GigaModular – a Gigastructure for Future
Team
Name: Reuf Novalić
Nationality: Serbian
Institution / Company: State University of Novi Pazar (Original: Državni univerzitet u Novom Pazaru)
Instagram: @reuf.novalic
-FINALIST of Powerless City Competition
This 340 meter tall structure is intended for a future in which there are no more fossil fuel reserves. Small nuclear reactors are used as primary sources of energy – they produce most of the electricity needed. To foster the potential of solar power, photovoltaic cells are employed as a secondary way to produce clean energy.
GigaModular is optimally located near a large body of water – this provides opportunity for a clean production of hydrogen via water electrolysis. Although hydrogen can be used to power vehicles (like electricity) its primary purpose is fertilizer production. Production of clean hydrogen is of great importance – 3.5 billion people today depend on the food grown using fertilizers that cannot be made without hydrogen. This number is likely to grow in future.
Since there is a great need for energy to be transferred as efficiently as possible, GigaModular spreads vertically rather than horizontaly. This also minimizes impact on Earth’s surface and allows the whole structure to consist of modular units. This means that construction waste and pollution virtually won’t exist, allowing our planet to slowly recover. Building this way means that our way of life must also change and adapt if we want to live sustainably.
#Nuclear Energy #Solar Power #Batteries and energy storage #Integrated energy production systems
