Using tin can increase the energy storage capacity of a battery cell by nearly three times, he said.

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By the end of 2010, worldwide cell processing capacity reached approximately 30 gigawatts, a growth rate exceeding 50% over the prior year.

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The Japanese firm is pinning its hopes on the processing power and storage capacity of its new console, which will include a revolutionary processing unit based on the new Cell chip, developed with IBM and Toshiba.

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Thanks to such advances, the cost of a fuel cell has already fallen from the stratosphere to only a few thousand dollars per kilowatt of generating capacity.

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