Exciting sustainable developments

I'll just back up my DeLorean ...

New technique produces hydrogen from banana peels within a few milliseconds

 

Ah the benefits of solar.

"Sheep grazing under solar panels at farms in NSW's Central West have produced better wool and more of it in the four years since the projects began, according to growers.

Local graziers have labelled the set-up a "complete win-win", with the sheep helping to keep grass and weeds down so as not to obscure the panels."

Merino sheep grazing under solar panels produce better wool, trial shows

 

Not even simply "benefits of solar" but benefits of shade ... as some farmers tend to clear fell. Only have to observe a few hundred sheep trying to cram in the pitiful shade of a single tree to know that the availability of shade (and wind protection) can only be positive in this country

 

Exciting news out of the G7 ... don't even consider a career in fossils, and perhaps time to look at retraining sooner rather than later (lotsa job going in renewable technology - not just solar install)

G7 countries commit to working towards coal phase-out - Carbon Brief

 

Winner!! (so far)

Why Canberrans' power bills won't rise despite electricity prices soaring elsewhere

 

Yep ... while the rest of us are left to languish, the government ruling the home of the pollies will always look after themselves ... ... but great result. Pity the rest of the countries leaders didn't follow suit

 

Had to. Those who resided in the Home of the Pollies generally couldn't give a hoot about Canberra itself.

 

Apparently it has but due to the reduction in the feed-in tariff.

"Canberrans can expect a slight reprieve on their power bills over the coming financial year, with the ACT set to be the only jurisdiction in Australia to experience a decline in electricity prices.

The territory's Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has made the determination to decrease standing offers by at least 1.25 per cent, which could save the average household about $23 a year."

What you can expect to pay for electricity in Canberra this financial year

 

An office tower with 'solar skin' to save 77 tons of CO2 each year

 

Recharging batteries via moisture in the air. Small steps but initially it could do away with the need for smaller batteries in watches, etc.

"Harvesting energy from ubiquitous moisture is attracting growing interest for directly powering electronic devices. However, it is still challenging to fabricate high-performing moisture-electric generators (MEGs) with high and stable electric output."

Boosting moisture induced electricity generation from graphene oxide through engineering oxygen-based functional groups - ScienceDirect!

 

We have the tech to make - now the challenge is to store ... The world's first CO2 battery for long-duration energy storage is ready for global launch

 

Not long before rooftop carpark parking becomes hot property

Lightyear's new EV offers up to 7 months of daily commute without charging

 

The 330 ton subsea power generation system the Japanese are working on.

Japan’s Deep-Sea Turbine Could Be the Future of Renewable Energy

 

Take away coffee cups to the fore!

"The Victoria University (VU) engineering lecturer and his colleagues have been examining different waste materials that can be used as part of a concrete mix.

"We were having coffee one day in the cafe here at VU and we sort of looked at the coffee cups and thought, 'why not give this a go?'" he said.

The cups are ground up and mixed in as a substitute for a proportion of the sand that goes into a typical concrete mix.

So far, testing has found the material is weaker than standard concrete but has a higher thermal performance.

That means it could be useful for non-structural purposes, like footpaths or even insulation.

If 10 per cent of sand was replaced by takeaway coffee cups, there could be up to 700 coffee cups used per cubic metre of concrete."

Melbourne engineers find new ways to tackle waste created by disposable cup coffee culture

 

The engineering involved has always been a challenge as wave is considered a destructive energy. Be good if the Japanese have overcome that aspect and hopefully they have.

 

At that depth there is no wave energy. Pretty cool tech

 

Thermohaline circulation if that suits plus wave energy reaches depths. Anyways that's what I was told by one of the researches into the subject.

 

This is exciting - reducing/eliminating the need for pesticides (that kill the good guys too)

Hot Tech: Fighting fruit flies from the cloud

 

Eliminating the traditional Dairy industry through precision fermentation. The enviormental impact of this transition will be massive.