Top 7 energy technology stories of 2023 – Interesting Engineering

This year the world experienced accelerating developments in the energy sector from China discovering rare earth element that transforms battery technology to Blue Origins – Jeff Bezos’ private space firm devising a technique for building solar cells using only lunar regolith and sunlight.

Here are the top seven energy news of 2023 that caught our attention:

Chinese geologists recently discovered niobobaotite, a rare earth iron ore rich in niobium, in the Bayan Obo Mining District in Inner Mongolia. This mineral, sized between 20 to 80 centimeters, contains…