Ameya Paleja

Hyderabad

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Write about Genetics, Microbes, Tech & Public Policy. Bylines in @TheWireScience @SciResMatters @ThePrintScience @TheQuint @DeccanHerald @thenewsminute

Articles

French firm unveils 500 kWh EV battery with immersive cooling tech

1 week ago | interestingengineering.com | Ameya Paleja

French company WATTALPS has an innovative solution to electrifying heavy industry vehicles – battery packs with immersive cooling. Now, the company offers the same solution for smaller, modular battery packs for safe energy storage everywhere. In our bid to reduce annual carbon emissions, we have adopted the electrification of vehicles used on a day-to-day basis.
740 MW electrolyzers to help in green hydrogen steelmaking

1 week ago | interestingengineering.com | Ameya Paleja

A green hydrogen-powered steel production mill is shaping up and is on track to begin production by 2026, after 740 megawatt (MW) electrolyzers were dispatched to the site at Boden, Northern Sweden. Stegra, the company behind the plant, is looking to manufacture green steel by replacing coal in the production process with renewable hydrogen.
Hunger for ultrafast charging is killing electric vehicle batteries

1 week ago | interestingengineering.com | Ameya Paleja

In a bid to make electric vehicles (EVs) more attractive to potential buyers, manufacturers have been working to bring them on par with fossil-fuel-powered vehicles. After addressing range concerns, EV makers are now addressing refueling concerns with ultrafast charging options. But are these good for your car? Experts are warning against them, since they eat into your vehicle’s battery life. Concerns about ultrafast charging are not just limited to electric vehicles.
US scientists solve 70-year-old nuclear fusion energy problem

1 week ago | interestingengineering.com | Ameya Paleja

Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Type One Energy Group in the US have finally solved a problem that has troubled fusion energy research for 70 long years. Using a novel symmetry theory approach, the collaboration has resolved a hurdle that has prevented sustaining plasma inside fusion reactors. Nuclear fusion technology promises abundant clean energy with no planet-warming gases or risk of highly radioactive waste.
China’s fusion reactor aims for 5x energy gain by end of 2027

1 week ago | interestingengineering.com | Ameya Paleja

The Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) nuclear fusion reactor being built in Heifei, China, is in the final phase of its assembly and on track for completion by 2027. When ready, it aims to produce five times the energy it uses, media reports said. As the world moves towards cleaner sources of energy, countries are racing to build next-generation sources of power that can meet our energy demands without more emissions.
CATL powers up EVs with mixed chemistry

3 weeks ago | interestingengineering.com | Ameya Paleja

With its latest announcement of a ‘battery within a battery’ approach to meet the rigorous demands of electric vehicles (EV), Chinese battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL) has proven why it manages to dominate the battery markets. More importantly, CATL’s announcements are not plans that will roll out in the next 2-3 years, but technology is available to users now. With a 38 percent market share, CATL is the dominant player in the EV battery segment.
Scientists chase reactor neutrinos to crack the dark matter mystery

3 weeks ago | interestingengineering.com | Ameya Paleja

In a bid to spot the elusive fundamental particle, the neutrino, a team of researchers from various universities and national laboratories in the US has tightened the limits on its existence and mass. While the particle remains elusive, the team is hopeful since they know exactly where to look for sterile neutrinos – at the center of nuclear reactors. Neutrinos are subatomic particles with nearly zero mass while also carrying no charge.
Europe’s 80,000 plants set to fuel ships with sewage, says German firm

3 weeks ago | interestingengineering.com | Ameya Paleja

ICODOS, a spin-off from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), in association with the Waste Water Department of the City of Mannheim, has set up a demonstrator facility that turns wastewater into a carbon-neutral fuel for ships. If scaled up, the approach could turn Europe’s 80,000 sewage treatment plants into a massive fuel source, a press release added.
Sewage to ship fuel: German firm aims to turn Europe’s wastewater into energy grid

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ameya Paleja

ICODOS, a spin-off from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), in association with the Waste Water Department of the City of Mannheim, has set up a demonstrator facility that turns wastewater into a carbon-neutral fuel for ships. If scaled up, the approach could turn Europe's 80,000 sewage treatment plants into a massive fuel source, a press release added.
Bezos-backed EV maker teases Transformer-like truck launch in 2 days

3 weeks ago | interestingengineering.com | Ameya Paleja

Slate, an electric vehicle (EV) company backed by Jeff Bezos, has begun rolling out mockups of its Transformer-like car designs on the streets of California, multiple reports have confirmed. Different car configurations for the EV have been spotted on Californian streets in the build-up to the big invite-only unveil event happening on April 24 at Long Beach Airport.