The Third Industrial Revolution Game Plan
Leaders of all kinds must understand the wider world in which they operate. Today’s civilization, like many that came before it, is in the midst of major transformations known as the Four Pillars of the…
Energy
Apple Shelling Out $1.9 Billion for 2 State-of-the-Art Renewable Energy Data Centers in Europe
Apple has announced it plans on spending $1.9 billion for new data centers located in Denmark and Ireland. The “state-of-the-art” facilities located in central Jutland and County Galway respectively, will each use 100 percent renewable…
‘Freight Farms’ Redefine Food to Go: Retrofitted Shipping Containers are Actually Farms on Wheels
Instead of shipping vegetables halfway around the planet, these entrepreneurs thought it might be a better idea just to ship shipping containers as self-contained mini-farms. So these Bostonians set out to re-fashion the containers with hydroponics,…
Tesla Batteries Soon to be Placed in People’s Homes
A sharp drop in prices of photovoltaic (PV) cells and an increase in government subsidies have fueled the demand for solar systems. Since solar PV systems require battery subsystems to store their reserve electrical energy, demand…
Don’t Let Air Conditioning Overheat Your Utility Bill With These Futuristic 3D Printed Ceramic Bricks
If you live in a place with very hot and dry weather, you will likely find yourself clinging to your air conditioners. But the ACs in your homes could be accountable for 60-70% of your electricity bill. This may…
Adding a ‘Baking Powder’ to the Recipe Can Boost Efficiency of Plastic Solar Cells
Sometimes, the simplest concept can be a real scientific stumper. It’s common knowledge to bakers everywhere that adding baking powder to the mix boosts the leavening process through a well-understood chemical reaction of carbon dioxide…
Apple Gears Up to Challenge Rivals With Its Electric Car
After revolutionizing the mobile phone market with iPhones, Apple Inc. is aiming for a much bigger target – automobiles. Last year, Apple began its foray into automobiles when it unveiled CarPlay. CarPlay linked cars with…
This Redundant Fishing Trawler is Now a Wave Power Plant
All ships are built to withstand stormy seas but eventually end up in a junkyard. But a redundant fishing trawler has been given a fresh lease on life in Norway where it is being used…
Cost Is the Critical Factor in Addressing Climate Issues
The instant I had internet access in the 1990s I started researching the state of renewable energy and CO2 sequestration. There were two thrusts to all this – first was ‘what is possible?’, the second…
Eskom to Run Its Generators With Gas, Replacing Costly Diesel Within the Next 3 Years
Cash-strapped South African power supplier Eskom has announced the company plans to move away from costly diesel to using gas for its generators within the next three years. Eskom, responsible for supplying 95% of South Africa’s…
