⚡️ 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.
🛫 Electric airplanes are impos... oh wait: New battery with high energy density
This innovative technology is set to boost the electrification of passenger aircrafts.
🔋 Small batteries stepped in - showcasing the strength of the Energy Society
A short circuit in a switchgear knocked out two nuclear power reactors, the subway, traffic lights and disrupted radio transmissions. A savior in times of need was a few hundred household batteries.
☢️ Building the world's first micro-modular nuclear reactor
A micro-modular reactor is a compact, nuclear-based power source, designed to provide energy to remote areas, with minimal waste production and improved safety features.
⚡ A fusion-powered future: closer than we think? Microsoft bets it is
Helion Energy thinks it can produce electricity from fusion power in five years. So does Microsoft.
🥇 Graphene just broke another physics record
The extraordinary material has set a new record for exhibiting magnetoresistance at room temperature. A new record that has never been observed in any material before.
🌡️ Revolutionary room-temperature superconductor paves way for efficient energy grids and high-speed transportation
Scientists achieve a groundbreaking breakthrough in room temperature superconductivity, opening the door for the development of ultra-efficient energy grids.
🌞 More expensive to keep coal plants running than to build new renewable
It is now cheaper to build new wind and solar power production, than to keep coal-fired power plants operating.
🔋 Old Batteries from Electric Vehicles Get New Life Powering California’s Grid
A startup based in California has saved thousands of old and used vehicle batteries from landfills by turning them into an energy storage facility.
⚡ Scientists convert scrap metal into electricity
Combustion of metal powder makes it possible to store energy from solar and wind power and get electricity from it when we need it most.