⚡️ 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.
☢️ A new generation of nuclear reactors is coming. They are safer - and tiny.
Most likely nuclear energy will be an essential part of decarbonizing the world’s electricity. But new plants are expensive and the technology much criticized. Enter the small modular reactor, designed to allow several reactors to be combined into one unit.
🏭 European coal power output in steep decline
The European Union has seen an unprecedented 19% year-on-year decline in coal-fired power generation in the first half of 2019.
🌊 🔋 A water battery is cutting electric costs nearly in half
A giant, 3-story water battery has been in use at an Australian University [https://www.usc.edu.au/], powering its air conditioning systems, and has already cut electrical usage by a whopping 40%. A first of its kind, the battery stores energy generated by the 6,000 solar panels placed
⚡ Japan has a monumental plan to reinvent Fukushima as a renewable energy hub
Japan has plans in place to convert the devastated areas of Fukushima into a hub for renewable energy, replacing the former nuclear plant with solar and wind farms.
☀️ Swedish Researchers Have Created a Way to Trap Heat From the Sun
Swedish scientists at Chalmers University of Technology [https://www.chalmers.se/en/Pages/default.aspx] in Gothenburg may have discovered an affordable and effective way to harness solar energy and store it for on-demand use. The team, led by researcher Kasper Moth-Poulsen [https://twitter.com/KMothPoulsen], have a system for
New Battery Can Charge To 200 Mile Range in 10-Minutes
A new battery design from Pennsylvania State University [https://news.psu.edu/story/594641/2019/10/30/research/and-out-10-minute-electrical-vehicle-recharge] is promising to take on electric vehicles’ biggest problem: Range Anxiety. Electic vehicles, most notably, Tesla [https://www.tesla.com/], are poised to decarbonize one of the most polluting sectors of
All Garbage Trucks in Toronto Will Soon Be Powered by the Very Trash They Collect.
Toronto is set to be one of the first cities in North America to launch such an initiative, thanks to its newly-constructed Dufferin Solid Waste Management Facility. Starting in March 2020, the city’s fleet of garbage trucks will collect all of the organic waste and food scraps from the
Renewables surpassed fossil fuels in the UK last quarter for the first time ever
We write about renewable energy milestones from time to time, but this one is rather special: for the first time since the Industrial Revolution, renewable energy sources provided more electricity to UK homes and businesses than fossil fuels over the last quarter. The renewables record was set in the third
Sustainable City outside of Dubai Aims to Become Solar-Powered Oasis in the Desert
Sustainable City aims to be a “net-zero” settlement, producing all the energy it needs from renewable sources on site. Located outside of Dubai city center it will become a solar-powered green oasis in the desert. First opened to residents in 2016, the private settlement on the outskirts of Dubai is