Elon Musk targets full global energy transition with Master Plan 3
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world is at the beginning of a massive energy transition, and Musk wants his companies to play a central role. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote,...
Hydrogen eating bacteria make electricity from air in new energy breakthrough
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world is energy hungry, and by 2050 it’s estimated we will see demand reach 410 Exajoules, so we need new ways to produce it cleanly. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Airspeeder unveils its first crewed eVTOL racer as it eyes a future flying car series
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Regular cars have racing series, and soon flying cars could have their own series as well … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Today we...
This new self-healing semiconductor can withstand the radiation of a hundred Suns
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Radiation destroys electronics, but what if they could heal themselves to run forever? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. A few years ago I talked...
Old oil wells are finding new life as Hydrogen fuel sources thanks to these bacteria
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Once oil wells are tapped out they’re capped, but now they’re getting a new lease of life after bacteria injected into them turn them into green hydrogen fuel sources. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
Volkswagen announces plans to create a hydrogen car with a 2,000km range
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF While most companies are betting big on electric vehicles some are now spreading their bets just in case. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Volkswagen,...
Rolls Royce successfully runs a converted aircraft engine on Hydrogen
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you want to decarbonise air travel then you need new, or modified engines, that can run on new fuels like Hydrogen. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
Centrica injects hydrogen into a UK gas peaker plant for the first time
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF One of the problems we have “greening” our electricity supply is converting old gas power stations to cleaner fuels and this is the first major step. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
The first hydrogen powered trains enter service in Germany
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF For a whole bunch of reasons the transition from polluting fossil fuels is now truly getting underway and it’s great to see it happening. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
For the first time a flying yacht has made green hydrogen at sea
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Our ability to make zero emissions green hydrogen fuel from renewable sources is getting better all the time, and it will accelerate the energy switch from fossil fuels. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with...
Airbus uses the giant A380 to test its first prototype Hydrogen jet engines
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hydrogen fuel is seen as the aviation industries only route to true zero emissions flight, and Airbus are leading the way. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Researchers have found a way to make hydrogen from biogas
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Biogas is green-ish and renewable, but hydrogen is arguably the ultimate green fuel and now we can make it from biogas. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Toyota’s new prototype hydrogen canister can run your microwave for literally hours
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We need to find new ways to transport hydrogen effectively and safely, and while canisters are one way Toyota probably needs something that provides people with alot more “umpfff!” But it’s a start. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself...
In a world first researchers have run a gas turbine on hydrogen fuel
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There are lots of legacy gas systems around, from jet engines to gas plants, and this could give companies a way to “green” them and get them to run on zero emissions hydrogen fuel. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof...
A new ultra lightweight hydrogen fuel tank could make jet fuel obsolete
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hydrogen fuels tanks aren’t sexy but if you want to replace jet fuel with greener energy alternatives then making them light is crucial, so this is a milestone. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
The first electric truck powered by 3D printed batteries was just unveiled
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to 3D print batteries means you can increase the surface are of the anodes and cathodes to help batteries store alot more energy. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech...
Volvo uses the world’s first green steel to make itself a dump truck
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Heavy industry accounts for 7% of all greenhouse gas emissions, and now the industry’s going zero emissions. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. The world’s...
Toyota unveils Woven City, tech utopia and the world’s first programmable city
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Toyota and other giant companies are now starting to build cities – to show off and house their autonomous smart things. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote,...
New tech cheaply produces Lithium and Hydrogen while desalinating seawater
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF For now the world meeting Net Zero climate targets relies on the electrification of industries like transportation, but global Lithium reserves are under pressure, this solves that. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
Reaching Net Zero emissions by 2050 could cost over $92 Trillion says Bloomberg
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Switching the world away from “unsustainable” business models to “sustainable” net zero ones is a herculean and costly task and going green will take a lot of green. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote,...
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