Monthly Archives: October 2022

Startup HiiROC has developed a new way for hydrogen production, which is based on conversion of biomethane and natural gas through thermal plasma electrolysis. The innovation will be tested at the power plant in the city of Brigg, the east of England.

The scientists from Skoltech and Lomonosov Moscow State University have obtained a high-quality carbon material from hogweed for sodium-ion batteries, which may become a more affordable alternative to lithium-ion batteries. The findings are published in the Batteries, the journal published by the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).

The Chinese company Huasun has introduced a new all-black heterojunction solar panel consisting of 120 elements with a total capacity of 380 to 400 W, depending on the configuration. The model is capable of converting solar energy into electricity with the efficiency 20.86% to 21.96% according to the PV Magazine, an industry publication.

The city of Chaozhou, in Guangdong province, the south of China, has announced its plans to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm with a capacity of 43.3 GW. The project envisaging the use of more than one thousand wind turbines will be located between 75 and 185 km off the coast, across the Taiwan Strait. It is expected to supply electricity to 13 million households.

Alef Aeronautics, a California-based startup, has begun pre-sales of a flying electric car, the mass production of which will begin in the fourth quarter of 2025. The model called Alef A will cost $300,000.

Company Sagarmatha Hydropower is planning to construct a 171 MW hydropower plant (HPP) in the Solukhumbu district, Eastern Nepal, according to the Nagarik Network, a regional media. The HPP project will be the sixth in the Dudh Kosi high-altitude river basin, one of the largest hydropower hubs in Nepal.