#climatetech — Public Fediverse posts
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Researchers in Korea built a heat pump that turns low-temperature waste heat from places like factories and data centers into cooling, a step toward quieter, lower-energy climate control.
Read more: https://www.newswise.com/articles/waste-heat-becomes-cooling-energy-kimm-develops-next-generation-heat-pump-system#GoodNews #CleanTech #EnergyEfficiency #WasteHeat #ClimateTech
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Modern data centers are heat factories.
Most still rely on open-loop cooling systems where water is lost to evaporation, raising environmental stress in water-scarce regions.
#ClimateTech #CoolingSystems #WaterStress #AI #infrastructure
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China’s Offshore Solar Giant Is Real, and It’s Doing the Most
Click to watch: China’s HG14 offshore solar project turns the sea into a power grid, with fish farming reportedly sharing the space below.Dear Cherubs, China has done what it so often does with infrastructure: taken a perfectly sensible idea and scaled it up until it looks like a dare. Off Dongying, in Shandong province, CHN Energy says it has brought online a 1-gigawatt open-sea offshore solar project built with 2,934 PV platforms, more than 2.3 million modules, and 11,736 steel piles hammered into the seabed. In other words, it is solar power, but with a shipping-industry gym membership.
A SEA OF PANELS
This is not your garden-variety floating array. CHN Energy describes the project as a fixed-pile offshore PV system, designed to sit about 8 kilometers from shore and handle waves, tides, strong winds, and seasonal sea ice without immediately filing for retirement. pv magazine reported that the panels are mounted on 60-by-35-meter steel platforms, tilted at 15 degrees, and connected through a 66-kilovolt subsea cable system with onshore transmission infrastructure. So yes, the engineering is serious. The drama is mostly in the size.
WHY IT MATTERS
The developer says the plant should generate about 1.78 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, enough to meet the needs of roughly 2.67 million urban residents, while avoiding around 1.34 million tons of carbon dioxide and saving more than 500,000 tons of standard coal. Those are company estimates, so treat them as reported projections rather than holy scripture, but the basic point is hard to miss: this is a very large clean-power machine with a very large ambition. CHN Energy also says the site uses a “PV-above, farming-below” model, mixing power generation with aquaculture. Multi-use land? More like multi-use sea.
The timing is not random either. Reuters reported that China connected the world’s largest solar farm in Xinjiang in 2024, and The Guardian reported in June 2025 that China added 198 gigawatts of solar and 46 gigawatts of wind in just the first five months of the year, with installed solar capacity passing 1,000 gigawatts. So this offshore project is not a quirky one-off; it is part of a national habit of building renewable energy at a scale that makes other countries look like they are still printing brochures.
The hot take is simple: the future of solar may not always be rooftops and deserts. Sometimes it looks like a steel fortress at sea, built to wrestle weather, salinity, and gravity into submission. For readers who enjoy the bigger-picture angle on energy megaprojects, thisclaimer.com also tracks similar scale-and-geopolitics stories with a very internet-friendly sense of proportion.
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The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #China #cleanPower #climateChange #climateTech #dongying #energy #energyTransition #environment #marineEngineering #offshoreSolar #renewableEnergy #shandong #solarFarm #sustainability
CHN Energy — https://www.ceic.com/gjnyjtwwEn/xwzx/202411/c315e1982ebc4a68844a7473a2734d18.shtml
pv magazine International — https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/29/china-commissions-worlds-largest-1-gw-open-sea-offshore-solar-project/
Reuters — https://www.reuters.com/world/china/worlds-biggest-solar-farm-comes-online-chinas-xinjiang-2024-06-03/
The Guardian — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/26/china-breaks-more-records-with-massive-build-up-of-wind-and-solar-power
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Could sodium replace lithium as the dominant ingredient in batteries?
#Tech #Batteries #EVs #BatteryTech #SodiumIon #WindEnergy #SolarEnergy #LithiumIon #CleanEnergy #EnergyStorage #EVBatteries #RenewableEnergy #ClimateTech #SodiumIonBatteries #Innovation
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🌟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 [Google Research’s] 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 - 𝐀𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬.
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https://doi.org/10.31223/X5RR2K / https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/12083/ <-- shared paper
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https://zenodo.org/records/18647054 <-- shared link to associated dataset
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https://sites.research.google/gr/floodforecasting/ <-- shared link to Google Research flood forecasting effort entry page
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#GoogleResearch #Google #Gemini #AI #ClimateTech #MachineLearning #DataScience #FloodForecasting #Sustainability #TechForGood #aggregation #curated #newsarticles #news #media #article #harvesting #reports #reporting #global #world #historic #naturalhazards #naturaldisaster #floods #flooding #flashflood #water #hydrology #extremeweather #climatechange #GDACS #Groundsource #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #geographic #openaccess #openscience #opendata #floodevents #LLM #gemini #largelanguagemodel #deeplearning #AI #precision #metrics #historicresource #model #modeling #forecasting #opensource -
🌟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 [Google Research’s] 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 - 𝐀𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬.
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https://doi.org/10.31223/X5RR2K / https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/12083/ <-- shared paper
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https://zenodo.org/records/18647054 <-- shared link to associated dataset
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https://sites.research.google/gr/floodforecasting/ <-- shared link to Google Research flood forecasting effort entry page
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#GoogleResearch #Google #Gemini #AI #ClimateTech #MachineLearning #DataScience #FloodForecasting #Sustainability #TechForGood #aggregation #curated #newsarticles #news #media #article #harvesting #reports #reporting #global #world #historic #naturalhazards #naturaldisaster #floods #flooding #flashflood #water #hydrology #extremeweather #climatechange #GDACS #Groundsource #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #geographic #openaccess #openscience #opendata #floodevents #LLM #gemini #largelanguagemodel #deeplearning #AI #precision #metrics #historicresource #model #modeling #forecasting #opensource -
🌟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 [Google Research’s] 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 - 𝐀𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬.
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https://doi.org/10.31223/X5RR2K / https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/12083/ <-- shared paper
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https://zenodo.org/records/18647054 <-- shared link to associated dataset
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https://sites.research.google/gr/floodforecasting/ <-- shared link to Google Research flood forecasting effort entry page
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#GoogleResearch #Google #Gemini #AI #ClimateTech #MachineLearning #DataScience #FloodForecasting #Sustainability #TechForGood #aggregation #curated #newsarticles #news #media #article #harvesting #reports #reporting #global #world #historic #naturalhazards #naturaldisaster #floods #flooding #flashflood #water #hydrology #extremeweather #climatechange #GDACS #Groundsource #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #geographic #openaccess #openscience #opendata #floodevents #LLM #gemini #largelanguagemodel #deeplearning #AI #precision #metrics #historicresource #model #modeling #forecasting #opensource -
🌟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 [Google Research’s] 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 - 𝐀𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬.
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https://doi.org/10.31223/X5RR2K / https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/12083/ <-- shared paper
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https://zenodo.org/records/18647054 <-- shared link to associated dataset
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https://sites.research.google/gr/floodforecasting/ <-- shared link to Google Research flood forecasting effort entry page
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#GoogleResearch #Google #Gemini #AI #ClimateTech #MachineLearning #DataScience #FloodForecasting #Sustainability #TechForGood #aggregation #curated #newsarticles #news #media #article #harvesting #reports #reporting #global #world #historic #naturalhazards #naturaldisaster #floods #flooding #flashflood #water #hydrology #extremeweather #climatechange #GDACS #Groundsource #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #geographic #openaccess #openscience #opendata #floodevents #LLM #gemini #largelanguagemodel #deeplearning #AI #precision #metrics #historicresource #model #modeling #forecasting #opensource -
🌟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 [Google Research’s] 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 - 𝐀𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬.
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https://doi.org/10.31223/X5RR2K / https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/12083/ <-- shared paper
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https://zenodo.org/records/18647054 <-- shared link to associated dataset
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https://sites.research.google/gr/floodforecasting/ <-- shared link to Google Research flood forecasting effort entry page
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#GoogleResearch #Google #Gemini #AI #ClimateTech #MachineLearning #DataScience #FloodForecasting #Sustainability #TechForGood #aggregation #curated #newsarticles #news #media #article #harvesting #reports #reporting #global #world #historic #naturalhazards #naturaldisaster #floods #flooding #flashflood #water #hydrology #extremeweather #climatechange #GDACS #Groundsource #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #geographic #openaccess #openscience #opendata #floodevents #LLM #gemini #largelanguagemodel #deeplearning #AI #precision #metrics #historicresource #model #modeling #forecasting #opensource -
Tropic, a Norwich-based agbiotech, raised 105M USD Series C to scale its gene-edited bananas - the first new commercial varieties in over 75 years. The company addresses Panama Disease threatening the global banana supply. https://thenextweb.com/news/tropic-biosciences-series-c-gene-edited-bananas #Tech #Startup #News #ClimateTech #Tropic
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I walked through #Florence once and the whole city felt like an argument I couldn't counter.
It's built from sustainable materials. It's still standing after 2,000 years. And it's one of the most beautiful places on earth. Nobody sacrificed comfort or beauty to build it. They just built with what the land could support and what time could hold.
Tom Chi — Google X founding member, inventor of 77 patents, and now a venture capitalist betting on a regenerative economy — had the same experience. It became the seed of his new book, #Climate Capital: Investing in the Tools for a Regenerative Future.
We spent an hour talking about what that means in practice. A few things that stayed with me: 90% of the cost structure of physical businesses already aligns economic and ecological goals. Less material used = lower costs + less extraction. Less energy = lower processing costs + fewer emissions. The economy and the planet are already pointing the same direction. The 5% that isn't aligned is what the lobbyists fight about — which is why that's all we ever hear.
And then the phrase I can't shake: cognitive despoiling. We spent the 20th century strip mining the physical resources of the planet. Tom thinks we're spending the 21st century strip mining the cognitive resources of humanity — burning through attention, trust, and clear thinking the same way we burned through forests and rivers. The damage is invisible. But it compounds.
This is not a doom-and-gloom conversation. It's a design conversation. And the design problem, Tom argues, is solvable.
Episode is live. marcociappelli.com
— Marco
#AnAnalogBrainInADigitalAge #MarcoCiappelli #Podcast #ClimateCapital #TomChi #RegenerativeEconomy #ClimateTech #GoogleX #Sustainability #FourCs #DeepTech #NewBook
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Pas besoin d’être milliardaire pour changer les choses, juste actionnaire de Team for the Planet
https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-9369-4fd0-c4a7-45c546005800
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Pas besoin d’être milliardaire pour changer les choses, juste actionnaire chez Team for the Planet
https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-5769-4fcf-1035-b10573182831
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Someone finally built the car that charges itself.
Just talked to Robert Hoevers, CEO of Squad Mobility, about their solar-powered city car. Panel on the roof. Battery underneath. Park it in the sun, drive it around town—it just keeps charging.
Live somewhere sunny? You literally never plug in. The average person drives 12km a day for errands. This does 150km max range. The math works.
5,300 pre-orders. €1.5M in European funding. Production starts next year.
Street legal. Crash tested.
Robert put it simply: "It's like a second car."Exactly. Not for highway commutes but perfect for the grocery run, city trip, the school drop-off and all those short trips where driving a massive polluting vehicle makes zero sense.
Sometimes the obvious solution just needed someone to build it.
Watch the Video 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI8gnYxn0OE
Listen to the Podcast 👉 https://itspradio.com/episodes/solar-ev-that-never-needs-charging-w-robert-hoevers-squad-mobility-brand-highlight-story#electricvehicle #EV #solarpower #electriccar #sustainableliving #ecofriendly #cleanenergy #greenenergy #innovation #climatetech #solarcar #solarEV #citycar #urbanmobility #micromobility #electricmobility #sustainabletransport #emobility #evlife #electricvehicles #sustainablelifestyle #zerowaste #carbonfootprint #greenliving #ecoconscious #sustainablefuture #climataction #gogreen #ecoinnovation #renewableenergy #futureofmobility #smartcities #urbandesign #minimalism #modernliving #simpleliving #tinycar #compactcar #europetravel #europeanstyle #gatedcommunity #smartliving #citylife #urbanlife #europeandesign #startup #crowdfunding #preorder #disruptor #sustainability #greentech #cleantech #futuretech #europeanstartupRetry
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First-Ever Supercritical CO2 Circuit Breaker Debuts
https://spectrum.ieee.org/sf6-gas-replacement
#HackerNews #SupercriticalCO2 #CircuitBreaker #Innovation #RenewableEnergy #ClimateTech