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Nigerian company turns e-waste into solar powered lanterns

Environmental News Bits

Quadloop, a Nigerian based company, has found a way to turn electronic waste into solar lanterns and other products which will have a lower impact on the environment.

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How Much Battery Storage Does Illinois Need? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Renewable generation is variable—wind and solar power produce electricity when the wind is blowing and the sun is shining. Curtailment means we are wasting otherwise clean, perfectly usable electricity. We like it when their output matches up with when homes and businesses are using electricity, but that doesn’t always happen.

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Stronghold Digital Mining, DEP, Environmental Groups Settle Appeal, Require Removal Of Unpermitted Scrubgrass Power Plant's Coal Ash Pile 14 Months Faster In Venango County

PA Environment Daily

The size of the toxic ash pile at the Scrubgrass cryptomining facility had turned waste coal into an even riskier form of pollution, said Patrick McDonnell, President and CEO of PennFuture. The Scrubgrass Power Plant, owned by cryptocurrency mining company Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc.,

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Solar device generates electricity and desalinates water with no waste brine

Physics World

The device uses waste heat from the solar cell for desalination, thereby cooling the solar cell. It also produces no concentrated brine as waste, cutting its potential environmental impact. Climate change is also driving demand for renewable energy, like solar power. Efficiency trade-off.

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Field Notes from India: Climate Adaptation from the Ground Up

Legal Planet

Climate educators from SEWA explaining solar power for salt gathering (L) and skylights that cool the interior of a house (R). Indeed, 93% of the Indian labor force are so-called informal workers, comprising everything from small farmers and vegetable sellers to piece-work stitching and waste recyclers.

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Converting waste nitrates into ammonia with solar power

Environmental News Bits

A major waste stream could become a resource in a new process that turns nitrates into ammonia with the power of the sun. Read the full story in Chemical Engineering Progress. Read more →

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Solar-powered fuel cell recycles plastic waste and carbon dioxide

New Scientist

By combining a solar fuel cell that converts carbon dioxide into fuel with a plastic recycling system, researchers can create sustainable fuels and useful chemicals