[Worldkings] Top 100 innovation events in the world (P. 65) Switzerland will pilot the world's first solar 'carpet' that can generate electricity along rails
21-03-2023
(Worldkings.org) Swiss start-up will pilot the world's first solar 'Carpet' on railway tracks that can generate electricity. The pilot project will focus on the Western public rail system and cost around $437,240.
[WORLDKINGS] On this day - January 19, 2023 – The 40th anniversary of the first electric lighting system using overhead wires being put into operation (1883)
19-01-2023
(Kyluc.vn - Worldkings.org) On January 19, 1883, Roselle, New Jersey, earns its place in tech history when the first electric lighting system employing overhead wires goes into service.
[Worldkings] Top 50 Universities with Innovative Research (P. 12) Nanyang Technological University (Singapore): Successfully invented a cheap wind harvester to exploit energy
11-01-2023
(Worldkings.org) Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a low-cost device that can harness energy from wind as gentle as a light breeze and store it as electricity.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Asia Records Institute (ASRI) - Zhoushan Island Overhead Powerline Tie: Powerline has the highest electricity pylons in the world
26-07-2021
(WorldKings.org) The Damaoshan electricity pylon which is completed in 2010 carries power cables from China's Mount Damaoshan, Zhejiang Province, to the Zhoushan Islands. It is a tower with 370 m (1,213 ft) high and 5,999 tonnes of weight.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) – Obninsk plant: First grid-connected nuclear power plant in the world
14-01-2020
(Worldkings.org) Obninsk plant is the first grid-connected nuclear power plant in the world.
WORLDKINGS - Daily Highlights – September 25, 2019 - BioLite CampStove 2 Electricity-Generating Wood Burner turns fire into electric power
25-09-2019
(Worldkings.org) With the BioLite CampStove 2 Electricity Generating Wood Burner, you get the best of both worlds.
WORLDKINGS - Daily Highlighs - December 3, 2017 - Floris Schoonderbeek's Groundfridge chills food without electricity
03-12-2017
(Worldkings.org) This spherical refrigerator by Dutch designer Floris Schoonderbeek is buried underground, keeping food cool without using electricity.
WORLDKINGS - Daily Highlighs - November 08, 2017 - Solar sunglasses generate electricity while you wear them
08-11-2017
(Worldkings.org) The folks at Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology are here to help! What they’ve developed are a pair of so-called “solar glasses,”