The Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences received an approval from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on launching an experimental molten salt thorium reactor, which has been under construction since 2018 in Wuwei city, Gansu Province, central China.
RayGen, a startup specializing in the development of electro-thermal energy storage has begun commissioning of a hybrid solar-hydropower plant in Victoria, Australia. The project key feature will be the use of water for energy storage which is unconventional for solar plants.
Kitekraft Company has created an aircraft, which is capable of generating electric power from air energy. The development resembles kite design: sailplane fitted with eight propellers and linked by a cable to ground electric generator.
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