I Shall Call Him, Mini-Nuke
Apparently, in five years’ time you could buy your very own miniature nuclear reactor thanks to Hyperion, a company based in New Mexico, USA. The diminutive power plants are only 6 meters in diameter and will be placed underground, encased in concrete. Hyperion’s CEO John Deal claims a Chernobyl-type scenario is impossible because there “are no moving parts”. What a bummer, just when I was planning to soak up some radiation and show up as the glowing version of The Joker for Halloween.
Mini nuclear plants to power 20,000 homes | The Observer.
Floating Wind Turbine
From Inhabitat:
Wind turbines at ground level produce at a rate of 20-25%, but when placed at altitudes from 600-1000 feet, energy output can double. Ottawa-based Magenn Power is in the prototype stages of the world’s first floating wind turbine. The Magenn Air Rotor System or MARS is a stationary blimp kept afloat with helium and tethered into place on an electrical grid. Centrifugal blades on the MARS can generate up to several megawatts of clean, renewable energy at a price well below our current grounded wind turbines.
