The Innovation Report
These Robots Crawl Over Wind Turbines So Humans Don’t Have To
Aerones uses robots to repair, inspect, clean, and ice-proof wind turbines, and the Latvia-based startup just raised $38.9 million in funding. TechCrunch reported that the funding was raised this month “from dozens of undisclosed investors.” And according to...
Germany Breaks Record for Electricity Generation From Wind
Germany produced a record amount of electricity from wind on Wednesday, helping to reduce the need to burn fossil fuels as Europe battles an energy crisis. The nation’s wind farms generated 50,232 megawatts, according to data from the European Energy Exchange....
Plug Power Previews Potential of a Green Hydrogen Highway
About 100 miles from Niagara Falls, where Nikola Tesla’s hydroelectric power plant design—a landmark in renewable energy—was first implemented (way back in 1895), a hydrogen energy solutions provider called Plug Power is building out one of this century’s...
Why Fusion Energy is a Game Changer for Every Business
The news of a successful fusion energy test at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California was met with both fascination and trepidation. All this talk of nuclear energy and "unleashing the energy of the sun" makes people...
A Potentially Revolutionary Solar Harvester Just Left the Planet
Following over a decade of research, including two years of testing origami-inspired components, a small prototype satellite designed to harvest solar energy launched yesterday morning aboard SpaceX’s most recent Falcon 9 rocket...
Mobile Charging Service Helps Stranded EV Drivers
Range anxiety is one the biggest barriers to getting more drivers into an electric vehicles (EVs) to start with. It's the fear of running out of charge while on the road in your EV. Range anxiety is one the biggest barriers to getting more drivers into an electric...
BMW More Than Doubles Fully-electric Vehicle Sales in 2022
The BMW Group more than doubled its fully-electric vehicle sales in 2022 and plans on raising the share of battery electric vehicles in total sales to 15% in 2023, the carmaker said in a post on LinkedIn on Wednesday. Total sales for 2022 were around 100,000 fewer...
Stellantis Beefs Up Commitment to Electric Flying Vehicle Company Archer Aviation
Stellantis is leaning into its bet on a future that includes flying cars. The Chrysler maker is doubling down on its commitment to help Archer Aviation produce its first batch of electric flying vehicles by 2025, announced Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares and Archer CEO...
Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough: What Does It Mean for Space Exploration?
The announcement this week of fusion ignition is a major scientific advancement, one that is decades in the making. More energy was produced than the laser energy used to spark the first controlled fusion triumph. The result: replicating the fusion that...
CA Farmers Experiment with New AgriTech
A severe drought, skyrocketing temperatures and a global food crisis have transformed the fertile San Joaquin Valley into a haven for agricultural innovation, and the latest product used by Kern farmers filters sunlight to increase crop yield and reduce water use.At...
