Using sunlight to recycle black plastics by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2024 Researchers have developed a sunlight-powered technique to recycle black and colored polystyrene plastics, offering a new approach to handling materials typically sent to landfills. Black coffee lids and foam containers, often made of polystyrene, are challenging to […]
Revolv Space prepares for inaugural in-orbit test of SARA system by Robert Schreiber Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 26, 2024 Revolv Space has completed integration and testing of its Solar Array Drive Assembly (SADA), known as SARA, on DPhi Space’s Clustergate-1 platform, signaling readiness for its first in-orbit demonstration in early 2025. This mission […]
Atomic-6 partners with Starpath Robotics for Lunar Power Tower development by Erica Marchand Paris, France (SPX) Nov 25, 2024 Atomic-6 has entered into a development contract with Starpath Robotics to design and build a deployable composite boom for Starpath’s advanced solar power generation system. This collaboration brings together Atomic-6’s innovative composite manufacturing techniques […]
Engineers develop additive for affordable renewable energy storage by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 25, 2024 Advancing the promise of renewable energy sources like solar and wind, University of Wisconsin – Madison researchers have designed a water-soluble chemical additive to improve bromide-based aqueous flow batteries. This innovation addresses critical challenges in […]
MIT, Harvard and Mass General lead 408 MW green energy push by Nicole Morell | MIT Office of Sustainability Boston MA (SPX) Nov 25, 2024 MIT is co-leading an effort to enable the development of two new large-scale renewable energy projects in regions with carbon-intensive electrical grids: Big Elm Solar in Bell County, […]
A nonflammable battery to power a safer, decarbonized future by Zach Winn | MIT News Boston MA (SPX) Nov 22, 2024 Lithium-ion batteries are the workhorses of home electronics and are powering an electric revolution in transportation. But they are not suitable for every application. A key drawback is their flammability […]
