⚡️ Energy
Energy production and consumption is becoming cleaner, cheaper and decentralized. With connected devices you as a consumer can take control of your energy consumption. Here you will also find content about batteries, smart grids, nuclear and other innovation in the energy field.
💡 Optimist’s Edge: Electricity too cheap to meter
💡 With storage and the ability to share energy you can get all the electricity you need for a low flat fee, creating a new society.
☀ 90 percent of all new electricity will be renewable
The war in Ukraine and increased awareness of the climate crisis means that the expansion of renewable electricity will break records in the coming years.
⚡ Nuclear fusion breakthrough: More energy out than in
For the first time in history, scientists have managed to produce more energy from nuclear fusion than what was required for the lasers to drive it.
☀️ New insight leads to better organic solar cells
A new method to describe energy loss in organic solar cells provides new insight that paves the way for more efficient devices.
☀️ Floating solar farm track sun's rays to absorb more energy
A new floating solar farm developed by a Portuguese company tracks the sun’s rays in order to absorb more energy.
🔋 New path towards better rechargeable batteries
A previously unknown process shows the way to better performance in rechargeable batteries.
🔋 Batteries last 50 percent longer with new material
A new material might make it possible to not have to replace fixed batteries as often as is currently needed.
♻️ Wind turbines can soon capture CO2 and generate renewable energy at the same time
Soon, wind turbines could be able to both provide the world with clean energy and at the same time capture carbon dioxide from the air and use it to produce materials like for example concrete.
♻️ Sludge from sewers can keep the light on
New method can effectively make biogas from sludge in wastewater. Reduced costs mean that the method kills two birds with one stone.