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Tag Archives: electricity

25Nov/16

Spark of genius?

November 25, 2016InnovationAARON OWEN, Articles, Electric spark, electricity, Electromagnetism, Elly Park, energy, Energy conversion, SEATTLE, Thermoelectric effect, Thermoelectric materials, Thermoelectricity, United Statessmbale

Student at the University of Washington in Seattle have invented a device that generates electricity from open flames to charge phones and similar small devices. Elly Park reports. Continue reading →

06Feb/16

Mozambique gas-fired power station

Rolls-Royce Power Systems plans African expansion

February 6, 2016EconomyAndrea Nono, Business/Finance, Company: MTU SOUTH AFRICA, Company: Rolls Royce, Company: ThomsonReuters, Country: Mozambique, Country: South Africa, Country: Zambia, electricity, electricity generation, Environment, Gnaphalieae, Lusaka, Mozambique, MTU South Africa, Region: Southern Africa, Ressano Garcia, Rolls-Royce Power Systems, South Africa, Vitellariopsis marginata, Zambia, ZESCOsmbale

Commissioning 100 MW Mozambique plant.
Southern Africa power demand on sharp rise.
Says Africa a very important growing market.

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18Oct/15

Low rainfall and crippling power shortages hit Zambia’s economy

October 18, 2015EconomyAfrica, Brenda Nglazi Zulu, Chileshe Musonda, Copperbelt Energy Corporation, Countries, Danstan Kaunda, electricity, Fackson Shamenda, Geography of Africa, Glencore, Jumana Farouky, Kafue, Kafue Gorge Lower Power Station, Kariba, Kenneth Kaunda, Laurie Goering, Lusaka, Mopani Copper Mines, North Power, Readley Makaliki, Reuters, Thomson Reuters Foundation, usual energy production patterns, Zambia, ZESCOsmbale

LUSAKA, Zambia Oct 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Brenda Nglazi Zulu has tried to adapt to the power cuts that sometimes leave her home in the capital Lusaka without electricity for half the day. She bought a gas stove and installed solar panels to help keep her lights on.
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13Oct/15

Tapping into plant energy to charge phones

October 13, 2015InnovationBen Gruber, biocircuit device, CAMILA RUPCICH, Chile, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION STUDENT AT DUOC INSTITUTE, electricity, energy, Energy conversion, Energy technology, EVELYN ARAVENA, Information appliances, Kaia, mobile phones, natural energy cycle, plant energy, smartphone, Smartphones, United States, VALPARAISOsmbale

A trio of Chilean student engineers have developed a biocircuit device that can harness plant energy and convert it into small charges of electricity to power smartphones. Ben Gruber reports.
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03Jul/15

Solar powered backpack helps South African children cope with rolling blackouts

July 3, 2015InnovationAfrica, Alternative energy, Articles, Backpack, Bags, Education, electricity, energy, Energy conversion, Environment, Eskom, Homework, Johannesburg, Kamogelo, Kamogelo Tsopodi-Malinga, Learning, Luggage, Malinga, Mass production, Packaging, Plastic bag, Rea Ngwane, Repurpose Schoolbags, Rustenburg, Solar energy, Solar lamp, Solar panel, Solar power, Sophy Tsopodi, Sophy Tsopodi-Malinga, South Africa, Technologysmbale

Made from recycled plastic, an innovative new school bag is assisting students from impoverished communities in South Africa study at night. Using solar technology, the bags are powered during the day and light up homes which are either not connected to the national power grid or are in the dark because of frequent electricity cuts.

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13Apr/15

Smart fabric generates electricity

April 13, 2015InnovationAmbient intelligence, electricity, Electromagnetism, Electrostatics, Engines, Environment, Force, Kim Sang, Kim Sang-Woo, Microtechnology, Nanoelectronics, Nanogenerator, Nanotechnology, Physics, PROFESSOR AT SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY, South Korea, Static electricity, SUWON, Technology/Internet, Triboelectric effect, Wearable technology, Woosmbale

SUWON, SOUTH KOREA (REUTERS/SUNGYUNGKWAN UNIVERSITY)- Wearable technology is said to be the future.

But how to keep devices charged could be a problem.

Now South Korean researchers say they have a solution – a ‘smart’ fabric that generates electricity.
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