Floating Solar Platform Can Withstand Hurricanes
Solar is by far the cheapest method of generating renewable energy. So, most of the countries around the world are taking advantage of solar power. But some countries are struggling due to a lack of…
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World’s First Fully Recyclable Printed Electronics Created
Almost everyone uses multiple electronic devices daily and this number would drastically increase with time. This means a growing pile of electronics waste. United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) report says a record 53.6 million metric…
Understanding How Solar Panels Works
Did you know that the amount of sunlight striking the surface of the earth in 1.5 hours can handle the whole world’s energy consumption for a year? It is a shame that many people do…
World’s Largest Compressed Air Grid “Batteries” To Power California
A Canadian company is developing two 500MW/5GWh ‘advanced’ compressed-air long-duration energy storage (A-CAES) projects in California. Each of these projects would be bigger than the current record holder. This makes each of these two the…
A Solar Mountain to Generate 300 Mwh of Renewable Energy in the Nevada Desert
NUDES, a Mumbai-based architecture firm has designed a solar mountain for Burning Man‘s 3,800-acre Fly Ranch in Nevada. Fly Ranch is home to several natural hot and cold springs, geysers, hundreds of acres of wetlands,…
Waste Hair from Barbershops Could Be Used To Strengthen Solar Cells
Scientists have developed carbon nanodots from human hair waste for creating an “armor” that improves the performance of solar technology. In this study, the researchers explained how carbon nanodots could be used to improve the…
This Portable Wind Turbine Is The Safest And Most Efficient Turbine In The World
Halcium, a start-up in Salt Lake City- Utah is working on the Powerpod. It is a portable wind turbine that has been touted as ‘the most powerful, safest wind turbine ever’. PowerPod can create three…
Novel System Converts Waste Heat from Air-conditioners into Electricity
With the worldwide temperature rise, more and more people are opting for air-conditioners. Because of the population growth, falling equipment prices, and urbanization, number of air-conditioning units installed globally is increasing every year. According to…
Rolls-Royce Starts Building The World’s Largest Aero Engine
The British engineering giant, Rolls-Royce has announced that it has begun constructing the world’s largest aircraft engine- ‘UltraFan.’ After successfully developing the ‘Trent’ engine family, the company has made a start on the demonstrator for…
We May Be Stuck with Li-Ion Batteries but at Least They’re 97% Cheaper Now
A recent study by MIT researchers who have collected pricing data between 1991 and 2020 shows that the average cost per kWh provided through lithium-ion batteries has dropped by a whopping 97% within this period.…
