{"id":202234,"date":"2024-12-23T13:08:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T19:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/scientists-push-boundaries-with-high-tech-device-that-turns-heat-source-into-readily-available-energy-heres-how-it-works"},"modified":"2024-12-23T13:08:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T19:08:19","slug":"scientists-push-boundaries-with-high-tech-device-that-turns-heat-source-into-readily-available-energy-heres-how-it-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/scientists-push-boundaries-with-high-tech-device-that-turns-heat-source-into-readily-available-energy-heres-how-it-works","title":{"rendered":"Scientists push boundaries with high-tech device that turns heat source into readily available energy \u2014 here\u2019s how it works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jqtRJXGJEwA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The International Renewable Energy Agency says breakthroughs like this, along with others such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecooldown.com\/green-tech\/renewable-energy-breakthroughs-research-sustainable\/\">solar panels that work at night<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecooldown.com\/green-tech\/flywheel-energy-storage-power-plant-china\/\">China\u2019s flywheel energy storage project<\/a>, are key to cutting back on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecooldown.com\/green-tech\/dirty-energy-fossil-fuel-sources\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"73\" title=\"79% of all power comes from 'dirty energy' sources &mdash; here's why experts are calling it a 'fueling failure'\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dirty energy<\/a> use and creating stronger and more reliable power systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurther international cooperation is vital to deliver fit-for-purpose grids, sufficient energy storage and faster electrification, which are integral to move clean energy transitions quickly and securely,\u201d Executive Director of the International Energy Agency Fatih Birol said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/news\/countries-can-transform-the-global-energy-sector-by-fully-implementing-the-2030-goals-they-agreed-at-cop28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IEA report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This new way of storing energy could deliver cleaner, more affordable energy to cities, businesses, and homes. Researchers at Rice University believe it could be widely available in five to 10 years, making renewable energy more practical and accessible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Renewable Energy Agency says breakthroughs like this, along with others such as solar panels that work at night or China\u2019s flywheel energy storage project, are key to cutting back on dirty energy use and creating stronger and more reliable power systems. \u201cFurther international cooperation is vital to deliver fit-for-purpose grids, sufficient energy storage [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1633,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-solar-power","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}