The nation most identified with its massive oil reserves is turning to wind and solar to generate power at home and help extend the life of its crucial crude franchise. Saudi Arabia plans to develop almost 10 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2023, starting with wind and solar plants in its vast northwestern desert.
Category: Solar Energy
Earth’s magnetic poles may be poised to flip
Article by Phil Livermore, Associate Professor of geophysics, University of Leeds and Jon Mound, Associate Professor of Geophysics, University of Leeds Schematic illustration of the invisible magnetic field lines generated by the Earth, represented as a dipole magnet field. In actuality, our magnetic shield is squeezed in closer to Earth on the Sun-facing side and extremely elongated on the night-side due to the solar wind.
India headed for a green energy revolution: Harvard scientist
Kolkata, Jan 22 – Harvard chemist and energy innovator Daniel G. Nocera is a man on a renewable mission. The inventor of the artificial leaf and co-creator of its bionic version plans to launch a pilot of the advanced technology in India with the assertion that a renewable energy revolution will take place in the country.
Astronauts upgrade station power system in six-hour spacewalk
U.S. astronaut Shane Kimbrough left the station’s airlock at about 6:30 a.m. EST to begin his second spacewalk this month. He was joined minutes later by French crew mate Thomas Pesquet, a rookie astronaut making his first spacewalk.
Spacewalking astronauts upgrade orbiting lab’s power grid
The International Space Station’s solar power grid got three more top-of-the-line batteries on Friday during the second spacewalk in a week. This photo made by French astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency shows him in a selfie photograph with the Earth reflected in his visor, during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017.
Spacewalking astronauts upgrade orbiting lab’s power grid
The International Space Station’s solar power grid got three more top-of-the-line batteries Friday during the second spacewalk in a week. Commander Shane Kimbrough and French crew member Thomas Pesquet plugged in three new lithium-ion batteries, adding to the three hooked up last week.
Spacewalking astronauts upgrade orbiting lab’s power grid
This still image taken from video provided by NASA shows U.S. astronaut Shane Kimbrough, left and French astronaut Thomas Pesquet during a space walk outside the International Space Station, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017.
Top 10 gadgets at CES 2017
There was no shortage of gadgets at CES 2017. What qualifies as a “gadget” could be debated, but no doubt the following products are new and interesting.
January at the Columbia Memorial Space Center
Saturday, Jan. 7, 11 a.m., Young Explorers Program – Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids: Have you ever wondered what physically separates the terrestrial planets and the gas giants? Where do comets come from? The space center has all the answers. Join them to learn the difference between comets and their cousins, meteors and asteroids.
For Cheapest Power on Earth, Look Skyward as Coal Falls to Solar
Solar power is now cheaper than coal in some parts of the world. In less than a decade, it’s likely to be the lowest-cost option almost everywhere.
Fake Elon Musk on His Favorite Restaurants (Red Lobster!), His Intelligence, and Bringing Mars To Us
He isn’t pioneering rocketry, solar energy, battery storage, or EVs. He doesn’t want to save humanity by seeding the galaxy with our species.
Climate Change: The Frightening Rise of Dangerous Manmade Global Voguing
A change in temperature is a change in climate. We worry about man-made climate change if a temperature change will last decades or centuries and if the change will disfigure the environment.
Ohio Governor Vetoes Bill to Extend Freeze on Renewable Energy
Ohio Governor John Kasich rejected a bill to extend a freeze on a law that requires utilities in the state to buy more electricity from renewable sources including wind and solar power.
Electricity-from-water scientist seeks commercialisation of invention
New Delhi, Dec 20 : A top scientist at National Physics Laboratory here has said that industry should come forward to commercialise the concept of the hydroelectric cell as it has the potential to be a very cheap source of electricity. [NK Technology] The inventor of the cell that produces electricity from water, R.K. Kotnala, the Chief Scientist at NPL, urged industry leaders to come forward and help improve the workability of the cell, which, he said, can be a great source of green energy.
Electricity-from-water scientist seeks commercialisation of invention
New Delhi, Dec 20 : A top scientist at National Physics Laboratory here has said that industry should come forward to commercialise the concept of the hydroelectric cell as it has the potential to be a very cheap source of electricity. [NK Technology] The inventor of the cell that produces electricity from water, R.K. Kotnala, the Chief Scientist at NPL, urged industry leaders to come forward and help improve the workability of the cell, which, he said, can be a great source of green energy.
Cargo ship readied for launch to space station
This file photo shows an H-II rocket on the pad at Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center. An H-IIB rocket carrying the Japanese HTV-6 cargo ship loaded with nearly four tons of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station is scheduled for launch Friday morning U.S. time.