Chemical Engineer Noël N’guessan has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation with a biowaste equipment innovation for smallholder farmers in West Africa to…
Barcelonians can now use a new app designed to show pedestrians the shadiest routes to take to avoid extreme heat.
The app, Cool Walks, a navigation and routing tool for pedestrians, was first…
The Madagascar-based Jirogasy, which designs, manufactures and assembles solar IoT systems and computers, is fundraising as it plans growth into new markets.
Formed by brothers Yann and Lauric Kasay…
Photographer Thandiwe Muriu wants her models to both blend in and stand out at the same time.
The images in her Camo - short for camouflage - series create an optical illusion where the person in…
Tulip-shaped ‘eco-art’ turbines address common complaints about noise, danger to wildlife and ugliness.
Tulips and flowers could help harness the power of the wind, after a green energy company came…
Designed to optimise energy production for a floating wind power plant
Designed for easy operations and maintenance
Elevator based turbine installation – all heavy operations…
New research suggests VAWTs could surpass current ofshore giants. Eize de Vries talks to an aerodynamics expert who disagrees.
Recently published research by Oxford Brookes University suggests that…
Rwanda’s Munyax Eco and Zambia’s WidEnergy have secured investment from female-focused fund Opens-LCEF, an impact investor that provides catalytic capital to early-stage social enterprises in …
The patent never received too much attention, but scientists think it could have modern uses.
Eccentric scientist and inventor extraordinaire Nikola Tesla is known for developing the basis for AC…
Burkina Faso intends to be a pioneer in the development of micro-irrigation.
This agricultural method aims to bring water to the foot of the plant, which is usually drip-fed, through a surface or…
The case study, written by INSEAD Professor Felipe Monteiro and engineer José Miguel García Benavente, focuses on the achievements of Enel and its CEO Francesco Starace in the last five years,…
All options to fight climate crisis must be explored, says national academy, but critics fear side-effects.
The US should establish a multimillion-dollar research programme on solar geoengineering,…
Construction will start later this year, and the concept may expand to other countries.
The school was designed by Studio Mortazavi, an architecture firm based in San Francisco and Lisbon, in…
The most far-reaching application of power beaming technology is the ‘continuous transfer of boundless electrical power to the Earth,’ study states.
A solar panel capable of beaming electricity to…
Nzambi Matee is an entrepreneur with an incredible goal -- to turn plastic destined for the landfill into sustainable, strong building material. Her company, Gjenge Makers, uses the plastic waste of…
The electrification of a health centre through renewables, a solar-powered fridge to support the cold chain of farmers, and a platform to empower women through renewable energy: these are the three…