Common Ingredient Could Play Key Role in Energy Transition
A common ingredient, salt, may play a significant role in the shift towards lower carbon energy sources, according to a recent study conducted by researchers…
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The Hidden Cost of Decarbonization: Population Disruption
Göttingen University joins forces with other researchers to study the impact of resources, demographics, and disruption in the shift toward clean energy. Recent research led…
MIT Discovery Could Unlock a Safer and Lighter Lithium Battery
Solid-state lithium batteries are impacted by the growth of branchlike metallic filaments. A recent study delves into the formation of these filaments and provides a…
A New Source of Renewable Energy: Breaking Down Plant Matter
These chemical tools can access plant-based renewable energy, which might reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. There has never been a more pressing need for…
Turning Buildings Into Batteries To Cheaply Improve Power Quality
Scientists propose converting tall buildings into batteries In order to ensure that the supply and demand of electricity are appropriately balanced, energy storage technologies are…
Revolutionary Technology Generates Incredible 4D Images of Earth’s Subsurface
The flow of electrical current signals changes in fractures deep beneath the earth Scorchingly hot granite deep underground can be tapped for energy by opening…
Scientists Estimate That the Embodied Energy of Waste Plastics Equates to 12% of U.S. Industrial Energy Use
NREL Calculates Lost Value of Landfilled Plastic in U.S. With mountains of plastic trash piling up in landfills and experts anticipating that there will be…
4,100 Feet Underground, Scientists Test a Unique Geothermal Energy System
Team collaborates on assembling and testing “rock star” system 4,100 feet underground A team of scientists has assembled a first-of-its-kind system to help them understand…
Patent-Pending Technology Converts “Waste” Carbon Into Valuable Chemicals and Useful Elements
Patent-pending process removes biofuel contaminants from wastewater using an additive-free process that generates hydrogen to fuel its own operation The holy grail of biofuel researchers…
Scientists “Magically” Mine Metals From Water
Alchemists sought to transform lead into gold centuries ago. While they were not successful, the notion of extracting precious resources from abundant sources remains alluring….
Making Electricity Cheaper: A Cellphone-Sized Device Automatically Adjusts a Home’s Power Use to Save Money
A cellphone-sized device automatically adjusts a home’s power use up or down to save the consumer money and increase the resiliency of the electric grid….
A Step Towards Seasonal Storage: “Freeze-Thaw Battery” Can Freeze Its Energy for Later Use
Molten-salt battery marks step toward seasonal storage of grid-scale energy Scientists have developed a battery designed for the electric grid that can store energy for…
Importing Canadian Energy To Drastically Reduce Carbon Emissions
Power flowing both ways across the Canada–U.S. border offers a pathway to clean electricity in 2050. The urgent need to cut carbon emissions has prompted…
Designing Catalysts for Sustainable Fuels Using Electrochemistry
Yogesh Surendranath and his team are bringing powerful techniques of electrochemistry to bear on the problem of designing catalysts for sustainable fuels. One challenge in…
Renewable Energy Can Help Fight Climate Change – Here’s Where to Install It for Maximum Benefits
Models offer guidance for state and national policymakers designing climate action plans. A new Harvard study shows that to achieve the biggest improvements in public…
Doubt Cast on Carbon Capture by Stanford Study – “It Usually Increases Air Pollution”
Current approaches to carbon capture can increase air pollution and are not efficient at reducing carbon in the atmosphere, according to research from Mark Z….
New Kind of Solar Cell Opens the Door for Surpassing Efficiency Limit
In any conventional silicon-based solar cell, there is an absolute limit on overall efficiency, based partly on the fact that each photon of light can…
Scientists Show Renewable Energies Can Save Millions of Lives
Reducing global air pollution can prevent millions of premature deaths according to an international team of scientists, led by the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry….
