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Mother plucker: Steel fingers guided by AI pluck weeds rapidly and autonomously
Robot that uses AI to pull weeds may reduce poisonous herbicide use by 70% for some crops.
Solar-Powered Car Completes 620-Mile Test Drive Across North Africa
Stella Terra, the first off-road solar-powered car, recently completed a test drive of 620 miles across north Africa without recharging.
‘Revolutionary’ solar power cell innovations break key energy threshold
Next generation cells surpass limits of today’s cells and will accelerate rollout of cheaper, more efficient solar power
Climate change: China’s green power surge offers hope on warming
Wind and solar power are booming in China and may help limit global carbon emissions far faster than expected, according to a new study.
Solar Panels Floating on Reservoirs Could Provide a Third of the World’s Electricity
Solar power is going to play a major role in combating climate change, but it requires huge amounts of land.
India’s first fully solar village lights up the lives of poor residents
India, the world’s third-largest carbon dioxide emitter, aims to meet half of its energy demands from renewable sources, such as solar and wind, by 2030
Why Putting Solar Canopies on Parking Lots Is a Smart Green Move
Despite the green image, putting solar facilities on undeveloped land is often not much better than putting subdivisions there.
Largest Farm to Grow Crops Under Solar Panels Proves to Be a Bumper Crop for Agrivoltaic Land Use
Agrivoltaics is a field of study that’s blooming with knowledge: how to combine the harvesting of agriculture with solar energy in a way that augments the performance of both.
Solar is one of the cleanest power sources we’ve got. But it could be even greener.
Some manufacturers are going the extra mile to clean up emissions from a critical material in solar panels’ supply chain.
At Google’s new campus, ‘dragonscale’ solar panels capture sunlight from all different angles
The company’s Mountain View, California, offices feature curved roofs and textured solar panels that optimize the hours they can generate electricity. It’s just one sustainability feature of the more-than-a-million-square-foot campus.
Renewable power is set to break another global record in 2022 despite higher costs and supply chain bottlenecks
New capacity for generating electricity from solar, wind and other renewables increased to a record level worldwide in 2021
Innovative Project Is Growing Crops Beneath Solar Panels in Kenya
Scientists working in Kenya are trialing an innovative way to “harvest the sun twice.”
What Are Solar Trees, and Could They Replace Solar Panels?
At first glance, solar trees might seem impractical — more art than function when compared to the best solar panels. But solar trees offer a few surprising benefits over their ground-mounted counterparts.
Experts revive ancient techniques to make concrete more sustainable
A team of experts from EPFL, ETH Zurich, and Archiplein has developed a new type of non-reinforced concrete from stone offcuts. Using methods found in historical archives, the team reduced their use of carbon-intensive cement. They built and tested six load-bearing walls using recovered stone-quarry waste and three types of mortar-based binders.
Long-lost species of golden mole found and photographed for first time
A team of conservationists have rediscovered a species of golden mole that hasn’t been seen in almost 90 years.
Extreme rainfall increases exponentially with global warming
State-of-the-art climate models drastically underestimate how much extreme rainfall increases under global warming, according to a study published Monday
Turning the tide: Vietnam’s war against plastic waste
Vietnam has ambitious targets to tackle the challenge posed by plastic waste. Effective enforcement and implementation are key for success.
UN Chief Calls Antarctica ‘Sleeping Giant… Being Awoken by Climate Chaos’
“It is profoundly shocking to stand on the ice of Antarctica and hear directly from scientists how fast the ice is disappearing.”
