⚡️ 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.
☀ These solar panels provide electricity even at night
By utilizing a natural physical process, it is possible to get solar panels to generate some electricity even during the dark part of the day.
Portugal is building Europe's largest floating solar plant
A solar electric plant in a hydro dam provides clear advantages over locating an equally large plant on land.
🔋 Northvolt and the benefit of understanding the future
The story of Peter Carlsson and Northvolt teaches us two lessons: You need to understand the future to see all the possibilities, and you must be a fact-based optimist to grab them.
☀ Molecule can store solar energy for 18 years
A new energy system can store energy for up to 18 years and then release it as electricity when needed.
🔋 Future batteries could have century-long lifespan
Tesla and researchers are working on batteries that might outlive the car itself. Which should make EV's a more alluring alterative.
🔋 New electric car battery reduces charging time from hours to minutes
A new anode in a lithium-ion battery could drastically reduce the time it takes to charge the battery.
🌊 Tides offer renewable energy
The Morlais tidal energy project aims to create energy from one of the most untapped and overlooked methods to create renewable energy.
☀ 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.