Barcelona is turning subway trains into power stations
Barcelona is using the regenerative braking of its subways to power trains, stations, and neighborhood EV chargers. Could New York do it too?
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US startup ditches towers for unique pyramid-mounted wind turbines
An innovative floating offshore wind turbine prototype was launched in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Instead of a single anchor tower, the approach uses a pyramid base that can also passively orient itself in the direction of the blowing wind.
Microsoft’s Remarkably Big Bet on Carbon-Absorbing Rocks
Why the tech giant is so high on Heirloom Carbon
India joins rush to renewables, but its rural solar systems fall off grid
A cautionary tale for a world racing into renewables: The large majority of mini-grids in India no longer work, an environmental group found.
This project cuts emissions by putting data centers inside wind turbines | CNN
WindCORES operates data centers inside wind turbines located in a wind park in western Germany, which the company says makes the centers almost carbon neutral.
NTU researchers build mini wind harvester to produce electricity from a gentle breeze | The Straits Times
The device is the size of a water bottle and made of copper, aluminium and other parts worth around $10. Read more at straitstimes.com.