Collaborate Disseminate
The clean energy revolution will require huge amounts of energy storage, to buffer against the intermittent power delivered by solar and wind. Some of that will come in the form of big battery installations – but there’s a huge lithium supply shortage … Continue reading China turns on the world’s largest compressed air energy storage plant
Texan company Cemvita is promising clean hydrogen at less than US$1/kg, after testing a fascinating new technique in the lab and the field. The idea is to pump specially developed microbes into depleted oil wells, where they’ll eat oil and excrete hydr… Continue reading Oil-eating microbes excrete the world’s cheapest “clean” hydrogen
As the shipping industry moves to decarbonize, huge sails could be making a comeback. The China Merchant Energy Shipping company (CMES) has taken delivery of a new supertanker, whose four large sails will cut down average fuel consumption by nearly 10%… Continue reading Giant supertanker uses 9.8% less fuel thanks to 130-foot sails
Blainjett’s fascinating hemispheric rotor concept is a totally unique and left-field approach to VTOL flight. The company (no relation to me, for the record!) came up with the bones of the idea while working on the Horizon eVTOL hoverbike, which we cov… Continue reading Blainjett’s hemi-rotor concept promises unprecedented VTOL performance
Some 180 million years ago, there lived an early mammal – built a lot like the guilty looking fella above – that became the earliest-known ancestor to all mammals on Earth, from the blue whale, to the camel, the rhino, the koala, and your good self.Con… Continue reading Researchers rebuild the genome of the great-grandparent of all mammals
Lilium is celebrating another eVTOL flight testing milestone, with video of its beautiful Phoenix 2 air taxi prototype achieving a full transition from vertical takeoff to wing-borne horizontal flight on both its main wings and canards.Continue Reading… Continue reading Lilium nails full eVTOL transition milestone in new video
German steel giant Thyssenkrupp is investing US$1.9 billion in a hydrogen-powered direct-reduction system that can create high-quality steel without needing the rare, high-grade iron ore required by most green steel processes. This could open the flood… Continue reading Thyssenkrupp may have just cleared the path to bulk green steelmaking
German steel giant Thyssenkrupp is investing US$1.9 billion in a hydrogen-powered direct-reduction system that can create high-quality steel without needing the rare, high-grade iron ore required by most green steel processes. This could open the flood… Continue reading Thyssenkrupp may have just cleared the path to bulk green steelmaking
After showing off with some extravagant runway wheelies last week, Alice, the “world’s first all-electric commuter aircraft,” lifted off overnight on a historic first flight. It’s another major milestone toward zero-emissions medium-range air travel.Co… Continue reading Wheels up, as the gorgeous, electric Eviation Alice takes flight
After showing off with some extravagant runway wheelies last week, Alice, the “world’s first all-electric commuter aircraft,” lifted off overnight on a historic first flight. It’s another major milestone toward zero-emissions medium-range air travel.Co… Continue reading Wheels up, as the gorgeous, electric Eviation Alice takes flight