energy – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Wed, 15 May 2024 14:23:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 How wind energy is reshaping the future of global politics https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/how-wind-energy-is-reshaping-the-future-of-global-politics https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/how-wind-energy-is-reshaping-the-future-of-global-politics#respond Wed, 15 May 2024 14:23:10 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/how-wind-energy-is-reshaping-the-future-of-global-politics

Wind energy is becoming an important strategic resource. Energy and supply chain shocks spurred countries around the world to boost their wind investments.

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‘Dancing’ raisins: A simple kitchen experiment reveals how objects can extract energy from their environment https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/dancing-raisins-a-simple-kitchen-experiment-reveals-how-objects-can-extract-energy-from-their-environment https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/dancing-raisins-a-simple-kitchen-experiment-reveals-how-objects-can-extract-energy-from-their-environment#respond Wed, 15 May 2024 08:23:45 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/dancing-raisins-a-simple-kitchen-experiment-reveals-how-objects-can-extract-energy-from-their-environment

Scientific discovery doesn’t always require a high-tech laboratory or a hefty budget. Many people have a first-rate lab right in their own homes—their kitchen.

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A Staggering 19x Energy Jump in Capacitors May Be the Beginning of the End for Batteries https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/a-staggering-19x-energy-jump-in-capacitors-may-be-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-batteries https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/a-staggering-19x-energy-jump-in-capacitors-may-be-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-batteries#respond Tue, 14 May 2024 20:24:11 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/a-staggering-19x-energy-jump-in-capacitors-may-be-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-batteries

It opens the door to a new era of electric efficiency.

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China unveils 100kg liquid-hydrogen fuel system that could allow a truck to travel 1,300km without refuelling https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/china-unveils-100kg-liquid-hydrogen-fuel-system-that-could-allow-a-truck-to-travel-1300km-without-refuelling https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/china-unveils-100kg-liquid-hydrogen-fuel-system-that-could-allow-a-truck-to-travel-1300km-without-refuelling#respond Tue, 14 May 2024 18:26:03 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/china-unveils-100kg-liquid-hydrogen-fuel-system-that-could-allow-a-truck-to-travel-1300km-without-refuelling

State-owned China Aerospace and Technology Corporation says the new technology meets international standards.

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First sodium-ion battery storage station at grid level opens with cells that can be charged in 12 minutes https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/first-sodium-ion-battery-storage-station-at-grid-level-opens-with-cells-that-can-be-charged-in-12-minutes https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/first-sodium-ion-battery-storage-station-at-grid-level-opens-with-cells-that-can-be-charged-in-12-minutes#respond Tue, 14 May 2024 18:23:24 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/first-sodium-ion-battery-storage-station-at-grid-level-opens-with-cells-that-can-be-charged-in-12-minutes

Clean electricity generation paired with the first grid-level sodium battery energy storage system can bring costs down to just $0.028 per kWh. The 10 MWh storage capacity is executed with sodium-ion cells that can be charged in just 12 minutes.

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Chicken fat sparks breakthrough in sustainable energy storage https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/chicken-fat-sparks-breakthrough-in-sustainable-energy-storage https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/chicken-fat-sparks-breakthrough-in-sustainable-energy-storage#respond Tue, 14 May 2024 06:27:47 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/chicken-fat-sparks-breakthrough-in-sustainable-energy-storage

Researchers have developed a method to turn chicken fat into carbon electrodes for supercapacitors in energy storage.

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Scientists unlock key to cheap hydrogen fuel with 95% less iridium https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/scientists-unlock-key-to-cheap-hydrogen-fuel-with-95-less-iridium https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/scientists-unlock-key-to-cheap-hydrogen-fuel-with-95-less-iridium#respond Tue, 14 May 2024 06:26:52 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/scientists-unlock-key-to-cheap-hydrogen-fuel-with-95-less-iridium

Researchers in Japan have discovered that manganese could help reduce reliance on iridium as a catalyst for hydrogen production.

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Earth Day: Advanced battery tech could fuel the clean energy revolution https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/earth-day-advanced-battery-tech-could-fuel-the-clean-energy-revolution https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/earth-day-advanced-battery-tech-could-fuel-the-clean-energy-revolution#respond Tue, 14 May 2024 02:23:13 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/earth-day-advanced-battery-tech-could-fuel-the-clean-energy-revolution

This Earth Day, we looked at researchers pursuing safer alternatives to facilitate the implementation of energy storage solutions.

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GM Energy Powered a Mansion with an Electric Silverado Using V2H https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/gm-energy-powered-a-mansion-with-an-electric-silverado-using-v2h https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/gm-energy-powered-a-mansion-with-an-electric-silverado-using-v2h#respond Sun, 12 May 2024 18:26:22 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/gm-energy-powered-a-mansion-with-an-electric-silverado-using-v2h

You can run your house for a week on a high-capacity EV battery. To prove it, GM Energy deliberately cut power to an event showing off its bi-directional V2H.

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Redox-neutral electrochemical decontamination of hypersaline wastewater with high technology readiness level https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/redox-neutral-electrochemical-decontamination-of-hypersaline-wastewater-with-high-technology-readiness-level https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/redox-neutral-electrochemical-decontamination-of-hypersaline-wastewater-with-high-technology-readiness-level#respond Sat, 11 May 2024 16:30:06 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/redox-neutral-electrochemical-decontamination-of-hypersaline-wastewater-with-high-technology-readiness-level

A flow-through redox-neutral electrochemical reactor–electrodialysis system has been developed to recover water, alkali and acids from hypersaline wastewaters. This accelerates a shift in ‘zero-discharge’ technology from energy-intensive steam-driven to energy-efficient electrically driven processes.

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