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Kanin Energy has announced up to $100 million in new equity funding. The company converts waste heat losses in heavy industry into power using organic Rankine cycle technology, delivering zero-upfront-cost, steady electricity through an Energy-as-a-Service model. It is now expanding commercial deployments exceeding 50MW across North America.
As hopes rise around the Moon's estimated 1 billion tons of polar water ice, a new study pours cold water on visions of lunar megacities. Even with a 98% water recycling rate matching the ISS, a population of 1 million would exhaust that water supply in just about 100 years—revealing a hard limit on space colonization.
USA Rare Earth has broken ground on a $1.2 billion rare earth magnet plant. Drawing on primary sources, this piece examines the planned annual capacity of 6,400 tons, the contractual investment requirements, the conditions attached to government support, and the barriers to securing raw materials.
A joint Chinese expedition has identified a gold- and silver-rich seafloor deposit in the western Pacific. We look at the peak concentrations in partial samples, how hydrothermal fluids gather metals, and the hurdles between sampling and mining.
Jiangsu Pacific Quartz's furnace tube products, made from its own high-purity quartz sand, have passed certification for use in a major Chinese DRAM maker's 300mm production. While China is localizing quartz components for fab equipment, it has yet to break the US mining monopoly on ultra-pure quartz used in wafer-growing crucibles.
The roughly £1 billion contract that Alstom and UK operator TPE have formally signed for 29 battery-electric trains sets the stage for mainline electrification combining overhead wires and batteries. This article examines the disclosed contract framework, the undisclosed battery specifications, and the challenges facing the planned 2034 service launch.
Antares says it has been selected for a $161 million Strategic Breakthrough award to demonstrate a space reactor. This explainer separates Mark-0 criticality, the 2027 Mark-1 power test and R1-S flight qualification, and covers heat rejection and government targets.
Toshiba's U.S. subsidiary and DIMAAG are teaming up on SCiB-based storage for AI data centers. We look at the cooling behind continuous 10C charging and discharging, how it fits with 800V power delivery, and the conditions behind the sub-1% claim.
According to the research team's theoretical model, an optimally curved amorphous silicon solar cell, evaluated based on device footprint, reached a maximum efficiency of 59.7% at a depth of 2 meters. Using calculations based on the optical properties of South Pacific water, the optimized curved solar cell's daily cumulative power output was 9.4-15.9% higher than that of a flat-panel design. However, practical implementation hinges on factors such as rapid light attenuation depending on water quality and depth, as well as resistance to corrosion, high water pressure, and biofouling.
An analysis of over 500 million rows of real-world EV operating data reveals that variation in cell degradation shortens battery life and leaves up to 27% of potential energy unused when packs are retired.
