Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 30, 2024
This is due in no small part to the “ nuclear bros ”: an active and seemingly tireless group of nuclear power advocates who dominate social media discussions on energy by promoting SMRs and other “advanced” nuclear technologies as the only real solution for the climate crisis. First, it’s necessary to define what “less” waste really means.
Physics World
JUNE 28, 2021
The device uses waste heat from the solar cell for desalination, thereby cooling the solar cell. It also produces no concentrated brine as waste, cutting its potential environmental impact. The post Solar device generates electricity and desalinates water with no waste brine appeared first on Physics World.
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A Greener Life
APRIL 18, 2024
It’s in the news this week because of a trial of a new heating idea – an idea that chimes nicely with the seasonal heat storage technologies I was writing about recently. Supercomputers generate an enormous amount of heat and need to be kept cool. A new trial has just been announced that will put it to good use.
Physics World
AUGUST 6, 2021
When a blade reaches the end of its lifetime, the wood is often discarded and even burnt – which is a waste of a valuable resource. The video also looks at way of reducing the energy consumption of quantum technologies themselves – which at the moment can be very large, especially for devices that must be cooled to near absolute zero.
Enviromental Defense
JUNE 9, 2021
Instead of supporting viable and more cost-effective clean technologies like heat pumps, Ontario is spending more than $234 million to support approximately 8750 connections – a subsidy of over $26,000 per customer. But the answer is not to waste public dollars to build expensive gas pipelines that will exacerbate climate change for decades.
Frontiers
JUNE 26, 2023
As a World Economic Forum platform partner, Frontiers is collaborating with the Forum on the 2023 edition of its annual emerging technologies report. New approaches, which address this problem, have been identified among the top ten technologies listed in this year’s World Economic Forum report.
Physics World
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
Commissioning of the latter – a Pb-Bi eutectic-cooled and double-walled, unpressurized pool-type reactor with a maximum thermal output of 100 MW – represents the third and final phase of MYRRHA construction and is presently scheduled for 2036. So this first-of-a-kind research facility will inevitably require a unique linac capability?
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