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Ford’s electric F-150 Lightning is poised to get a new solar cover to harness off-grid energy. Worksport (WKSP) announced it’s adapting its SOLIS solar cover for the F-150 Lightning. Worksport adapting its solar cover for the Ford Lightning Ther F-150 Lightning was the best-selling electric pickup in the US last year, with over 24,000 models handed over. Ford’s electric pickup is now making its way overseas. Last week, the first F-150 Lightning was delivered in Norway, its first market outside…

Glencore’s full-year adjusted earnings came in at $17.1 billion after coal prices retreated from the record highs that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Glencore’s full-year adjusted earnings came in at $17.1 billion after coal prices retreated from the record highs that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source…

ADVERTISEMENT Roommate relationships can range from best friends to bitter enemies, and the way you follow house rules can make all the difference. Recently, Reddit user Oompa_x_Lumpia turned to the platform’s ‘Petty Revenge‘ community to tell them about the dirty dish drama that she and the other two women she was living with found themselves in.Even though nobody in her story sounds vile, it serves as a reminder that a little bit of extra consideration and empathy can go a long way.Living together with other people…

Solar cell efficiency may get a bump from bumps. New research suggests that building tiny domes into the surface of organic solar cells could boost their efficiency by up to two-thirds, while capturing light from a wider angle.Solar cells are usually flat, which maximizes how much of the surface is exposed to sunlight at any given time. This design works best when the Sun is within a certain angle, so the panels are usually tilted between 15 and 40 degrees to get the most out of the day.Scientists have toyed with other…

Companies striving for net-neutral climate impact find common clean energy procurement strategies largely ineffective in the U.S., according to a Princeton-led study. However, an hourly matching approach—procuring clean energy in real-time to match consumption—significantly reduces emissions, unlike the common annual matching strategy which fails to impact long-term emissions.In the pursuit of attaining a climate-neutral impact, numerous businesses are opting to purchase extra electricity from renewable energy sources.…

Research reveals the crucial role of proteins in converting solar energy for biological processes, such as photosynthesis and DNA repair in plants and fruit flies, respectively. By studying the deformation of proteins and the precise movement of electrons within, scientists aim to harness these insights for technological advancements. Credit: SciTechDaily.comCells need energy to function. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg can now explain how energy is guided in the cell by small atomic movements to reach its…

By The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences February 17, 2024Researchers have discovered why magnesium hydride failed as a hydrogen storage solution and identified a path forward, potentially revolutionizing hydrogen use in energy applications. The migration of hydrogen in a pure magnesium layer was studied with electron spectroscopy in the ultra-high vacuum chamber in Dübendorf. Credit: Empa / AB / IFJ PANIt is easy to be optimistic about hydrogen as an ideal fuel. It is much…

As Teslas and other electric vehicles dazzled car buyers with futuristic technology and dreams of a gasoline-free future, hybrid cars began to seem like yesterday’s news. Sales of the Toyota Prius, the standard-bearer for hybrids, fell 85% over a decade. Now, a slowdown in the growth of electric-car sales has led General Motors, Ford Motor and Volkswagen to walk back ambitious targets for those vehicles. And sales of hybrids are robust, underscoring what may be the enduring reality check of 2023: Many Americans are hugely…

Argonne National Laboratory’s investigation into “soft-shorts” in solid-state batteries offers vital information and tools for enhancing electric vehicle battery reliability and design, marking a significant advancement in battery research. Credit: SciTechDaily.comResearchers at Argonne have conducted a comprehensive study of soft shorts, a phenomenon that is an early step toward permanent failure in a battery.An Argonne team developing materials for solid-state batteries took an unexpected detour to investigate tiny…

"Oregon Coast, Brookings Oregon" by JoeDuck is licensed under CC BY 2.0. In a first, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finalized two offshore wind energy areas (WEAs) off Oregon’s coast. BOEM said the WEAs total around 195,012 acres and have 2.4 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy potential. The Coos Bay WEA is 61,204 acres and 32 miles from shore. The Brookings WEA, near the California border, is 133,808 acres and is about 18 miles from shore: BOEM also stated that…