Cell phone service via satellite
Many companies are seeking to do this, including the announced SpaceX/T-Mobile partnership: Satellite companies are rushing to connect our phones and eliminate dead zones. Source: The space race for our…
Converting irrigation canals to pipes can turn them into electricity generators too
This is very cool: if you can funnel enough water volume into a pipe, and then run that pipe into a smaller pipe, thereby increasing the water pressure inside, and…
Part 17 – Population demographics: “Companies welcoming refugees” to fill positions
Tent Partnership for Refugees, a nonprofit founded by Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya, helps people displaced by conflict or persecution—and the numbers are increasing—find jobs. Source: Chobani CEO Helps Afghan, Ukrainian…
Turning the electrical power model inside out with bi-directional charging
EV batteries can act as utility power batteries. If lots of EVs do this, they can represent a size-able battery bank. Last year, the 350 cars plugged into Kaluza’s V2G…
Europe’s energy shortage may last for many winters
European oil major Shell Plc cautioned that Europe may have to brace for a string of winters with exorbitant power bills and electricity rationing as Russia squeezes gas supplies. Source:…
Most EVs in 2023 will not qualify for the new $7,500 EV tax credit
Most EVs will not meet the “made in North America” requirements to qualify for tax credits during 2023 and the next few years. However, the new law does provide a…