by Warp Institute | Dec 15, 2021 | ⚡️ Energy
Portugal's only coal-fired power plant has now been closed. It's nine years ahead of the timetable that dictated that Portugal would stop using fossil fuels for electricity production by 2030. 60-70 percent of the country's electricity comes from...
by Warp Institute | Dec 10, 2021 | ♻️ Green Tech, ⚡️ Energy
Setting up solar cells in a field may seem a bit counterproductive as the solar cells shade the plants. But a study from Mälardalen University shows that solar panels can even increase the harvest."Over this past year, we were able to take in and analyze...
by Warp Institute | Dec 6, 2021 | ♻️ Green Tech, ⚡️ Energy, ✍🏼 Essays, Tesla, 🌟 Premium Content, 🚘 Transportation
In our very first Optimist's Edge article, we wrote about the future of electric cars, and when these would be as affordable to buy as the equivalent petrol or diesel car.Now the facts for 2021 have become available and it is time to update the conclusions and...
by Warp Institute | Dec 2, 2021 | ♻️ Green Tech, ⚡️ Energy
If you think your country has air pollution problems, check out this data about India:According to a report by the Energy Policy Institute of the University of Chicago (Epic), air pollution in India is so strong to reduce life expectancy by nine yearsThe concentration...
by Warp Institute | Nov 30, 2021 | ⚡️ Energy
First things first. How does a nuclear power plant work? To put it simply, it uses the radioactivity generated by the fission of atoms (usually of uranium 235 or plutonium 239) to heat water, and translate this into electricity. The idea is to divide...
