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![Functional fashion: mini solar cells could transform wearable energy]()
Functional fashion: mini solar cells could transform wearable energy
Nottingham Trent University has developed a way to embed miniaturised solar cells into yarn that can then be knitted and woven into textiles. Measuring the size of a flea, the...
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![The ten biggest power companies in 2018]()
The ten biggest power companies in 2018
State Grid Corporation of China’s 2018 revenues reached $347bn surpassing most other power companies in the world. Power-technology.com profiles the ten biggest power companies based on 2018 revenues.
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![India’s bold move towards emission control]()
India’s bold move towards emission control
India’s largest power utility NTPC has plans to use biomass to co-fire all its coal-based power plants. The decision is a bold move that will reduce the company’s overall carbon...
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![The top 10 countries in the world by wind energy capacity]()
The top 10 countries in the world by wind energy capacity
Wind energy is a well-established source of renewable energy, but what countries have the highest wind energy capacity in the world?
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![The power of radiative cooling: will it be the next big energy saver?]()
The power of radiative cooling: will it be the next big energy saver?
For a few years a team of academics in the US has been on a quest to revolutionise the way buildings are cooled. Now, ongoing research by one of them...
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![Top five trends in wave power]()
Top five trends in wave power
Wave energy has great potential in energy production but it suffers compared to other forms of renewable energy like wind and solar due to costs and the problems of damage...
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![Nuclear fusion: is halfway good enough?]()
Nuclear fusion: is halfway good enough?
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced that its SPARC reactor could begin producing energy from nuclear fusion by 2025, but it is a small reactor and likely to produce...
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![China’s plans to build a supergrid: read this and more in the new issue of Future Power]()
China’s plans to build a supergrid: read this and more in the new issue of Future Power
In this issue: India’s plans to co-fire all coal-based power plants with biomass, the future of fusion nuclear energy, a new energy storage tower, China’s mega transmission line project, and...
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![Tower of power: gravity-based storage evolves beyond pumped hydro]()
Tower of power: gravity-based storage evolves beyond pumped hydro
Energy Vault has created a new storage system in which a six-arm crane sits atop a 33-storey tower, raising and lowering concrete blocks and storing energy in a similar method...
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![China’s mega transmission lines]()
China’s mega transmission lines
The State Grid Corporation of China has announced it is building a 1.1 million volt transmission line that will be able to deliver the output of 12 large power plants...
