⚡️ 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.
⚡️ India is building a gigantic hybrid renewable energy park
India is starting to build what will be the world's largest hybrid renewable energy park. The park will be 72,600 hectares (180,000 acres), which is roughly the size of Singapore.
🌬️ A couple of hundred wind turbines outside Doggers Banks will supply electricity to over four million English households
A couple of years ago, General Electric introduced the Haliade-X wind turbine - the most efficient wind turbine to date. A test facility in the port of Rotterdam has paved the way for deliveries of hundreds of wind turbines.
🏭 Toxic ash from waste incineration is transformed into precious metals
By washing toxic fly ash with acid, 90 percent of the ash can be reused, among other things by extracting zinc and other metals.
🔋 The price of batteries for electric vehicles has fallen by 88 percent in ten years
Lithium-ion batteries have fallen sharply in price over the past decade, and in three years' time they may be so cheap that electric cars do not cost more to make than petrol and diesel cars.
☀️ Solar electricity has become 89% cheaper since 2009
Over the past decade, solar electricity has become 89% cheaper. The fossil fuel industry’s argument that renewable energy is too expensive isn’t worth much today. Especially when coal’s price basically has stayed the same.
🌊 Large-scale energy production from tides is getting closer
Renewable energy production is growing strongly in wind and solar. The expansion is taking place at an ever-increasing pace, but alongside them, other technologies are also growing.
❄ The freezers in the grocery store can act as a battery in smart grids
By holding back on cooling during power peaks, coolers in stores could draw less electricity when needed elsewhere and then increase cooling again.
🔋 The battery that can store solar energy for several months
A new material can store sunlight as potential energy for several months and then emit the energy as heat.
🌊 The EU is taking action to strengthen energy production at sea
The EU is now presenting a strategy for increased offshore energy production. The goal is primarily an extensive expansion of offshore wind power, but technologies such as wave power and liquid solar energy will also be promoted.