Renewable Energy
Top 5 Solar Energy Advances Using Perovskites
For years, special kinds of semiconductors called perovskites have promised revolutionary improvements compared to traditional silicon solar cells. Perovskites could hold the key ...
Energy Production
Why Are Floating Wind Turbines So Huge?
With the recent news of China producing one of the largest wind turbines yet, with a rotor diameter of 260 meters (853 feet) ...
Sustainable Tech
The Truth About Heat Pumps and Cold Weather
Heat pumps are versatile, efficient, and great for both heating and cooling … or are they? Whenever heat pumps are mentioned, critics bring ...
Energy Production
Fixing Solar Panels Fatal Flaw
The solar industry has a potentially fatal flaw: its reliance on silver. As a precious metal, silver is costly and difficult to come ...
Renewable Energy
Why This 17-Year Old’s Electric Motor Is Important
Where there’s tech, there’s magnets. The strong magnets that generate their own magnetic field, AKA permanent magnets, aren’t only on your fridge. They’re ...
Sustainable Tech
The Simple Genius of a Prefabricated House – My Net Zero Home Build
I’m in the process of building a new energy efficient, net zero modular home that’s being built in a factory. Why did I ...
Smart Home
How to Cut Your Impact (and Your Bills) as a Homeowner
Renewable energy and reduced carbon impact often come with a stigma of being expensive. And this reputation was well-deserved for a time. But ...
Sustainable Tech
Why Bitcoin May Never Go Green
Dogecoin. Bitcoin. Etherium. Cardano. Even if you don’t know how cryptocurrencies work (and no pressure, it’s complicated), you’ve probably heard these names. Though ...
