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Health benefits from wind power could quadruple if polluting power plants turn down output when wind is available
Nearly 10% of today's electricity in the United States comes from wind power. The renewable energy source benefits climate, air quality, and public health by displacing emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants that ...
Dec 02, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Large band bending at SnS interface opens door for highly efficient thin-film solar cells
Tin sulfide (SnS) solar cells have shown immense promise in the rush to develop more environmentally friendly thin-film solar cells. Yet for years SnS solar cells have struggled to achieve a high conversion efficiency. To ...
Dec 02, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Airports and harbours prepare to slash emissions as the greening of transport accelerates
Ports for planes and ships are gearing up for the era of sustainable fuels and renewable energy.
Dec 02, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
EPA seeks to mandate more use of ethanol and other biofuels
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed increasing the amount of ethanol and other biofuels that must be blended into the nation's fuel supplies over the next three years, a move welcomed by renewable fuel ...
Dec 02, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Chicago Pile 1: A bold nuclear physics experiment with enduring impact
An unassuming pile of black graphite bricks containing uranium became known famously as Chicago Pile 1, the world's first human-created, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. Eighty years later, nuclear scientists continue ...
Dec 02, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Calculation tool enables Danish cities to analyze how many vehicle charge points they will need in the future
If Denmark is to reach the goal of 1 million electric vehicles on the roads in 2030, the number of charging stations will have to keep up. DTU has created a calculation tool that enables cities and municipalities to analyze ...
Dec 02, 2022
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Business
Despite soaring profits, oil companies are not paying enough for their environmental damage
At the end of the third quarter reporting season in October, the Big Four oilsands producers continued to report record profit levels. Collectively, Cenovus, CNRL, Imperial Oil and Suncor earned $5.8 billion in the third ...
Dec 02, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Energy crisis driving climate-friendly power savings: IEA
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has driven countries across the world to boost energy efficiency, creating "huge potential" to tackle high prices, security and climate change, the IEA said on Friday.
Dec 02, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Electrolyzing seawater without side-reactions, corrosion problems or the need for purifying the water first
A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in China has developed a type of electrolysis that works with native seawater and does not have side-reactions or corrosion problems. In their study, published in ...
Dec 01, 2022 report
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An amorphous high-capacity iron fluorosulfate cathode
Chemists and engineers have been trying to create increasingly efficient, affordable and stable battery technologies to power a wide range of electronic devices. To do this, they have been leveraging the multi-redox reactions ...
Dec 01, 2022 feature
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Using nanodiamonds to convert a greenhouse gas to an industrial raw material
Rather than being released into the atmosphere and exacerbating the problem of climate change, CO2 can also be used as a raw material for substances required in industrial processes, such as formic acid or methanol. The conversion ...
Dec 01, 2022
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Q & A: Recycling electronic waste could be a golden opportunity
By 2033, more than 1 billion laptops, cellphones, and other electronic devices could be entering the U.S. waste stream each year.
Dec 01, 2022
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Gas-liquid, two-phase, flow-based triboelectric nanogenerator with ultrahigh output power
Chinese researchers have designed a gas-liquid two-phase flow-based triboelectric nanogenerator (GL-TENG) with ultrahigh output power, according to a research article recently published in Science Advances.
Dec 01, 2022
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Programmable home insulation that could replace air conditioning systems
Energy is scarce—and like all scarce things, it comes at a price. That is why Germany needs to greatly reduce its energy consumption. There is significant potential for this in the area of heating and cooling energy which ...
Dec 01, 2022
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