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Jan 5, 2022

A Company Is Taking on Tesla With Its Easy-Install Solar Roof Tiles

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability

And it claims any roofer can install its new solar shingles.

GAF Energy, a division of roofing giant GAF, developed new solar shingles that are so easy to install no special equipment or knowledge is required, a TechCrunch report reveals.

The new accessible home renewable energy option provides serious competition for Tesla, who revealed their own new tiles with 22 percent more energy capacity last month.

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Jan 3, 2022

Nanotech Energy Unveils Fireproof Graphene Battery

Posted by in categories: energy, nanotechnology

Explosive if true. Figuratively speaking.


Explosive if true, figuratively speaking. The technology replaces the typically flammable electrolytes in batteries with graphene.

Jan 3, 2022

The 126-Rotor Windcatcher Will ‘Dramatically Slash Costs’ for Wind Energy

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A Norwegian company developed a floating wind power system that provides the energy of 25 traditional wind turbines at roughly half the price.

Jan 2, 2022

China’s 7,500-Mile Undersea Cable to Europe Fuels Internet Feud

Posted by in categories: energy, internet

The U.S. and China are vying to control the world’s digital infrastructure, and the new “Peace Cable” has Europe caught in the middle.

Jan 1, 2022

China to cut new energy vehicle subsidies

Posted by in categories: energy, finance, sustainability, transportation

China has cheap labour and huge market so still EV companies will invest in China.


BEIJING, Jan 1 (Reuters) — China will cut subsidies on new energy vehicles (NEVs), such as electric cars, by 30% in 2022 and withdraw them altogether at the end of the year, the Finance Ministry said on its website on Friday.

The ministry had said in April 2020 that NEV subsidies would be cut from 2020 to 2022 by 10%, 20% and 30%, respectively.

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Dec 31, 2021

World’s first super-large ethane carrier delivered in Shanghai

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Capable of shipping 99,000 cubic meters of liquefied gas across the Pacific Ocean, the world’s first very large ethane carrier (VLEC), “Pacific Ineos Belstaff,” was named and delivered by Chinese shipbuilder Jiangnan Shipyard Group in Shanghai on Tuesday.

As the largest carrier for ethane in the world by far, the vessel features the Type-B cargo quartet containment system “BrilliancE” developed by Jiangnan Shipyard. B stands for Type-B and E stands for ethane and ethylene.

It is also equipped with dual-fuel technology that can use ethane as fuel through a shaft generator that helps it meet the most stringent emission requirements.

Dec 30, 2021

Due to Precision Launch, NASA Says Webb Space Telescope’s Fuel Likely To Last Way More Than 10 Years

Posted by in categories: energy, space

After a successful launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Dec. 25, and completion of two mid-course correction maneuvers, the Webb team has analyzed its initial trajectory and determined the observatory should have enough propellant to allow support of science operations in orbit for significantly more than a 10-year science lifetime. (The minimum baseline for the mission is five years.)

Dec 30, 2021

Chinese utility abandons model ‘green’ energy plant in Xinjiang

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State-approved project was found to emit polluted wastewater.


HONG KONG — Shanghai Electric Power has abandoned a project that was supposed to produce clean energy in China’s Xinjiang region but instead created a new source of pollution.

Dec 30, 2021

A Neutron Star Unleashed an Energy Equivalent to That Created by the Sun in 100,000 Years

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In a tenth of a second.

We’ve just taken another step toward comprehending enormous magnetar explosions.

For the first time, a group of international researchers was able to measure oscillations in the brightness of a magnetar during its most violent moments.

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Dec 30, 2021

James Webb Space Telescope Has Enough Fuel For More Than 10 Years of Mission

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Thanks to Ariane 5 rocket launching Webb on the right path.

After nearly 30 years of planning and thorough work, NASA finally got to launch its $10 billion next-generation space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), on Christmas day. JWST is now headed on a long six-month trip until it can begin its science mission and start to conduct routine science operations.

Now, it turns out that JWST might be traveling and collecting data for much longer than initially expected. JWST was forecast to be operational for 5 to 10 years, but NASA’s latest analysis revealed that the observatory should have enough fuel to “allow support of science operations in orbit for significantly more than a 10-year science lifetime.”