I came across a Gelion Solar Bench on the campus of Sydney University. The solar panels power a zinc-bromide gel battery which then provide power for up to 12 hours. While not as efficient as lithium-ion, they are more robust and have longer lifespans. Useful for remote locations.
Get your hands on a pair of recycled sunnies - beautifully & sustainably designed, fun and customisable made in Sydney, Australia.Every aspect of the untrashing is part of the brand from design, manufacturing, packaging to shipping, ocean cleanups & energy consumption. Good Citizens has teamed up with C2Zero in a clever partnership to make their sunnies carbon neutral. Help raise awareness of the single-use plastic issue - any attention is good intention!https://www.goodcitizens.com.auhttps://www.c2zero.net/good-citizens/10kg
One of the draw-backs of distributed energy resources (DER's) like rooftop solar on commercial buildings is the voltage volatility caused when trying to export
surplus energy back into the grid. To avoid volatility, grid operators often
curtail the amount of energy that can be returned - meaning surplus
clean energy (and money) is wasted.
Enter EleXsys, and their AI-driven solution, ensuring DER’s don’t overload
the system, don’t waste energy & deliver maximum financial & environmental
returns to their owners - be that IKEA or a local community micro-grid.
Breakthrough Energy Catalyst program is seeking to significantly decrease the cost of priority clean technologies to increase their availability in market & accelerate decarbonisation. Via a tweaked public-private partnership financing model the European Commission & Catalyst will reportedly mobilize a total of $US1 billion (€820 million) over the next 5 years to build large-scale, commercial demonstration projects in 4 areas;- green hydrogen, direct-air-capture (DAC), long-duration energy storage and sustainable aviation fuels.https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/07/clean-energy-innovation-sustainability-jet-fuel-storage/
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