World’s new largest wind turbine sweeps 10 football fields per spin

The China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) is upping the ante on offshore wind, announcing it's building the largest and most powerful wind turbine ever, making a peak 18 megawatts with an enormous 260-m (853-ft) diameter on its three-bladed rotor.

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Solar reactor converts both CO2 and plastic waste into useful products

Greenhouse gases and plastic waste are two of the biggest environmental problems the world faces today. A new reactor from Cambridge tackles both at once, converting CO2 and used plastic bottles into useful materials, powered entirely by sunlight.

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Lightyear previews $40K everyman solar EV with 500 miles of range

The solarized Lightyear 0 might be the world's most impressive EV, but at close to US$270,000, it's also prohibitively expensive. The Lightyear 2 promises the same style of aerodynamic, solar-boosting capability in a package priced for the masses.

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