LINKS OF THE WEEK: Feb 12, 2024
Interesting stats on EVs and energy use in the US, developments in wind and tidal power, a plastic recycling microfactory, and an "unprecedented collapse" in EU fossil fuel generation.
While still enjoying the umami deliciousness of real beef?
Will seaweed play a big role in our food & biomaterials industries? A lot of researchers, start-ups, and investors seem to think so...
Seems kind of important given that the water shortage in the Colorado River basin threatens 40 million people and five million acres of farmland from Mexico to Wyoming.
Electric school buses, carbon negative fashion, turning face masks into ethernet cables, ambitious new G7 targets for solar and wind, and China's "artificial sun" is in the news again!
Israeli start-up Eco Wave has developed an onshore mechanism using floaters that attach to existing man-made marine structures such as
Whoo! Lots of stories this week: from stellerators to Australia's largest solar farm to cultivated meat and lithium recovered from batteries – and so, so much more.
Solar and wind are now cheaper than fossil fuels. But to use that power efficiently, we need more cost-effective energy storage solutions.
Are we the planetary wrecking ball or the species that rises from the ashes and endures?
Batteries made from beer waste, bacteria that convert CO2 into polyester, the world's first hydrogen-powered ferry, and EVs with 10x the range?!