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Google places its bets on a fusion-powered future

Cryostat base in its final location inside the tokamak hall that will house CFS’ SPARC reactor currently being built in Devens, Massachusetts. The cryostat will keep the superconducting magnets cold enough to perform well, insulating them from the outside world with a vacuum, as drinks flasks do. Photo: CFS

Google has signalled its confidence in fusion as a future clean energy source by making a second capital investment in Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) of the US and signing what it says is the largest direct corporate power purchase agreement…

SOLAR POWER and coal

SOLAR POWER TAKES THE LEAD AS THE CHEAPEST ENERGY SOURCE WORLDWIDE Solar energy has now claimed the title of the world’s cheapest source of electricity, with costs falling to as little as 2p per unit in the sunniest regions, according to groundbreaking…

CCS in cement production is a concrete idea

       The demonstration carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant at Heidelberg      Materials’ Brevik, Norway, cement plant is now being commissioned following an official opening in June. At full-scale production of 400.000 t/y (or 55 t/h) of liquefied CO2, harvested…

THE STORAGE CHALLENGE: GIANT “UNDERGROUND BATTERIES”

Because solar power is inconsistent, we need a place to put the extra Hydrogen. SUMMARY TABLE TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONAL ROLE 2025 TRANSFORMATION COAL BURNING FOR ELECTRICITY GASIFICATION FOR HYDROGEN + CARBON CAPTURE  SOLAR SINGLE-SIDED PANELS BIFACIAL (DUAL-SIDED) + TOPCON TECHNOLOGY HYDROGEN…