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Use asphalt to produce energy
If you once burn a leg when walking on hot roads, you may notice asphalt capable of absorbing solar energy. A Dutch company taking advantage of this feature collects hea…
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Catch the Sahara desert
In Algeria last week, it was announced that plans for a 3,000-kilometer transmission line, which will carry electricity from the Sahara to Europe. This is the first proj…
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Virtual tools help children enjoy learning
When wearing a special audiovisual device, elementary school students in Singapore will see planets rotating in the solar system, or watch flowers bloom in the spring, a…
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Wind, energy never runs out, but ...
Wind energy is a transitional form of solar energy, because it is the daylight that heats the atmosphere, creating a difference in temperature and pressure between diffe…
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Simple solar water filtration system
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education has successfully researched and applied the filter system of saline water, alum, br…
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Solar-powered tower-shaped power plant
The Technical Thermodynamics Institute of the German Space Center has supported Spain with the technology to build a solar-powered pyramid-shaped thermal power plant on…
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Solar powered ship
On May 8, the Swiss ship Sun21 completed its first solar-powered journey across the Atlantic.
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Solar power and application paradox
In Vietnam, since 1989 solar power has been applied and developed extensively. However, the fact that the development is only limited in rural and remote areas, also in…
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EC announces the solar potential map
According to the VNA correspondent in Belgium, with the goal of increasing the rate of renewable energy utilization to 20% of the total energy consumption between now an…
Environment
Cover the sun to block ... global warming
Scientists from both US and Harvard universities have proposed an idea to combat global warming by using chemicals to reduce the intensity of sunlight.
Environment
Japan wants the Olympic 2020 to use full renewable energy
The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee set a goal for all of the electricity used at the two sporting events to be derived from renewable energy sources i…
Environment
America is so dependent on solar energy that they start to fear eclipse
When the darkness encompasses North America, it is expected that the grid will shrink by about 70 megawatts per minute, two to three times faster than the daily rate of…
Environment
Clean energy sources are far outstripping coal
2015 is the year marked a major turning point for the clean energy industry when for the first time in history, renewable energy has surpassed coal to become the world's…