Science and Technology:
¶ The concept of solar fuels is gaining momentum. Solar fuels are forms of fuel that are produced through the use of solar energy. Amadee + Company, a leading market research firm, has released a new report on the subject. [Hydrogen Fuel News]
¶ Approximately twice the power generation is available from a single site when it combines wind and solar in a hybrid power plant. In practice, this works better than expected. [Times of Oman]
World:
¶ The UAE has officially inaugurated Shams 1, touted as the largest concentrated solar power plant in operation in the world. [SteelGuru]
¶ A Farmer and a Farmer Cooperative in the UK have joined forces to design and develop a biomass water heating module for dairies. The plant is specifically intended to be easy to install and resilient. [FarmersWeekly]
¶ Two Austrian nuclear waste workers have been hospitalized after handling radioactive material that was mistakenly marked as “harmless”. The company where the accident happened specializes in advising on safety activities at nuclear facilities. [Austrian Times]
US:
¶ In rural Alaska, there is a wide variety of small alternative-energy projects operating or being built. This is thanks to the state’s unique Renewable Energy Fund, which jump-starts projects with locally matched grants. [Anchorage Daily News]
¶ After a slow-speed, 19-hour flight the Solar Impulse airplane landed safely early Saturday morning in Phoenix, Arizona, completing the first leg of a historic transcontinental airplane trip using zero fossil fuels. [Nature World News]
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