When it comes to price, nuclear power cannot compete with wind farms
Wind farms will be generating electricity at a far cheaper price by the time Hinkley Point C, a nuclear power station currently under construction in the UK, comes online. According to a Germany energy boss, not only does it cost less to construct the wind farms, the cost of producing electricity Read More...
This device tracks your water use and tells you how to lower it
An entrepreneur has created a device that tracks your water use and makes recommendations on how to lower it. The device uses machine-learning algorithms to identify whether the water is going to a shower or a sprinkler, and alerts you via an app if there’s a leak. If the system identifies that a Read More...
Electric roads can replace electric trucks and clean up the freight industry
Nothing is responsible for more smog-causing emissions in southern California than the trucks that haul freight between the region’s cities and ports. And these trucks may just be too big to realistically run on electric batteries like the passenger cars built by Tesla and others. One possible Read More...
Multigenerational living: A brilliant solution for the affordable housing crisis
Two recent graduates have created a platform that pairs older homeowners with young renters. The idea is simple: You match younger people who need affordable housing with older adults who charge affordable prices—including help around the house—for the extra rooms of their house. For empty Read More...
For a healthy relationship, practice more humility
Oftentimes we are so concerned with winning an argument, making a point, being right and correcting other people that we forget to listen to others, and to allow the unimportant things to dissipate. In a relationship, this prideful way of behaving can be detrimental to the chemistry between two Read More...
This hydrogen car could be the future of transport
Automobile engineer Hugo Spowers believes that battery-powered electric vehicles won’t be the only attractive option on the market for buyers who are eco-conscious. It’s why he and his independent car company, Riversimple, have been building a lightweight hydrogen EV that emits just Read More...
New finance instruments will help fund India’s green infrastructure targets
Two new green finance instruments launched at the end of October by the India Innovation Lab for Green Finance are intended to help India meet its green infrastructure Read More...
Swimming against the stream: Seafood company uses data to clean up the oceans
Tuna itself may be good for the heart, but the levels of mercury often found in tuna can wreak havoc on your body over time. To ensure its tuna is free from harmful levels of mercury, a fishing company has mercury standards ten times stricter than the FDA recommends, which it enforces using an Read More...
Georgia is planting a special carbon-capturing crop alongside its highway
On a stretch of highway in Georgia, a project to create the world’s first sustainable highway is currently underway. A solar farm has been installed on the shoulder and “solar pavement” has been paved on the roads, and now a special crop is being planted along the road to absorb carbon. Read More...
How low can you go: Mexico set to generate the world’s cheapest solar power
In the world of solar energy, records are being broken left and right. The next one to be broken is expected to happen in Mexico where completely new renewable projects will be generating electricity at an astonishing price of 1¢/kWh by 2019 or sooner. Despite its economic challenges, Mexico is Read More...