sustainability

Pilotless Cargo Aircraft Takes Flight A cargo aircraft has completed a week of flights without anyone on board from a working Louisiana airport, demonstrating how autonomous deliveries could become part of everyday aviation while highlighting the regulatory and commercial work still ahead. What Happened? California-based Elroy Air announced on 2 September that its Chaparral aircraft

Sustainability-in-Tech : Solar Sets New UK Record Britain generated more electricity from solar power than ever before in July, underlining how rapidly renewable energy is becoming a mainstream part of the UK’s electricity system while strengthening energy security and helping reduce dependence on fossil fuels. A Record Month For Solar Solar energy supplied a record

Drilling Deeper For Clean Energy A US clean energy company has raised $134 million to build what it says will be the world’s first commercial superhot geothermal power plant, using microwave technology to reach temperatures far beyond those accessible with conventional drilling in a development that could dramatically expand the role of geothermal energy in

Sustainability-in-Tech : Fusion Breakthrough Turns Plasma Energy Into Electricity A US fusion company has demonstrated a new way of converting energy from a fusion plasma directly into electricity, while separate work on advanced electrical conductors could dramatically reduce the amount of power lost as heat, highlighting how the clean energy challenge is increasingly about efficiency