Putian builds “wind power island”

The city located in Fujian Province near the Taiwan strait has built 138 wind power generaters on islands sourrounding the city. Electricity generated enters the Putian power grid. Japan JST China news, February 26, 2019 © Xinhua news

Deep space exploration: China studies solar sails made from graphene

According to CHEN Yonghsheng of Nankai University, graphene can be driven by light sources such as sunlight, and the thrust generated in vacuum conditions is 1,000 times higher than that of polyimide film, studied by Western researchers for “solar sails”....