Tag: clean energy
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Solar Provider Powers 1400 NJ Homes by Installing Panels on Storage Units
Solar Landscape, New Jersey’s largest community solar provider, recently completed construction to power over 1,400 homes. It’s the first solar project approved by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) in Year 2 of the Community Solar Energy Pilot Program. For the project, the solar provider installed panels on an Extra Space Storage facility…
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Owls Inspire Engineers to Make Quiet Wind Power Turbines
A study by researchers from Xi’an Jiaotong University discovered how to reduce noise from wind turbine blades. The technology would also apply to aircraft and other machines with airfoils. The inspiration for the new design? Owl wings. The prevalent sound from aeronautical and turbine engines such as drones, wind turbines, and airplanes comes from trailing-edge…
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Study Says Nuclear Power Might Be the Cheapest Way to Zero Emissions
New research shows that nuclear power may play a vital role in our quest to lower emissions. To prevent catastrophic damage from climate change, we must keep global average temperatures below 1.5 C relative to pre-industrial levels. Scientists have found that energy production must reach zero emissions globally by 2050 to achieve this goal.Β Β Solar…
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Rooftop Solar Panels May Help Climate Change, According to Science
A team of international scientists found that rooftop solar panels could power a quarter to half of the world by 2050. The study marks the first comprehensive global assessment of the potential energy production of rooftop solar photovoltaics (RTSPV) technology. Researchers from MaREI, the SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine in University College…
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Australian Researchers Discover How to Transform Used Plastic into Fuel
Researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have developed an ecofriendly, affordable way to upcycle used plastic. Instead of polluting the land and oceans, plastic can become valuable nanomaterials and clean liquid fuel. Currently, a mere 20% of plastic waste gets recycled globally. Due to cost constraints and inadequate recycling infrastructure, increasing this number remains…
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Nuclear Fusion Reactor Produces Record-breaking 10 Quadrillion Watts of Power
Last month, scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California achieved a milestone in nuclear fusion research. The researchers produced more than ten quadrillion watts of power using an experimental nuclear fusion reactor. They accomplished this by firing an array of laser beams at a pea-sized hydrogen capsule. This record-breaking experiment marks a turning…