Photo credit: SproutWorld. By Anders Lorenzen A pencil that can become a plant? My first thought, when I was first contacted about the product, seemed like a storyline in a book I would read or a cartoon I would watch with my two-year-old daughter. But I quickly realised this was a real thing and the Danish-based company Sproutworld had developed […]
The escalating plastic pollution crisis and inefficiencies in the plastic recycling system have turned many against single-use plastics and led to national and state bans on some plastic packaging. Now, the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries have launched a category of plastic processing technology called chemical recycling or advanced recycling. The plastic industry describes it as a potential panacea that […]
Range anxiety, the fear of running out of electricity on a road trip, keeps many people from jumping into electric vehicles (EVs). But now that EV sales are breaking records, competition among charging companies is closing the gap. It will soon be easier to find a charge. Seven major automakers recently unveiled a collaborative initiative to establish an extensive EV […]
By Jeremy Williams I’m aware of four different ways to charge electric vehicles without stopping to plug in. All of them have been trialled and some are being adopted more widely. I’ve written about all four at some point: Overhead cables – somewhat obvious, given that trams and trolleybuses operate on this system already. Not something that cars will use, […]
Photo credit: PLOCAN. By Anders Lorenzen Floating offshore wind farms as well as green hydrogen are widely tipped to become the next frontier for energy companies and countries, as they seek to ramp up clean energy capacity and create an alternative to gas when it comes to heating needs. In April, Spain announced a pioneering Hydrogen to Heat (H2Heat) project […]
Illustration of tandem silicone and perovskite. Graph credit: Eike Köhnen / HZB. By Anders Lorenzen The rapidly expanding solar PV technology has experienced significant technological advances in recent years , as scientists have experimented with new and innovative materials. It is believed solar cells built from silicone, the material that most of the world’s solar panels consist of, has reached […]
Photo credit: Sun Xiaocong. By Anders Lorenzen China continues to set renewable energy records and has once again reaffirmed its commitment to the sector. In a groundbreaking move, China installed the largest wind turbine ever erected, solidifying its position as a global leader in the renewable energy sector. The achievement marks another milestone in the country’s effort to be a […]
Photo credit: IRENA. By Anders Lorenzen A joint project between the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Masdar, the innovative United Arab of Emirates (UAE) energy company, is planning to start a knowledge project outlining how to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030. The project will coincide with the global UN climate summit COP 28 hosted in the UAE this […]
Zac Clark, founder and executive director of the HomeMore Project in San Francisco, returns to share an update. The HomeMore Project has distributed several hundred solar-powered backpacks, the Makeshift Traveler, which features a built-in charging station packed with an AM/FM radio, rechargeable flashlight, sleeping bag, and other necessities. When we first talked with Zac in January 2022, when he was […]
By Jeremy Williams There was something of a non-sequitur from Britain’s Chancellor Jeremy Hunt recently. “We don’t want to see high bills like this again,” he said of the country’s current energy costs. “It’s time for a clean energy reset. That is why we are fully committing to nuclear power in the UK, backing a new generation of small modular […]