Learn to live within sustainable means
DELOITTE research reveals inaction on climate change could cost the world’s economy $178 trillion by 2070 but that transition to clean energy could save us $43 trillion.
In China, the world’s largest semisolid-state battery storage system has been connected to the grid; a new technology that could also provide faster charging and more efficient batteries for electric vehicles as well.
China is also home to the world’s largest sodium-ion energy storage system that uses batteries made from much more common materials than lithium.
US researchers have managed to demonstrate the world’s 1st anodefree solid-state battery which is “powerful, cheap, long-lasting” and again uses commonly available materials.
Korean researchers have found a cheap alternative to vanadium that’s currently used in redox flow batteries for grid storage.
Reuters reports that “German industry turns to solar in race to cut energy costs” with individual companies investing in clean energy to make a fast return by reducing their energy bills.
Dutch companies are collaborating on mixed energy storage systems involving batteries and compressed air that, together, cope with different storage periods.
Despite its extensive nuclear power capacity, France will now benefit from a big investment in offshore wind.
In the UK, Oxford Nanosystems has developed a metallic alloy coating that could double hydrogen production from alkaline electrolysers and halve the cost of the equipment to make the green hydrogen that’ll help with many of the more difficult Net Zero challenges.
Things are moving fast to provide us with improved clean energy solutions. Now, humanity needs to learn to live within what’s sustainable because we’re increasingly wasteful.