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08/17/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

WEIRD SCIENCE: Man claims to “feed” off electricity and gobbles down juice from live wires when he’s hungry

Forty-two-year-old Muzzafarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, northern India resident Naresh Kumar, who has been nicknamed the “human light bulb”, claims he can feed off electricity and nibble on wires without getting electrocuted. Kumar even goes so far as to say that instead of eating food, he gets his sustenance from electricity. Whenever he gets hungry, all […]

12/08/2016 / By powernews

India charts a roadmap to achieve ambitious solar targets

Katherine Ross reports: Last month’s release of India’s ambitious year-on-year solar energy capacity targets chart a roadmap for achieving the country’s 2022 goal. This sequence of yearly targets—as opposed to an assumed growth trend between current capacity and targeted capacity—shows that India is making concerted plans to reach its goals announced at the Paris talks. […]

12/08/2016 / By powernews

90 million lives in India will be powered thanks to this project

The superhighway is the world’s first multi-terminal Ultra-high voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission system, capable of sending power across vast distances with minimal losses. Article by Rashmi Ramesh 2ABB has energized the first phase of a new electric link—the North-East Agra 800 kilovolts (kV) Ultra-high voltage direct current (UHVDC)— which will supply clean hydropower from […]

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