Environment
Bourbon waste could become a source of clean energy
In the next five years, production of bourbon—corn whiskey—in Kentucky is projected to double. At the same time, the state's…
In Finland, a thermal battery with a capacity of 100 MWh on soapstone will undergo winter testing
At the end of October, Finnish startup Polar Night Energy completed filling a thermal storage tank with 2,000 tons of…
Climate change cannot be defeated: emissions are rising, and China is ahead of everyone in green energy
Against the backdrop of the COP29 climate summit, Bloomberg published an article about the prospects for combating looming climate change.…
Scientists using wood have found a way to extract energy from the heat of the human body
An international group of scientists has identified ways to generate electricity from the heat of the human body using environmentally…
The United States will not allow it to turn into a dump of old solar panels – the country is actively building factories for their recycling
The American company Solarcycle announced the construction of its third plant in the United States for recycling old solar panels.…
AI will litter the Earth with millions of tons of electronic waste every year
The widespread interest in generative artificial intelligence will have tangible negative consequences, warn researchers from Israel's Reichman University. For the…
Chinese authorities are concentrating control over the export of rare earth minerals.
According to The New York Times, Chinese authorities are making every effort to increase the concentration of controlled resources for…
The world’s largest onshore wind generator is installed in China – it has a 270-meter rotor
Land-based wind turbines are slowly increasing the size and diameter of their rotors. The longer the blades, the higher the…
Quartz mine critical to semiconductor industry resumes production after Hurricane Helen
In late September, Hurricane Helen caused floods, mudslides and power outages in parts of North Carolina, and Spruce Pine-based ultrapure…
The semiconductor industry lost its only source of pure quartz – everything was ruined by a hurricane
Hurricane Helen, which recently struck North Carolina, caused severe flooding and damage across a wide area. Among the affected areas…