The Tiny Swiss Company That Thinks It Can Help Stop Climate Change
Two European entrepreneurs want to remove carbon from the air at prices cheap enough to matter. New York Times
2019-02-17
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Two European entrepreneurs want to remove carbon from the air at prices cheap enough to matter. New York Times
It’s too soon to call a peak on traditional vehicles, but the potential for overall growth is in question. And just how much of that growth will be electric? Bloomberg
At a location where once pure oxygen was produced, an outstanding new area was developed which offers on ten hectares space for around 1,500 residents and up to 3,000 workplaces. Suurstoffi Energy Design Holzer Kobler Architekturen
With a storage capacity of 7.5 MWh the battery provides grid services for the grid balancing market, which is estimated 1,400 MW in Europa , 74 MW in the Netherlands , 603 MW in Germany, 47 MW in Belgium , 561 MW in France, 62 MW in Austria and 68 MW in Switzerland. ee news
The business model of Quartierstrom: Locally generated electricity should be also locally used. This is demonstrated in the region Walenstadt, where a local electricity market was installed. Demand and supply determine the price for electricity via a blockchain based transaction platform. Quartierstrom
One option for reducing CO2 emissions in transport is to convert surplus, renewable electricity into storable energy carriers that are suitably low in CO2, such as hydrogen or synthetic methane, and can be used as fuels for individual mobility and transport of goods. EMPA
In this modular research and innovation building , new technologies, materials and systems are tested, researched, honed and validated in realistic conditions. EMPA
Empa’s Energy Hub demonstrator, combines a large number of technologies for the production, conversion, transportation and storage of energy, thus enabling to investigate the design of integrated energy systems. EMPA
They’ll never admit it in public, but many of your bosses want machines to replace you as soon as possible. (New York Times)
A growing number of start-ups are turning high-altitude surveillance into a business, aiming to sell insights gleaned from cameras and other sensors installed on small and inexpensive “cube satellites”. (New York Times)