The very string of words - 'negative emissions power plant' may seem like a bad case of an oxymoron. But that is exactly what Climeworks has achieved with their pilot project entailing a power plant that eliminates more carbon dioxide than it actually produces. In terms of sheer numbers, this incredible feat of engineering, touted…
According to a recent announcement, the government of Ukraine is gearing up to revive the wasteland surrounding the former Chernobyl power plant as a massive solar farm. Nearly 30 years after a nuclear catastrophe wrecked the city of Pripyat, located around 100 km (approx. 62 mi) from the country's capital Kiev, officials are planning to…
We here at HEXAPOLIS have discussed in details the various potential applications of graphene - the two-dimensional carbon allotrope. And now a group of resourceful researchers over at MIT have found yet another use for the one-atom thick wonder material, with its crucial impact envisioned in most of the world's electricity-producing power plants. To that…