⚡️ 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.
☀ UK initiative aims to make space-based solar a reality by 2035
Fifty organizations are teaming up to provide cost-effective and reliable renewable energy that takes up little space.
🌩 Non-profit aims to harness the power of weather events
This non-profit wants to harness the power of weather events, both on land and at sea. They want to design a system that warns people about upcoming weather events, like thunder storms and other environmental hazards, and at the same time turn the power into usable energy.
🚢 Buoys can charge ships at sea
Stillstorm is developing buoys that will be capable of charging ships at sea using offshore wind energy.
👊 The Renaissance man of nuclear power
John Ahlberg, a father of three from Gothenburg, wants to make fossil-free energy in the form of small modular reactors a reality in Sweden. And things are moving forward quickly. The first reactor could be in place by 2030.
♻ 14 percent of all U.S jobs 2030 will be "green"
Green investment will account for much of the growth in the U.S labor market during the next few years.
☀ Wind and solar power break records
We now get more of our electricity in the world from sun and wind than ever before and we have a good chance of expanding enough renewable electricity to meet the 1.5-degree target.
🛢Innovative approach cuts hydrogen costs by a quarter
More efficient electrolysis can reduce the cost of hydrogen by a quarter and make gas an interesting alternative fuel.
☀ Static electricity can "wash" solar panels in the desert
By using static electricity, it is possible to clean solar panels in deserts without using water. This means saving water that can provide two million people with drinking water.
☀️ Solar energy accounted for close to half of all new electricity in the United States last year
According to the US Energy Information Administration, solar power took giant leaps forward in 2021 and will by far be the largest source of new electricity in 2022.