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In a world first, a team at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has demonstrated measurable power generation from “the inverse of a conventional solar cell.” It could eventually produce around one tenth as much power as a solar panel – but at nigh… Continue reading Bizarre night-time solar cell generates power in a backwards process
Half of the solar energy that bathes the Earth in warmth goes into a single process, according to some researchers: evaporating the water that covers some 71 percent of our fragile blue marble. Australian company Strategic Elements wants that energy ba… Continue reading Self-charging moisture battery promises sweat-powered wearables
Time flies! This weekend marks the end of the first stage of the 2022 Hackaday Prize, and your chance to enter your alternative-energy projects. There are ten $500 prizes up …read more Continue reading 2022 Hackaday Prize: Get Your Planet-Friendly Power On!
Oxford spinoff First Light Fusion says its novel “projectile” approach offers “the fastest, simplest and cheapest route to commercial fusion power.” The company is now celebrating a significant breakthrough with its first confirmed fusion reaction.Cont… Continue reading Oxford spinoff demonstrates world-first hypersonic “projectile fusion”
HB11 is approaching nuclear fusion from an entirely new angle, using high power, high precision lasers instead of hundred-million-degree temperatures to start the reaction. Its first demo has produced 10 times more fusion reactions than expected, and t… Continue reading HB11’s hydrogen-boron laser fusion test yields groundbreaking results
A kilogram of hydrogen holds 39.4 kWh of energy, but typically costs around 52.5 kWh of energy to create via current commercial electrolyzers. Australian company Hysata says its new capillary-fed electrolyzer cell slashes that energy cost to 41.5 kWh, … Continue reading Record-breaking hydrogen electrolyzer claims 95% efficiency
Quaise’s ultra-deep geothermal power plan is one of the most exciting and fascinating green energy projects we’ve seen. In a nutshell, this Boston-based MIT spin-off says it has repurposed powerful millimeter-wave beam technology – originally developed… Continue reading Quaise’s ultra-deep geothermal drilling plans: Your questions answered
The heat beneath our feetContinue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: Geothermal, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy Continue reading Fusion tech is set to unlock near-limitless ultra-deep geothermal energy
Electrolysis is a key component of the cost of green hydrogen, and a Korean team says it’s made a huge breakthrough with an anion exchange membrane that’s not only much cheaper than current proton exchange tech, but offers some 20 percent better perfor… Continue reading “Game-changing” anode exchange membrane promises cheaper green hydrogen
The UK’s Reaction Engines has announced a joint venture to create compact, lightweight ammonia reactors it says can be used to decarbonize difficult sectors like shipping and off-grid energy generation – and surprisingly, also aviation.Continue Reading… Continue reading Reaction Engines assembles partners for its ammonia aviation project