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Russia approves operation of 70 Megawatt floating nuclear reactor
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangRussia has approved the operation of the floating nuclear power plant Akademik Lomonosov.
Inside the country's biggest nuclear power plant tear-down
• PopSciUnbuilding an atomic giant
Cryptocurrency mining puts electrical grid of small Washington state county 'to the test'
• https://www.cnbc.com, Fred ImbertThe cryptocurrency craze is helping many people rake in money, but it is also putting pressure on the electrical infrastructure of a small county in Washington state.
What it really takes to power your home for a day
• https://www.popsci.comHere's how much gas, coal, oil, wind, solar, water, or nuclear fuel is required.
Paragraf announces collaboration with Verditek to develop graphene-based solar panels
• graphene-info.comParagraf, a Cambridge-based graphene technology developer, has announced a joint development project targeting new solar technology with Verditek, a clean technology company.
Beyond lithium -- the search for a better battery
• ft.com by Nic FildesGraphene and salt water offer promising advances
US Coal Production Crashes To Record Low
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenHere's another chart that it's probably best not to show President Trump...
China built 2000 meter long solar highway with transparent concrete over solar panels
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangQilu Transportation Development Group, a state-owned transport firm operating in Shandong, is completing a 2000 meter solar highway in China.
"Artificial blowhole" generates electricity from ocean waves
• https://newatlas.com, Michael IrvingWind and solar power are becoming increasingly attractive alternatives to fossil fuels, but renewables are a rich tapestry, and the more threads we can weave together, the better.
Russia and China each startup VVER-1000 nuclear reactors
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangRussia's latest nuclear power reactor, Rostov 4, reached criticality and minimum controlled power on 29 December, 2017. It is Russia's 36th reactor in a fleet that meets about 18% of the country's electricity demand.
Los Alamos quantum dots will make cost effective double-pane solar windows
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangUsing two types of "designer" quantum dots, researchers are creating double-pane solar windows that generate electricity with greater efficiency and create shading and insulation for good measure. It's all made possible by a new window architec
The Age of Graphene: Samsung's Revolutionary Battery Technology
• https://www.youtube.com, NeoScribePre-historic times and ancient history are defined by the materials that were harnessed during that period.
Beer as a renewable fuel: Vehicles could run on it 2022, without having to be altered
• https://www.naturalnews.com(Natural News) Beer could soon replace diesel and gasoline as a promising source of sustainable motor fuel by 2022, thanks to chemists who developed a method for converting the alcoholic beverage into a new type of fuel without the need to alter the
China building a 600 MWe fast neutron reactor which will become nuclear workhorse in the 2040s
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangConstruction of China's 600 MWe demonstration fast reactor at Xiapu, Fujian province, has officially begun with the pouring of the first concrete for the reactor's basemat.
A Novel Aluminum–Graphite Dual-Ion Battery
• http://onlinelibrary.wiley.comA novel low-cost aluminum–graphite dual-ion battery is reported. The battery shows a reversible capacity of ?100 mAh g?1 and a capacity retention of 88% after 200 charge–discharge cycles.
Scientists create cheap, non-metallic, sustainable battery from tree bark
• https://www.naturalnews.com(Natural News) Mother Nature will never cease to amaze, with its seemingly endless list of natural energy resources that are just waiting to be tapped. The many sources of natural -- or as many in the mainstream media like to call it, the alternativ
Super aluminum-graphene battery has a 5-second charging time
• https://www.nextbigfuture.comMaterial and engineering researchers at East China's Zhejiang University unveiled a "super" aluminum-graphene battery that can be fully charged in 5 seconds and then last for two hours.
Battery Breakthrough May Triple the Range on a Single Charge
• https://www.themaven.net, by Mike Mish ShedlockNew research at the University of Waterloo in Canada may triple the range of current batteries. A battery breakthrough may be on the horizon if Canadian research pans out.
Chinese Unicorn launches electric SUV and battery swapping charging network
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangChina NIO has launched the ES8 sports utility vehicle which has a range of 500 kilometers (311 miles) on a single charge and costs 448,000 yuan ($67,783).
LPP Fusion is 90% of the way to hitting funding goal
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangLPP Fusion is nearing their minimum funding level for their latest round of financing.
Prototype for two beam laser fusion system within a decade if no major hurdles arise
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangDramatic advances in laser technology are close to making the two-laser approach feasible, and a spate of recent experiments around the world indicate that an 'avalanche' fusion reaction could be triggered in the trillionth-of-a-second blast...
Powering up: The biggest battery breakthroughs of 2017
• https://newatlas.com, Nick LavarsBatteries are the engine room for so much of the modern world, from smartphones to laptops and weird new scooters to the emerging fleets of autonomous trucks.
Breakthroughs could make commercial laser nuclear fusion through billion times improvements in yield
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangTwo recent scientific breakthroughs have opened a new way to laser fusion reactions according to startup HB11 Energy.
Toyota and Panasonic investigating prismatic batteries to try to find an electric car advantage
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangToyota and Panasonic are launching a "feasibility study" to investigate the technological potential of batteries that use prismatic cells.
Thorcon floating supertanker molten salt reactors starting with 2021 prototype
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangThorCon is a liquid-fuel fission power plant, under development in the US, to be built in a far-east shipyard, then floated to Indonesia, with testing starting in 2021.
Game changing nuclear molten salt reactor will be cheaper than natural gas
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangRecently , Terrestrial Energy Inc.'s (TEI) announced the completion of the first phase of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's (CNSC) pre-licensing vendor design review.
Actually getting rid of a USA worth of coal usage within a decade
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangIn 2011, President Obama set a U.S. energy target: produce 80 percent of electricity from clean energy sources by 2035. Reaching that goal would involve removing two thirds of coal usage in the USA. The US is not on a path to making that happen.
China spending US$3.3 billion on molten salt nuclear reactors for faster aircraft carriers ...
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangChina will spend 22 billion yuan (US$3.3 billion) on two prototype molten salt nuclear reactors.
Heat only nuclear plants proposed to get rid of coal power at one third the cost
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangThere has been proposal in China to switch from fossil fuel burners to "swimming pool" nuclear reactors.
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