Look Out for New Clean Tech in 2023

The Palisadian-Post has partnered with locally founded environmental organization Resilient Palisades to deliver a weekly “green tip” to our readers. This week’s tip was written by Nika Nazarizadeh.

Taking initiative is what’s required to save our planet—which is exactly what is being rewarded in Prince William’s annual Earthshot Prize competition.

The most impactful green tech inventions found in a global search will receive prizes of $1.2 million.

The first Earthshot winner was Kenya’s Muruku clean stoves business. The female-run stove business produces stoves that are fueled by processed biomass derived from wood and sugarcane as opposed to higher emission, non-renewable fossil fuels. Fossil fuels like coal not only contribute to climate change, but cost millions of lives annually from excessive air pollution.

Next, Kaushik Kappagantulu from Kheti, India, created a “greenhouse-in-a-box” that helps small farmers preserve crops from damaging weather conditions and harmful pests.

In the UK Pierre Paslier and Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez tackled the issue of excessive waste by creating a natural, biodegradable plastic, derived from seaweed.

The indigenous women of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia aided in the revival of our oceans by training over 60 women on ocean conservation methods, both traditionally and digitally.

Lastly, Talal Hasan from Oman successfully transformed carbon dioxide into peridotite. Peridotite is a rock that is found in many places around the world and represents a new method of keeping emissions out of the atmosphere.

These inventions are likely to help save our planet, but they’re still years away from making an impact. But in the spirit of innovation, there are a plethora of new green technologies that we should all be on the lookout for in 2023.

Solar panels are expanding their capabilities by jumping into the water. Floatovoltaics are a great alternative to land solar panels as they don’t require valuable land to produce emission-free electricity. If solar panels could be installed in all man-made reservoirs in the U.S., they could generate 10% of our energy needs—10 times what we currently generate from solar.

And don’t forget new advancements in EVs. There are 10 new EVs scheduled to be released in 2023. That means emission-free cars that can fit practically any price range or budget. How could anyone say no to a new car in 2023 that helps reduce emissions?