Batteries are dull tiny things that fall out of TV remotes, but the world’s biggest sport now has a stadium using one to run its games. Far from shoving batteries away in some pokey maintenance area, Arsenal has thrust this future energy source into the limelight.

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What’s better than one form of sustainable green energy? Two. Engineers are already working at making grid-connected hybrid systems that combine floating solar panels with hydropower plants. The obvious advantage is that the hydropower systems are already tapped into the grid, providing some of the needed infrastructure to make it all work. One small system was built in Portugal a few years ago.

Vertical devices are better in terms of how much voltage they can manage and how much current they control. Current flows into one surface of a vertical device and out the other. That means that there’s simply more space in which to attach input and output wires, which enables higher current loads. Advantages of vertical GaN FETs could include:

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In addition to public companies like Sungrow and Kyocera, a bunch of private companies are also developing floating solar farm technology. Probably one of the leaders is a French firm called Ciel & Terre that was founded in 2006. However, since 2011, the company has gone all-in with floating solar systems. Its flagship system is Hydrelio, which it claims is the first “specific and industrialized system to make solar panels float on water.” The company’s U.S. headquarters is in Petaluma, California, and it recently completed floating solar farms in both Colorado and California. The company is now developing a more robust system that can handle tougher applications such as hydroelectric dams and even offshore projects.

Honda also has made a big commitment to hydrogen. There are currently nearly 1,100 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell vehicles on the road in the U.S., said Natalie Kumaratne, a Honda spokeswoman. Honda only offers the Clarity Fuel Cell in California for lease — it offers battery electric power and hybrid versions of the car for lease or sale. Out of the 20,174 total Claritys sold or leased in 2018, 624 were fuel cell variants, 948 were battery-electrics, and 18,602 were the plug-in hybrid.

“The definition of future-proof is that whenever the utility changes their utility rate demand or anything they try to make more complicated with solar panels, the battery can come into play because that’s the free variable,” Khan said.

There’s also another charge port on the top, but that’s proprietary. A small Bluetooth speaker sits on top of the battery unit, held in place magnetically. The speaker has its own 4-hour battery, but constantly charges when “docked.” The top surface looks like a wireless charge pad, but it’s not…

Wagner’s solar panels connect to two inverters in his garage; one of them has a nozzle that charges his hybrid. He monitors his energy production and usage on his mobile phone using an app called SolarEdge.

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