The system worked 3 times better than today's state-of-the-art passive cooling system.As the world's climate continues to warm up, the world demand for air conditioning is currently skyrocketing. In 2019, the requirement for cooling drew in 8.5% of the globe's total electricity consumption, equating to some one billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions.As more...
The Waveline Magnet prototype is made up of numerous floating platforms connected to one another to resemble a floating spine. The flexible and modular system is made to allow the energy generator to smoothly follow the motion of the waves. Credit: SWEL/ YouTube via Screenshot.Nevertheless, a firm from Cyprus has created a unique floating...
Aerial view of wind turbines at the Block Island Wind Farm. Credit: Journal Break.California has established an ambitious target to develop its offshore wind industry. The Golden State aims to achieve 25,000 megawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2045, around as much as entire Europe has today.The target established by the California Energy Commission on Wednesday...
The sand battery has been installed and is functioning well according to the power companyFinnish scientists have set up the globe's first completely working "sand battery," which can save environment-friendly power for months at once.The designers claim this can resolve the trouble of year-round supply, a significant issue for eco-friendly power.Using low-grade sand, the...
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainFor decades, scientists have been seeking a catalyst that dramatically lowers the price of fabricating hydrogen fuel cells.Such an advance could trigger a green power transformation, with everything from laptops to locomotives running on a fuel whose merely byproduct is water.A new study led by the University at Buffalo indicates that...
University of Queensland researchers have cracked an issue that's frustrated chemists and physicists for many years, potentially causing a new age of effective, efficient, and environmentally friendly technologiesUtilizing quantum mechanics, Professor Ben Powell from UQ's School of Mathematics and Physics has discovered a recipe that enables molecular switches to function at room temperature."Switches are...
Credit: BII.Fund manager African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), with its Ideas Managed Fund, has obtained majority stakes in 3 brand-new solar energy plants in South Africa, totaling 30MW.The projects, which got to a financial close in May, are anticipated to achieve commercial operation in March and April 2023.They will connect through a mixture of...
An aerial image of Castle Hill Hospital's solar farm. Credit: Open Acess.Solar panels, at Eastern Yorkshire hospital are today producing sufficient energy. To fulfill its whole daytime running needs, officials stated.Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham has set up an 11,000-panel solar farm.Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust said. The ₤ 4.2 m grant-funded plan...
Tim Fischer takes over from Klaus Jacob Jensen who will leave in January 2023. Credit: RambollRamboll has appointed Tim Fischer as the new administrator for the engineering consultancy's global wind division.So Fischer (pictured) replaces Klaus Jacob Jensen. Who, in joint administration with Fischer, has led Ramboll's wind company since 2011.Jacob Jensen will remain and...
New method boosts wind farms’ energy output, without new equipment. Credit: MIT.Humans must transition to more sustainable energy sources to slow down climate change and stop its unfavorable effects. Therefore, engineers worldwide have been dealing with various technologies that can transform natural resources, such as sunshine, wind, and water, into electrical energy.Renewable energyWind turbines,...
