Debunking

The 1km Colas Wattway Solar Roadway in Normandy in France is finally being scrapped. Press F in the chat. €5M of taxpayer money down the drain. That money could have bought a 5MW commercial solar farm that produced 15 times the output power, and lasted decades longer. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1603-colas-wattway-solar-roadways-is-dead/ Reference …

ouute: Road Based Energy! Harvest kinestic energy from cars using speed bumps. Will this decarbonise and save the planet? Do the numbers add up? https://www.rouute.com/road-based-energy Discount Morgan Freeman promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGw2lcTS1gs Introducing Rouute test video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxnksdL5nx8 https://www.electricaltimes.co.uk/worlds-first-road-based-energy-recovery-system-set-to-launch-to-market-to-help-drive-net-zero-agenda/ https://www.business-live.co.uk/manufacturing/grimsby-start-up-could-generate-26824298 https://www.facebook.com/rouutetechnologies/ Kinetic Energy Calculator: https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/physics/kinetic.php Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1600-rouute-road-based-energy-busted/ 00:00 – Rouute Road Based …

A Chinese startup has developed a tiny 50 year life diamond nuclear battery that’s going to change the world! Yeah, nah. Same old betavoltaic, same old limitations, and same old startup marketing hype. Beijing Betavolt New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. https://www.betavolt.tech https://www.betavolt.tech/359485-359485_645066.html https://www.betavolt.tech/cp_531390.html https://newatlas.com/energy/betavolt-diamond-nuclear-battery/ https://www.neimagazine.com/news/newschinas-betavolt-develops-50-year-nuclear-battery-11439320 https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-battery-Chinese-firm-aiming-for-mass-mark https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202401/16/WS65a68ff7a3105f21a507c9b7.html https://www.greencarcongress.com/2024/01/20240114-betavolt.html https://www.batterypowertips.com/betavolt-achieves-miniaturization-of-atomic-batteries-with-50-year-autonomy/ https://www.eurasiantimes.com/chinas-nuclear-battery-can-power-mobile-phones/ …

Repairing the Haefely Trench PESD-1600 ESD Tester, plus some testing and discussion of the IEC 61000-4-2 standard. Part 1 teardown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xtZvSG4N9I Rotary encoder teardown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgpHZisG1PQ Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1593-16kv-esd-tester-repair-part-2/ 00:00 – Repair of the Haefely Trench PESD-1600 tester 01:40 – Special snowflake rotary encoder test 03:15 – Laugh at Dave as he …

Colas Wattway is back with the two 1000sqm solar cycleway installations in the Netherlands! The Dutch are riding their bikes on two new solar cycle paths Just 4 months ago! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=305EVbcCub4 Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1591-more-colas-wattway-solar-cycleways-in-the-netherlands!/ Some FAIL articles: https://nos.nl/artikel/2484255-innovatief-zonnefietspad-bij-maartensdijk-levert-bijna-niets-op https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/07/solar-bike-path-fails-to-meet-electricity-targets-again/ https://www.wattisduurzaam.nl/37168/energie-beleid/utrechts-zonnefietspad-op-koers-voor-40-van-beoogde-opbrengst/ https://www.wattwaybycolas.com/en/references/photos.html https://www.colas.com/en/media/press-releases/commissioning-two-wattway-photovoltaic-cycle-paths-netherlands/ https://s.www.colas.com/cdn/ff/t-EqIdIPRtCiY46vASJDMezejJHibBO8DoRPk9njM5Y/1702047018/public/2023-12/20231211_pr-colas_wattway-in-the-netherlands.pdf Podcast: Download