Staten Island modular park restroom wins award for design
A New Standard for Public Restrooms A newly designed restroom facility at a playground on Staten Island recently received a prestigious design award, potentially setting a blueprint for similar projects throughout New York City. The Lopez Playground Modular Public Restroom, located in Fox Hills, was among 24 projects honored in this year’s American Institute of […]
German modular building provides 3-story tiny home living with city skyline views
Innovative Prefabricated Towers Redefine Compact Living Ever dreamed of a home that blends skyline views with style and space? It’s a common thought, especially for those of us who lean towards city apartments. But maybe, just maybe, having a standalone home could be appealing too? Enter the German company, Module Form, with their DQ Tower—an […]
Small modular reactors may boost coal towns by creating union jobs.
Last month, I took a trip to St. John’s, Arizona, a small town with a population of just over 3,400. It wasn’t just a casual visit; this area could play a significant role in the next chapter of American energy. With proper investment, St. John’s could potentially host one of the country’s first small modular […]
Jeff Bezos supports a $20,000 electric pickup truck featuring a modular design.
Jeff Bezos is backing a new and ambitious startup in the electric vehicle sector—Slate Auto. They’ve introduced a straightforward, modular electric pickup known as the slate truck. Priced at around $20,000 after the federal EV incentive, it offers some surprisingly radical features. The base version of the slate truck is stripped down, lacking power windows, […]
‘A viable business’: Rolls-Royce banking on success of small modular reactors | Nuclear power
Somerset's Hinkley Point C power station is huge. The 176-hectare (435-acre) power plant will provide 3.2 gigawatts of electricity, enough for a 6-meter home. It's not just the project that's huge, but the cost as well. With a reported price tag of £48bn and a delay of at least five years, it has become a […]
Trump vows to make electricity cheap with ‘hundreds of new power plants’ and modular nuclear reactors
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump's campaign on Thursday touted a plan to cut electricity bills by quickly approving the construction of new power plants and encouraging the adoption of small modular reactors for nuclear power, which it said would spark an economic boom. “In the future, every manufacturing plant, every data center, every semiconductor […]