Electricity
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Technology
Technology NorwayThis Game-Changing “Windcatcher” Can Power 80,000 Homes
The future of renewable energy is here: a company based in Oslo, Norway, is developing an impressive offshore sail that could drastically change the way wind-powered energy is produced in an era where finding environmental-friendly solutions are crucial.
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Environment
Environment USANo Need to Fear Lightning: It Cleans Your Air!
A NASA plane flew over Colorado and Oklahoma, United States in 2012 to gather information about lightning. Now, upon analyzing the data under a different light, it appears that the meteorological phenomenon helps to clean the atmosphere.
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Technology
Technology USAScientists Show How Solar Panels in Space Can Send Electricity to Wherever It Is Needed!
Scientists working for the Pentagon, located in the United States, managed to successfully test a solar panel in space, showing the viability of a system deployed outside of our atmosphere that would send electricity back to Earth.
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Environment
Environment NorwayHow This Country Managed to Have 54% of All New Cars Sold Be Electric
In 2020, with its record electric vehicle sales, Norway has become the frontrunner in e-mobility. For the first time, 54% of the passenger vehicles hitting the streets of the country are electric cars, and when plug-in hybrids are taken into account, that number rises to 83%.
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Technology
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Technology
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Environment
Environment Bangladesh“Solar-Sharing” Might Save a Billion Dollars as Neighbors Share Their Power
Homes with excess, unused solar energy can now share their power with their neighbors, thanks to a start-up in Bangladesh whose mission is to curb more than a billion dollars' worth of energy waste each year.
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Environment
Environment DenmarkThis Country Will Be Able to Provide Electricity from Wind to 7.7 Million Homes
A historic climate agreement in Denmark will quadruple the country’s total offshore wind energy capacity by 2030 – allowing it to generate enough electricity to meet the demand of 7.7 million European homes.
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Environment
Environment United KingdomEnergy for 200,000 Homes From the World’s Largest Liquid Air Battery
An energy storage company is building the world’s largest liquid air battery, due to be operational in 2022, that could store renewable energy for weeks with the ability to power up to 200,000 homes for five hours.
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Technology
Technology GermanyThis Thing Floats in the Ocean and Makes Power
A German startup has developed a maritime platform that can generate off-grid renewable energy from waves, wind and solar sources. Its special power: a modular design, offering flexibility unique from other offshore wave energy conversion developments.