A typical recycling process for solar panels starts with shredding the panels into 4 - 5mm pieces to remove lamination. But researchers from the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) are looking at an innovative adhesive, or encapsulate, that can enable the quick disassembly of the panel at the end-of-life. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/12/09/recyclable-back-contact-solar-panel-from-the-netherlands/
Nuclear Fusion remains an elusive source of clean, abundant, non-radioactive energy. This is largely because the temperatures needed to fuse elements together have traditionally required so much energy the whole reaction results in a net loss of energy. By introducing lasers to speed up the heating process, some net energy gains have been demonstrated - albeit for very short durations. But a radically different approach, which uses lasers to accelerate the movement of hydrogen through boron, holds the potential promise of being able to generate petawatts of clean, non-radioactive electricity directly from the unit. https://youtu.be/OlGzt9ur1bY
Nuclear is becoming a hot topic as a source of clean energy so we decided to have host a conversation about it. Nuclear power remains banned under two Australian federal laws, but it’s an industry with a lot of industrial potential. Among 60 recommendations in a recent NSW Productivity Commission white paper was lifting a ban on nuclear electricity generation for small modular reactors.Many Australian political discussions don't consider latest developments in SMR's but now that Australia is contracting to buy nuclear-powered submarines we should. According to our discussion Australia could even benefit from a circular economy in uranium.https://youtu.be/uypAIsQdaWI