Solar panels are designed to convert sunlight into electricity. But when it's cloudy or rainy, they're useless. There are batteries, like the Tesla Powerwall, designed to store electricity for those cloudy days. But the technology isn't effective or cheap enough to make using solar power worth it in regions that don't receive a lot of sunlight. A group of researchers from Soochow University in China has come up with a promising solution to that problem: they've developed solar panels that can generate power from raindrops. www.inkl.com/newsletters/morning-edition/news/researchers-figured-out-how-to-generate-power-from-falling-raindrops-which-could-solve-the-biggest-problem-with-solar-energy?
Soil-based microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are not widely used, but show some promise as clean-energy options for low-energy sensors used in precision agriculture (soil moisture and health), infrastructure monitoring (water pipes leakages) or environmental monitoring (concentration of pollutants). This latest evolution of an MFC uses a non-traditional design & readily available components to deliver a performance improvement of over 120%. Importantly, the fuel-cell was able to generate 68 times more energy than needed by the sensors - so plenty to spare for more sensors! https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-develop-new-dirt-powered-fuel-cell-that-runs-forever/
The race to achieve net-zero emissions has
put carbon capture technology in the spotlight.
Dotz Nano's proprietary carbon-based solid
sorbent marks the next evolution in carbon capture technologies, presenting an
efficient and sustainable approach to industrial deep decarbonization.
As
a developer of advanced climate and industrial nanotechnologies the Company’s proprietary carbon-based solid
sorbent, represents the next evolution in carbon capture technologies, offering
an efficient and sustainable approach to drive industrial deep decarbonization
towards sustainable energy future. Through their technology, Dotz Earth
the intention is to capture a significant part of the global USD 600bn market
opportunity by 2050. https://dotz.tech/
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