Geothermal power plants are typically located near easily accessible, and sufficiently hot hydrothermal reservoirs. This limits their potential. But Canadian Eavor Technologies Inc has designed a closed-loop conduction system which uses the Earth's natural heat to warm a benign, constantly circulating fluid. In short, its like a radiator, just 3 - 5 kilometres underground. The cooler water entering the loop pushes the hot water up to the surface, the heat is captured to deliver constant, predictable, emission-free, base-load electricity and then simply goes back into the loop as cooler water. https://www.upstreamonline.com/energy-transition/bp-and-chevron-become-part-owners-of-deep-geothermal-innovator-eavor/2-1-963461
Take 500kg of food waste, blast it with oxygen at low heat to speed up decomposition, add no water and no chemicals, and within 24 hours you end up with around 100kg of high-nutrient residual material, free of odour and pathogens, which can be used for fertilizers or in the production of biofuels. Better yet, you simply wheel your food waste bin into the unit, set it and forget it. WasteMaster takes care of the rest, including remote management and trouble-shooting of most operational problems. https://www.greenecotec.com/
India first started covering water irrigation canals with solar panels back in 2014 - providing both water and power to communities. By using the canals the solar panels don't compete for scarce land, they also protect the water from both evaporation and algae blooms, while the water cools the panels increasing their efficiency. Solar Canals come with their challenges, including higher engineering costs. But despite this, California is setting up a pilot project in the Turlock Irrigation District, in the San Joaquin Valley. https://thec
In a 'green chemistry' discovery scientists have taken a molecule of carbon, hydrogen & nitrogen, exposed it to sunlight & then stored the energy-rich isomer as a liquid & film. Returning the isomer to its original state releases heat, link that to a thermoelectric generator and you also get electricity. This creates a zero-emission, long-term solar energy storage system(18years!), which uses benign, all-renewable materials. Not yet delivering large-scale energy, nor cost-effective, but it is MOST promising! Pun intended - as the energy storage process is known as - Molecular Solar Thermal (MOST). https://www.chalmers.se/en/departments/chem/news/Pages/Converting-solar-ene
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