Vertical solar farms

Vertical solar farms

Feb 26, 2022 | Innovation

There is really exciting news on the clean energy front – solar panels which do not need direct sunlight and can be moulded into different shapes. The AuREUS System won the James Dyson Foundation Sustainability Award in 2020. Carvey Ehren Maigue, 29, invented...

Artificial Leaf Captures Carbon

Feb 12, 2022 | Innovation

Engineers often look to nature for inspiration. For years, scientists have been trying to recreate how leaves capture CO2. Here’s the exciting news – the University of Illinois have developed an artificial leaf which could play a major role in carbon...
Helsinki’s Hot Heart

Helsinki’s Hot Heart

Feb 9, 2022 | Innovation

Hot Heart is an award-winning heating system, known as ‘the Helsinki Model’. Renewable energy – biomass, water, solar and wind power – is stored in thermal basins on a series of ‘islands’. Seawater pumps then direct the heat to the...
A Plastic Alternative

A Plastic Alternative

Feb 8, 2022 | Innovation

Benjamin Stern discovered his idea for a plastic-free teardrop bubble in his ninth-grade biology class. He was 14-years-old and attracted investment from Mark Cuban – a billionaire entrepreneur. Nohbo Drops was born. The water-soluble packets of shampoo,...
Step into Clean Energy

Step into Clean Energy

Feb 1, 2022 | Innovation

Imagine inventing a device which harnesses the vibrations, pressure, heat and weather on a busy street. Pedestrian footfall and traffic producing clean energy for heat and light. That is exactly what 17-year-old Jeremiah Thoronka did when he was at university. He has...
Second Chances

Second Chances

Jan 31, 2022 | Innovation

The first recyclable wind turbine blade was launched by Siemens Gamesa in September 2021. But there will be an estimated 43 million tonnes of old blades by 2050. Thankfully their lightness and strength means they can have a second life: A bike shed in Aalberg, Denmark...