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Machine learning framework maps global rooftop growth for sustainable energy and urban planning
A novel machine learning framework developed by IIASA researchers to estimate global rooftop area growth from 2020 to 2050 can aid in planning sustainable energy systems, urban development, and climate change mitigation, ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Unveiling a new class of synthetic fuels
Researchers from RWTH, the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, and ETH Zurich have made considerable advancements in synthetic fuels. Their study, which has the potential to revolutionize clean transportation, ...
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Recycled micro-sized silicon anodes from photovoltaic waste improve lithium-ion battery performance
Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed low-cost, micro-sized silicon anodes from recycled photovoltaic waste using a novel ...
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Capturing carbon with energy-efficient sodium carbonate−nanocarbon hybrid material
Industrial emissions are one of the main sources of climate change-inducing carbon dioxide (CO2). While adopting renewable and clean energy alternatives is one option for mitigating these carbon emissions, carbon capture ...
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Water scarcity drove steam power adoption during Industrial Revolution, new research suggests
A new reconstruction of 19th-century Britain's water resources has revealed how limited access to waterpower during the Industrial Revolution helped drive the adoption of steam engines in Greater Manchester's Cottonopolis.
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Video: Producing heat energy from captured carbon
A geotechnical engineering team led by Rick Chalaturnyk in the University of Alberta's Faculty of Engineering has teamed up with Alberta's first conventional geothermal power project to explore how to use carbon dioxide instead ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Microbeads made from brewery waste can contribute to a plastic-free future
Plastic microbeads, those tiny troublemakers found in the personal care products of the early 1990s to the late 2010s, wreak havoc on the environment. These minuscule bits, smaller than a sesame seed, escape the clutches ...
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Serbia greenlights disputed lithium mining project
Serbia's government on Tuesday said operations can restart at a disputed lithium mining project, days after a top court ruling overturned a 2022 cancellation of its permits.
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Electric trucks: How many fast-charging locations are needed in Europe?
A new joint study by Fraunhofer ISI and Amazon provides critical insights as to the optimal number and location of public fast-charging stations required to enable the widespread electrification of long-haul trucking in Europe.
Jul 15, 2024
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Engineering
One-step process simplifies electrode fabrication for water electrolysis
A research team led by Dr. Sung Mook Choi of the Korea Institute of Materials Science has developed a one-step electrode fabrication process for the first time in South Korea. The research is published in the journal Applied ...
Jul 15, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Smart diagnostics: Possible uses of generative AI to empower nuclear plant operators
Imagine being able not only to detect a fault in a complex system but also to receive a clear, understandable explanation of its cause. Just like having a seasoned expert by your side. This is the promise of combining a large ...
Jul 15, 2024
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World's first hydrogen-powered commercial ferry to run on San Francisco Bay, and it's free to ride
The world's first hydrogen-powered commercial passenger ferry will start operating on San Francisco Bay as part of plans to phase out diesel-powered vessels and reduce planet-warming carbon emissions, California officials ...
Jul 13, 2024
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A new approach to boost the efficiency of non-fused ring electron acceptor solar cells
The power-conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of organic solar cells based on compounds known as polymer donors and fused ring electron acceptors (FREAs) have recently exceeded 19%. In contrast, organic solar cells based on non-fused ...
Energy & Green Tech
Researchers move closer to green hydrogen via water electrolysis
Water electrolysis offers an ideal process for hydrogen production, which could play a key role in the global energy transition that increasingly relies on renewable electricity, but whose current production process is extremely ...
Jul 12, 2024
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Offshore wind turbines offer path for clean hydrogen production
Using electricity generated by offshore wind turbines as one pathway to split water to produce clean hydrogen may make economic sense, particularly along the U.S. Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, according to researchers ...
Jul 12, 2024
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Improving cycling performance of sodium-ion batteries through titanium substitution
Researchers at Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory have made significant advances in sodium-ion battery (SIB) technology by improving cycling performance of the NaNiO2 cathode. The work has been published in the online edition ...
Jul 12, 2024
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