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Officials in #Cuba report an island-wide #blackout in the country of some 11 million people as its #energy & economic crises deepen.

The Ministry of Energy & Mines reported on X a “complete disconnection” of the country’s #electric system & says it is investigating.

President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday warned that the island had not received #oil shipments in >3 months & that it was operating on #solar power, natural #gas & #thermoelectric plants.

#geopolitics
https://apnews.com/article/cuba-power-outage-electricity-4dcd92d4b7b3bbeda88622b543074ceb?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-03-16-Breaking+News

Islandwide blackout hits Cuba as it struggles with energy crisis

Officials in Cuba report an islandwide blackout in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen. The Ministry of Energy and Mines notes a “complete disconnection” of the country’s electrical system and says it is investigating. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday warned that the island had not received oil shipments in more than three months and that it was operating on solar power, natural gas and thermoelectric plants. Cuba has blamed its woes on a U.S. energy blockade. U.S. President Donald Trump warned in January of tariffs on any country that would sell or provide oil to the island.

AP News

The Perpetually Curious!Oct 30

🔄 The Peltier Effect: When electricity moves heat

In 1834, Jean‑Charles Peltier discovered an electric current could make one junction cool while another warms. This thermoelectric effect powers portable coolers, stabilizes lasers, and regulates spacecraft instruments, all without moving parts.

✍️ Explore more: https://TPC8.short.gy/82Tqj2rw

❄️ Every junction tells a story of current and heat in motion.

#PeltierEffect #SeebeckEffect #Thermoelectric #CleanEnergy #Physics #Science #STEM #Energy #TPC8

❄️⚡ The Peltier Effect: When Electricity Becomes Heat Flow

Discover the Peltier Effect: how electric current drives heat flow, powering coolers, sensors, and future sustainable technologies.

Jacky Kapadia Oct 10

Enabling Long-Term Nanodevices: A Heat-Driven Power Architecture.

https://medium.com/@jckapadia003/enabling-long-term-nanodevices-a-heat-driven-power-architecture-d15c09bfefc1

#EnergyHarvesting #Nanotechnology #IoT #IndustrialIoT #Innovation #Engineering #Thermoelectric #Industry40 #Sustainability #DeeptechStartups

Hacker News Sep 21, 2025

New thermoelectric cooling breakthrough nearly doubles efficiency

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250919085242.htm

#HackerNews #thermoelectric #cooling #efficiency #breakthrough #innovation #science #technology

New cooling breakthrough nearly doubles efficiency

CHESS thin-film materials nearly double refrigeration efficiency compared to traditional methods. Scalable and versatile, they promise applications from household cooling to space exploration.

ScienceDaily

N-gated Hacker News Aug 30, 2025

👀 Ah, the age-old tale of #lasers and #thermoelectric generators—because obviously, what clean energy needed was a 15-fold increase in jargon and buzzwords. 🚀 Apparently, all it took was some femtosecond laser magic and a healthy dose of thermal management—because who knew solar power wasn't just about sunshine and rainbows? 🌞✨
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41377-025-01916-9 #solarenergy #cleanpower #innovation #HackerNews #ngated

15-Fold increase in solar thermoelectric generator performance through femtosecond-laser spectral engineering and thermal management - Light: Science & Applications

A spectral engineering and thermal management strategy is developed to significantly increase STEG power generation. It consists of a fs-laser-treated W-SSA, a greenhouse chamber, and a fs-laser-treated μ-dissipator.

Nature

Hacker News Aug 30, 2025

15-Fold increase in solar thermoelectric generator performance

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41377-025-01916-9

#HackerNews #solarenergy #renewableenergy #technology #innovation #thermoelectric #performance

15-Fold increase in solar thermoelectric generator performance through femtosecond-laser spectral engineering and thermal management - Light: Science & Applications

Nature

Geekoo May 27, 2025

Your next fridge might not need a compressor. APL’s nano-thermoelectric breakthrough delivers silent, scalable cooling—twice as efficient. #Thermoelectric #CoolTech #NanoInnovation

https://geekoo.news/compressor-free-cooling-breakthrough-powered-by-nanotechnology/

Compressor-Free Cooling Breakthrough Powered by Nanotechnology | Geekoo

APL's nano-engineered CHESS thermoelectrics double the efficiency of current cooling systems, offering a quiet, compact, and scalable alternative to compressor-based refrigeration.

Geekoo

Hacker News May 16, 2025

Thermoelectric generator based on a robust carbon nanotube/BiSbTe foam

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cey2.650

#HackerNews #Thermoelectric #Technology #Carbon #Nanotubes #BiSbTe #Innovation

Paul Houle Feb 25, 2025

🚁 Prototype turns car and helicopter exhaust into thermoelectric energy

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-02-prototype-car-helicopter-exhaust-thermoelectric.html

#thermoelectric #materials #energy #energyharvesting #semiconductors

Prototype turns car and helicopter exhaust into thermoelectric energy

Combustion engines, the engines in gas-powered cars, only use a quarter of the fuel's potential energy while the rest is lost as heat through exhaust.

Tech Xplore

John Vaccaro (johniac)Feb 21, 2025

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 21st, 2025

https://bit.ly/stc022125

#"Younger Dryas" #Laacher #sulfate #geochronology #recycle #nitrification #pH #f-NBD #thermoelectric #ingots #doped #efficient ##superbugs #co-scientist #antibiotics #immune #Fetal #acetaminophen #plasma #CANDLE

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 21st, 2025

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