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Photovoltaics, henry discovered thin film solar cells made of perovskite. it could be a hugely significant discovery, as henry hopes it will eventually double the efficiency of solar power and halve the cost. danielle merfeld is an electrical engineer who is chief technology officer and vice—president of ge renewables. ge is the biggest creator of wind turbines worldwide, and she and her team currently have over 40,000 wind turbines out in the field. shesjoining us by video link from north car...

Efficiency a single solar absorber material could be, like silicon, they top out at about 25%. thats really the practical limit for an actual solar panel with todays silicon technology. so, im hearing 6%, 7%, 8% from danielle. im hearing 20% from you. were not quite at our 85%. and all of this energy we generate needs storing, doesnt it? so, kristian, i know youre a man of the fjords and boats and ships have been a constant thread throughout your life, even before you became a marine engineer. s...

Is a tandem cell, two solar cells on top of each other. and the perovskite we can tune to match perfectly silicon. it absorbs only the visible light and we let the silicon absorb all the infrared. and in doing that we actually fundamentally improve the efficiencies. if we made a perfect perovskite on silicon tandem cell, that would top out at about 45%, so weve fundamentally lifted the ceiling. and if we went one step further to anotherjunction, triple junction, three junctions, that would top o...

Now, danielle, i want to come back to you to hear about your latest prototype wind turbine, the haliade—x, unveiled in 2019. it is a monster of a machine, this thing. and i want you to describe for me its scale and efficiency, and how you get it to work. so, the haliade—x is the worlds most powerful wind turbine in operation today. its offshore, it has a iii—megawatt capacity, and the rotor — so, the distance from blade tip to blade tip — is 220 metres. so each blade is longer than the...

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Forces began the evacuation to date, approximately 88,000 have safely departed from afghanistan. every 39 minutes yesterday a plane departed kabul airport. these numbers are a testament to the hard working and brave service members carrying out this mission. in cooperation with the state department, i can also tell you that there are more than 10,000 people currently at this time at the airport awaiting departure. this is a snapshot in time, and as we said yesterday, well continue to change as m...

Afghanistan. every 39 minutes yesterday a plane departed kabul airport. these numbers are a testament to the hard working and brave service members carrying out this mission. in cooperation with the state department, i can also tell that you there are more than 10,000 people currently at this time at the airport awaiting departure. this is a snapshot in time and as we said yesterday, well continue to change as more people are able to come on to the airfield and as flights depart. as i said yeste...

Are not allowed because the crowd in there would grow even bigger and it increases the risk of afghans losing their lives in stampedes, getting stuck in the crowd or being stepped on. the number of afghans crowding here are down because the numbers getting out have been going up. on this day, 9,000 people were put on flights by midday. in the day before, more than 21,000 were flown to multiple countries by an international coalition. the pace accelerated through new efficiency and the need to me...

Safely departed from afghanistan. every 39 minutes yesterday, a plane departed kabul airport. these numbers are a testament to the hard working and brave service members carrying out this mission. in cooperation with the state department i can also tell you that there are more than 10,000 people currently at this time at the airport awaiting departure. this is a snapshot in time and as we said yesterday will continue to change as more people are able to come onto the airfield and as flights depa...

Stampedes, getting stuck in the crowd or being stepped on. the numbers of afghans crowding here are down. because the numbers getting out have been going up. on this day, 9,000 people were put on flights by midday. and the day before more than 21,000 were flown to multiple countries by an international coalition. the pace accelerated through new efficiency, and the need to meet the deadline for the end of the evacuation just a week away. >> theres been no change to the time line of the mission, ...