Types of Energy Used at Home
From heating and cooking to powering TVs and charging phones, energy is continually used at home. In the United States, electricity and natural gas are still the most used sources of energy in the home,…
Energy
Nuclear Fusion Reactor Smashes Energy Record…taking us a Step Closer to a New Source of Power
In a revolutionary breakthrough, the UK-based Joint European Torus (JET) lab has achieved a new milestone. Scientists broke the record for generating and sustaining nuclear fusion set over 24 years ago. Nuclear fusion is safe…
Sweden Created a “100,000-Year” Solution to Bury Nuclear Waste
Nuclear power is a large-scale energy-producing technology. It protects air quality by producing massive amounts of carbon-free electricity. But the Nuclear waste it generates necessitates sophisticated treatment and management to successfully isolate it from interacting…
Taiwan’s solar panel covered ‘Sun Rock’ building to generate 1 million kWh per year
Taiwan is transitioning to green energy. In its ambitious effort to build out renewable energy as a source of its power needs, Taiwan has launched an urban sustainability project of epic proportions. Called the Sun…
A feasible proposal to store all of UK’s nuclear waste safely
The University of Sheffield in the UK has published a study where they present a new proposal on nuclear waste storage. The UK has gradually accumulated over 248,000 m3 of radioactive waste from its 25…
Huaneng announces completion of the world’s largest floating solar farm
The China Huaneng Group has announced that the 320,000-kilowatt floating solar power station in Dingzhuang has been put into operation, and everything works as expected. This is the world’s largest water surface photovoltaic farm, and…
Scientists Achieve a New Efficiency Record of 21.4% for Solar Cells
The efficiency, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness of “Perovskite Solar Cell” make them the fastest-growing solar cell technologies. But the technology is still facing a major challenge: quick degradation of perovskite material under environmental conditions. Now researchers…
Ocean Battery to Tackle Fluctuations in Renewable Energy Production
Renewable energies are effectively replacing fossil fuels. But one of the main challenges with renewable energies is that they need to be backed up by storage systems. This is to provide backup for times when…
Researchers Create Energy-Saving Glass That Self-Adapts To Heating and Cooling Demand
Did you know windows are responsible for about 25-30% of the heat loss in a building energy use? So energy-efficient windows are an important consideration for both new and existing homes. Researchers at Nanyang Technological…
Scientists Build a Space-Based Solar Power System to Transmit Energy to Earth
Trapping the Sun’s energy in space and beaming it back to Earth? It may sound like science fiction but it is happening now and will soon become a science fact. Many countries have been working…
