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Zest to install over 1,000 public EV charge points in Hertfordshire / Zest将在赫特福德郡安装超1000个公共电动汽车充电点

Zest to install over 1,000 public EV charge points in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire County Council has selected Zest to deploy more than 1,000 public EV charge points across three districts. Backed by £1.8 million from the > Republished by AIC Engineering. All rights belong to the original publisher; see Source below.

July 29, 2026
Serbia adds 61 MW of solar in H1 / 塞尔维亚上半年新增61兆瓦太阳能装机

Serbia adds 61 MW of solar in H1

After the first six months of the year, Serbia’s solar capacity reached around 379 MW. While the country’s green energy market has been impacted by delays in permitting and grid connection processes, its prosumer market continues to grow. The post Serbia adds 61 MW of solar in…

July 29, 2026
California's largest AI data center project suing for access to 287 million gallons of Colorado River water, 0.03% of Imperial Valley’s supply — plaintiffs claim project equivalent to 160-acre farm amidst concern about jobs and reallocation of farmland | Tom's Hardware / 加州最大AI数据中心项目起诉要求获取2.87亿加仑科罗拉多河水,占帝国谷供水量的0.03%——原告称该项目用水量相当于160英亩农场,引发对就业及农田重新分配的担忧 | Tom's Hardware

California's largest AI data center project suing for access to 287 million gallons of Colorado River water, 0.03% of Imperial Valley’s supply — plaintiffs claim project equivalent to 160-acre farm amidst concern about jobs and reallocation of farmland | Tom's Hardware

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July 28, 2026
Rock Tech Lithium secures 100,000‑tonne Transamine pact / Rock Tech Lithium 与 Transamine 签署 10 万吨承购协议

Rock Tech Lithium secures 100,000‑tonne Transamine pact

Offtake agreement includes a framework for a development prepayment facility of up to $80 million to support the Georgia Lake project. > Republished by AIC Engineering. All rights belong to the original publisher; see Source below.

July 28, 2026
Australia adds over 700 MW of rooftop solar in April-June / 澳大利亚4-6月新增超700兆瓦屋顶光伏

Australia adds over 700 MW of rooftop solar in April-June

More than 700 MW of rooftop solar was added to Australia’s main grid in the past three months, helping drive wholesale electricity prices in the country's National Electricity Market to their lowest June quarter average since 2020. The post Australia adds over 700 MW of…

July 28, 2026
Commercial Traction Builds for Cerca Magnetics Brain Scanner; New Mobile Lab for the Military to Assess Impact of Explosives / Cerca Magnetics脑部扫描仪商业化进程加速;军方新建移动实验室评估爆炸冲击影响

Commercial Traction Builds for Cerca Magnetics Brain Scanner; New Mobile Lab for the Military to Assess Impact of Explosives

Cerca Magnetics, the British developer of a wearable brain scanner using quantum sensors to measure neural activity, is gaining traction commercially with recent investment funding, a military-backed project and continued placements. The scanner uses an array of optically…

July 27, 2026
Algae breakthrough could double rare earth concentrations / 藻类技术突破或使稀土浓度翻倍

Algae breakthrough could double rare earth concentrations

Researchers found using algae is a cleaner way to concentrate rare earths and help the US strengthen critical mineral supply chains. > Republished by AIC Engineering. All rights belong to the original publisher; see Source below.

July 27, 2026
Nvidia's latest trick for cooling its data center hardware is... hot water? 'Hot liquid cooling' is warmer than a hot tub, but apparently does the job pretty well | TechRadar / 英伟达冷却数据中心硬件的最新妙招竟是……热水?“高温液冷”温度比热水浴缸还高,但效果出奇地好 | TechRadar

Nvidia's latest trick for cooling its data center hardware is... hot water? 'Hot liquid cooling' is warmer than a hot tub, but apparently does the job pretty well | TechRadar

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July 26, 2026
Open-source 3D-printed portable MRI machine built for under $70,000 — DIY medical equipment costs less than 7% of a full-sized MRI machine’s $1.1 million starting price | Tom's Hardware / 开源3D打印便携式MRI设备造价低于7万美元——DIY医疗设备成本不到全尺寸MRI设备110万美元起售价的7% | Tom's Hardware

Open-source 3D-printed portable MRI machine built for under $70,000 — DIY medical equipment costs less than 7% of a full-sized MRI machine’s $1.1 million starting price | Tom's Hardware

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July 26, 2026
Atomic channels can separate rare earth elements from each other without using toxic chemicals / 原子通道可在不使用有毒化学品的情况下分离稀土元素

A cleaner route to purifying rare earth elements

Rare earth elements like lanthanum, neodymium, and dysprosium are used to build the electric motor in your car, the LED lights in your house, and the MRI machine at your doctor’s office. But first, they have to be mined and separated from each other. Historically, that…

July 24, 2026
£3.4M UK project targets high-power charging for electric aircraft / 英国340万英镑项目瞄准电动飞机大功率充电技术

£3.4M UK project targets high-power charging for electric aircraft

Vertical Aerospace will lead a new UK-backed project to develop faster electric aircraft charging and liquid-cooling systems, targeting a key infrastructure problem that could determine how quickly electric aviation moves toward commercial operations. The ECLiPSE (Electrified…

July 24, 2026
The Hydrogen Stream: green hydrogen production begins at North Sea gas platform / 氢能动态:北海天然气平台开启绿氢生产

The Hydrogen Stream: green hydrogen production begins at North Sea gas platform

The PosHYdon pilot has produced green hydrogen offshore in the North Sea, while new waste-to-hydrogen, electrolyzer and hydrogen corridor projects advance across Europe and South Korea. The developments highlight growing investment in renewable hydrogen production…

July 24, 2026