Advancing sustainable development in Africa
<p>The report provides a detailed analysis of the design and implementation of Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) roadmaps aimed at advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Sub-Saharan
Energy Technology
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Hot stuff
India has a potential to develop geothermal energy. It is time the government utilises it
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Plug in to Sun s power
Pacific Solar of Australia plans to develop a novel concept in solar technology that could allow solar panels to be plugged directly into the standard 240 volts (V) wiring system of a house
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Windward, ho
The Chinese government has launched a "Ride the Wind' project to achieve 1,000 megawatts (MW) of installed power capacity by the end of the year 2000. The state planning commission has appointed
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Change in the wind
Wind energy could soon become as cheap as other forms of energy
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Making waves
Artificial bays on the beach can effectively be used generate power from wave energy. Tom Denniss, an oceanographer in Australia, has developed a wave reflector that would produce energy at cheaper
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Hot option
Heliostats may now trap half the energy from sunlight and convert it into electrical and heat energy
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Mobile batteries
A scientist in the US envisions that owners of tomorrow's electric cars would not only buy electricity for their vehicles but they could also be able to sell it back. Willett Kempton at the
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Spiked petrol
Two Indian researchers have deve loped a blend that consists of only 50 per cent petrol and the rest being industrial alcohol and 1-4 per cent co-solubliser. The alcohol has 95 per cent ethyl
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Trapping solar energy in space
Can solar power ever become a major source of energy?
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Struck out
Scientists are attempting to deflect lightning by using specially engineered lasers