Power
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The first small modular reactor (SMR) application has passed an intensive Phase 1 review by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The okay for NuScale Power means that plans can progress on a 12-module plant scheduled to go online in Idaho in the middle of the next decade.
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A lot of cyclists use power meters, but likely a lot more would use them if the things weren't so expensive – they can easily cost over US$1,000. A group of Dutch entrepreneurs is out to address that situation, with the IQ².
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An organism that is pretty good at generating biocompatible power (for itself, at least) is the electric eel, and scientists have now used the high-voltage species as a blueprint for a promising new self-charging device that could one day power things like pacemakers and prosthetics.
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Toyota has announced it will build the world's first megawatt-scale carbonate fuel cell power generation plant with a hydrogen fueling station in California. This 'Tri-Gen" facility will use locally-sourced agricultural bio-waste to generate huge amounts of power, lots of hydrogen, and clean water.
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After opening the world’s first commercial Direct Air Capture (DAC) plant designed to pull CO2 out of the air, Swiss company Climeworks is now joining forces with a geothermal power plant in Iceland to create the world’s first “negative emission” power plant.
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Honda released its clumsily named Lib-AID E500 onto the domestic Japanese market this month without much fanfare. It's like the power bank you might carry for your smartphone, except bigger, with more power capacity, and it can deliver AC power for devices you only use via a wall socket.
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Just a month after the state government of South Australia announced a deal with Tesla to create the largest lithium-ion battery storage facility in the world, it has now revealed plans to build the biggest, single-tower solar thermal power plant on the planet with a proposed output of 150 MW.
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If you've ever been caught out with a dead phone battery in the middle of nowhere, take heart. Researchers have developed a prototype phone that requires no batteries, yet can receive and transmit and receive speech by harvesting the minimal power it needs from ambient radio signals.
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Many travel adapters are designed wish fuses to protect electronics from surges, but replacing them and lugging spares around can be a hassle. To lighten the load, Zendure has announced the Passport, a new travel adapter with an auto-resetting fuse built in.
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A team of researchers has designed an exciting new energy storage system they call 'a biological supercapacitor' which could offer wearers battery-free implantable devices that never need to be replaced.
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Disney Research has demonstrated a new method for wireless power transmission that induces electrical currents in an enclosed metallic structure and could charge your devices automatically the moment you walk into a room, making electrical cords and charging cradles a thing of the past.
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Last year researchers demonstrated an origami-style battery that could produce electricity using dirty water. The team has now given its bacteria-powered device a nice little boost, tweaking the design to resemble an origami ninja star and upping the power density in the process.
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