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Can this tech fix climate change? | Special

Dec 29, 20229 min
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Episode description

How about driving a solar panel-powered electric car with 4x longer range than an EV? Stealing electricity from plants, or propping up a wind turbine in your garden?

Well, we’ve taken a trip around the world to look at some of the next-generation technology aimed to help climate change, and our cost-of-living crisis.

Take a listen to hear about what’s coming soon…

This episode is a re-run of one of our Tech & Science Daily special episodes from September 2022.

In this episode:

  • The solar panels you can PRINT by the University of Newcastle in Australia
  • New World Wind’s “Wind Trees”: the turbines you can put anywhere
  • Eco Wave Power: How tidal energy could power the planet
  • Sono Sion: The Solar-powered EV that doesn’t cost the earth
  • Stealing electricity from plants, with the University of Cambridge

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