Specialists from the University of New South Wales (Australia) designed an electric motor with the velocity of up to 100 thou rpm. Due to its high power-weight ratio, the new motor can help to reduce the EV weight and to increase the driving range.
The Chinese company China Yangtze Power successfully completed the test startup of the eleventh hydroelectric installation in succession (No. 13 in numerical designation) of the Baihetan Dam on the Jinsha River at the administrative borderline between Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in the Eastern part of PRC. The commissioning of the remaining five units will allow to bring the second biggest hydropower plant of the world to its full capacity.
Wind Catching Systems from Norway designed a wind farm looking like an array consisting of 126 minor turbines. This unit is designed for operating in the open sea, it is capable of supplying power to 80 thou households.
Scientists from the University of Lester have developed a new way of extracting silver and aluminum from depleted photovoltaic panels, states the industrial publication PV Magazine. The research results were published in the Journal of Cleaner Production, which was published since 1993.
One of the fundamental unresolved problems of the modern nuclear industry is recycling nuclear waste. One option for the substantial reduction of generation of such waste can be construction and operation of the molten salt reactors for afterburning of minor actinides. The first such reactor in Russia can be constructed by late 2030-ies – early 2040-ies, reported Deputy General Director of Science and Innovation LLC with the Corporation Rosatom Alexey Dub in an interview to the corporate publication Strana Rosatom (Country Rosatom).
The scientists from the Federal Research Centre (FRC) of Biotechnology under RAS have studied bacteria, which were found in a reactor for treatment of town wastewater. The microorganisms turned out to be the representatives of a new bacteria strain Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum – SP-H2.
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