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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Generators electrocuted
End of giant electricity generators is foreseen by the discovery of new polymer fuel cells
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Hybrid energy
Malaysia's International Centre for Appli cation of Solar Energy (case) has set up centres using hybrid energy, which consists of a combination of renewable sources
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Garbage spark off
An American company has put up a proposal to the West Bengal government for setting up a power plant in Calcutta with a capacity to generate upto 200 mw of electricity daily from garbage and
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Radioactive power
Trees contaminated by radioactivity from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster are to be burnt to produce electri city. Scientists from the us and Belarus are planning to construct a power plant fueled by
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Fewer watts: brighter future
Energy efficient, green lamps are here to reduce consumption of electricity round the globe
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Garbage power
A fuel cell which burns gas from a landfill site has begun operating in Groten, Connecticut, US. The project utilises a 200 kW phosphoric acid fuel cell which is expected to generate power from the
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Sweet driving
Dumping sugar into the petrol tank may be just the ticket for cleaner air and cheaper fuel. Sugars and star ches such as glucose, dextrose and even cellulose in mowed grass and other plant waste
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Hydrogen hopes
German engineers are transporting shiploads of hydrogen from Canada to Europe, where it will be harnessed as an alternate source of fuel and energy
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Forever sunny
Sunlight streams in round the clock as electricity from a new solar power plant in the US
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Streamlining current
A new product developed by the Southeastern Regional Energy (SRE)