount of information sent over existing networks, and on an even grander scale, it could allow airplanes to radio into control towers simultaneously (a feat that's shockingly impossible with today's physics bearing down).
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Sanyo cautioned that it would take time to get a good supply of methanol cartridges in place to make launching such a system commercially viable.
Reports have speculated that the photo service will include advertisements, as Twitter gears itself toward a more commercially viable business model and encroaches on areas formerly held by third-party developers.
"We remain encouraged by the new rules which have the potential for a team to be commercially viable and competitive on a far more realistic budget, " said Richards, who has expressed an interest in entering F1 in 2010.
Poseidon will probably make out well on this investment, but the risk associated with putting so much capital into a business that is not yet commercially viable means we won't see a building boom of desalination plants in California anytime soon.
By 2003, it should be clear whether the Malaren crater can yield a reliable, and commercially viable, supply.
Net pay refers to the thickness of a reservoir capable of producing commercially viable oil and gas.
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While DNA-based storage remains a long way from being commercially viable high cost is one major hurdle the scientific barriers are starting to fall.
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The time frames are long, and only a small portion of the research results in commercially viable products.
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State-owned Gazprom, though, is willing to finance a project even if it isn't commercially viable -- so long as it supports the Kremlin's strategic goals.
By building competitive, commercially viable financial institutions that provide a healthy return on capital and by taking bold risks and investing in innovative ways to expand financial services to the poor, Accion and our partners are spurring new opportunities and sustainable progress throughout the developing world, and helping to bring billions more into the global economy.
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The university carried out a review of the development plan and decided it was not commercially viable.
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"I've seen this before from other university research groups and there is a world of difference between nice results in the lab and commercially viable products, " Leggett said.
For the more practical and commercially viable end of the spectrum, Nair has designed a range of handbags: five styles with a minimal bourgeois elegance and luxurious handles and clasps.
It said the operation in Porth, which recycles computer equipment, was not commercially viable and did not have any realistic prospect of being sold as a going concern.
This means that, if and when they become commercially viable, they can be overlaid on traditional silicon cells to produce a device that converts a larger fraction of the incident sunlight into electricity.
There is some evidence of natural gas opportunities in the South, and known mineral reserves, but the former may not be commercially viable, and the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) has a done poor job of attracting investors to the latter.
It follows a two year campaign in Greenland where the company has so far failed to find any commercially viable deposits of oil.
"It is dubious whether it will ever be economically viable even if nuclear fusion works commercially or if helium-3 is a better option than other elements available on earth, " he told CNN.
Cinedigm is teaming up with the league and Turner Sports to showcase the 2009 All-Star Saturday Night in Live 3D HD to some 80 theaters across the US. Hailed as the "first-ever marketed and commercially viable (open for sale to public) live movie theater broadcast of a major sporting event, " the spectacle will be available on over 160 screens in 35 states.
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Great idea, that works well, they are a potential alternative to PCs, and some tablet applications, but Google has not invested to make the product commercially viable.
The findings of the economic consultancy, Oxera, were leaked this week (and the committee has some pretty definite ideas about whodunit) were that, under most scenarios, expected revenues from a new hub airport would be less than the likely costs of construction - so the development would not be commercially viable without substantial support from the taxpayer.
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