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Scientists from the Institute of nanotechnology, electronics and instrumentation engineering with the Southern Federal University (SFedU) created piezoelectric generators on the basis of nitrogen-alloyed carbon nanotubes transforming the vibrations of urban noise, human movements and talks into electricity. In future, such generators can become a source of stand-alone power supply for personal gadgets, such as watches, headsets and telephones.

According to Rosatom’s communication, the Hydrogen Unit of Rosatom called Rusatom Overseas and the supplier of commercial hydrogen generators Polycom are setting up a consortium to manufacture Russian electrolysers for hydrogen projects.

India approved the project of building Dibang, the biggest hydropower plant (HPP) in the country with the total capacity of 2,880 megawatts (MW), the regional publication The Economic Times says. The project with INR 319 bn (USD 3.9 bn) budget will be implemented in Arunachal-Pradesh state located in the North-West of India at the border with the PRC.

The pace of issuing permits for building coal-fired combined heat-and-power plants (CHPPs) in China went up drastically last year. In 2021, the permits were issued for the plants of total capacity of 23 gigawatts (GW), and in 2022, they were issued for the total capacity of 106 GW, according to Global Energy Monitor. The pace of coal-fired CHPPs grew from 26.2 GW in 2021 гup to 26.8 GW.

Natural, climatic and infrastructural conditions of Brazil allow for it to accommodate in its territory almost 338 gigawatt (GW) of solar power plants (SPPs). This is the conclusion made by the scientists from German Aerospace Center, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and San Francisco de Quito University (Ecuador), who calculated the SPPs potential for each Brazilian state. The results of their research are published in Nature journal.