by dankeelan | Jul 25, 2024 | Energy, Featured, Solar, Space
Space-based solar power may not remain a mere sci-fi dream for much longer. Florida startup Star Catcher Industries just scored $12.25 million in seed funding to develop its planned constellation of power-beaming satellites in low Earth...
by dankeelan | May 16, 2024 | Diesel, Energy, Hybrids, Trucks
When full-size pickup trucks were first equipped with diesel engines in the late 1970s, it wasn’t part of an effort to post huge performance numbers. Instead, General Motors’ much-maligned 350-cubic-inch diesel V8 was tuned primarily to sip fuel and spun out a paltry...
by dankeelan | May 16, 2024 | Energy, Featured, Solar
Solar farms produced over 60% of Germany’s electricity for several hours a day over the past week as bright sunshine combined with new solar generation capacity helped accelerate the country’s energy transition away from fossil fuels. During the week to...
by dankeelan | May 8, 2024 | Energy, Hydrogen, Jobs
Fortescue Future Industries, an Australian green energy titan, has kicked off a major endeavor in Buckeye, carving out 158 acres for a hydrogen hub projected to cost $550 million, as ABC15 reported. Nestled west of State Route 85, this will be...
by dankeelan | Apr 4, 2024 | Energy, Oceanography
In an effort to bring clean, renewable energy to some of the world’s more remote islands — many of which are powered by old diesel generators — a pan-European consortium of seven companies has designed a device capable of turning seawater...
by dankeelan | Jan 25, 2024 | Energy, Industrial Automation, Internet of Things
According to a recent study by ABB, 44% of organisations say environmental targets are “very important” for electrical systems management; however, only 20% consider sustainability targets to be a driver of interest for the implementation of the industrial internet of...
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