Tag: Renewable

What links coconuts with rum and coffee? They are all shipped from overseas. Now a French company is aiming to make sea transportation more environmentally-friendly. Its 80-metre-long sailing ship, an alternative to this electric freighter, will have 700㎡ sails and be powered by wind. By winter 2022 the company should have 4 such vessels, travelling between Europe and destinations...

Wind is increasingly important for generating renewable energy. So, too, is water. Now a Scottish company is using the ocean tides to generate electricity in a new way. Their 74 metre long floating tidal turbine is anchored to the seabed at four different points. It has recently been connected to the local electricity network by undersea cable. Two turbine...

Isn’t it lovely when the sun shines through the window? Except when it’s too warm and bright inside. Instead of letting down the blinds or turning up the air-con, perhaps we’ll soon have another option. Inspired by the technology that brought us automatically tinting eyeglasses, a team of researchers has begun developing the concept of the smart window. In...