WaterLight is a portable lantern that can be charged with salt water or urine Colombian renewable energy start-up E-Dina has developed a cordless light that converts salt water into electricity…
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About 500,000 Nigerian Households Use Solar Energy—Study
About 500,000 Nigerian Households Use Solar Energy—Study A study carried out by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and All-On, a Shell-funded impact investment company, has shown that about 500,000 Nigerian households…
Batteries get hyped, but pumped hydro provides the vast majority of long-term energy storage essential for renewable power – here’s how it works
Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University, Matthew Stocks, Research Fellow, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University, and Bin Lu, Research Fellow, Australian National University…
When the solar wind hits Earth’s magnetosphere, a surprising stillness ensues
Energy from the solar wind interacting with the magnetospheric ‘bubble’ around Earth creates waves of energy that appear to stand still. This new finding, from research led by Imperial scientists,…
New imaging system reveals solar panel defects even in bright sunlight
The researchers used an InGaAs detector with a very high frame rate to acquire a sequence of images of solar panels as a modulated electric current was applied. The very…
What happens to interstellar objects captured by the solar system?
What happens to interstellar objects captured by the solar system? by Evan Gough, Universe Today Now that we know that interstellar objects (ISOs) visit our solar system, scientists are keen to…
Tesla reveals Megapack prices: starts at $1 million
Tesla has revealed more detailed pricing for the Megapack, its commercial and utility-scale energy storage product. It starts at $1 million which may sound high, but it’s actually a good…
Machine learning models based on thermal data predict solar radiation
A research team at the University of Córdoba has developed and evaluated models for the prediction of solar radiation in nine locations in southern Spain and North Carolina (USA). Measuring solar…
Wind and the sun power Greek islands’ green energy switch
Tilos is 100 percent energy independent for most of the year, though that rate dips to 70 percent during the summer due to the higher energy demands of the tourism…
How AI can transform layering technique for semiconductors
Credit: CC0 Public Domain To make computer chips, technologists around the world rely on atomic layer deposition (ALD), which can create films as fine as one atom thick. Businesses commonly…