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The winner for that day will be given the Climate Brain title for the day.
The challenge for May 28 was:
๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌย ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ:
๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง 1 : A breakthrough idea in nuclear fusion that can make it modular, though it could take at least 2 decades to become commercial
๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง 2 : A free, intuitive smart phone app that claims to provide effective sustainability education to the masses right away, covering over 50 lifestyle activities
๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง 3 : An innovative, affordable monitoring system that can increase the output of large solar power plants by about 15% and which can be implemented within months for many existing solar power plants.
Which of the three innovations would you choose as the winner, and why.
About 50 participants answered – thank you to every one of you!
The ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ-๐ฎ๐ฉ for May 28 is:
Arpit Agarwal – from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
His answer:
Innovation 3, which improves solar power plant efficiency by 15%, can be implemented immediately. With the global solar capacity at 1412 GW in 2023, this innovation would add an impressive 211 GW and significantly reduce CO2 emissions by about 809 million kg.
In contrast, Innovation 1, a modular nuclear fusion concept, while potentially transformative, requires over 20 years to commercialise and is currently feasible for only few nations because only 32 out of 195 countries are using current fission technology.
Innovation 2, a sustainability education app, faces competition from existing apps like GoodGuide and JouleBug, making it less unique. Therefore, the rapid deployability and substantial environmental impact of Innovation 3 make it the most effective and feasible choice.
Congrats Arpit, and may you scale greater heights.