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China drives record growth in renewable energy jobs: report

A record 2.5 million jobs were created in the renewable energy sector in 2023, most of them in China, the International Renewable Energy Agency and International Labor Organization said on Tuesday.

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Engineering

Engineers develop solar-powered lithium extraction from brine

A team of engineers at Nanjing University, working with a pair of colleagues from the University of California, Berkeley, has developed a new way to extract lithium from briny water.

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New technique streamlines early-stage battery development

From current on-road vehicles to future electrified aircraft, the safety and reliability of energy storage systems is critical across battery applications. Before entering the market, all battery systems undergo thorough ...

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Using artificial intelligence to reduce risks to critical mineral supply

Australia risks losing its world-leading advantage in critical and rare minerals used for clean energy, electric vehicles and batteries for solar energy, unless it embraces artificial intelligence in the mining sector, according ...

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Cool roofs could have saved lives during London's hottest summer

As many as 249 lives could have been saved in London during the 2018 record-setting hot summer had the city widely adopted cool roofs, estimates a new study by researchers at UCL and the University of Exeter.

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New cooling system works on gravity instead of electricity

Its abundance of sunlight and heavy investment in solar cell technology has positioned Saudi Arabia well in its transition to becoming a leading exporter of renewable energy. Indeed, solar energy currently makes up more than ...

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Researchers develop model to project energy storage needs for renewable energy

Researchers have developed a model that can be used to project what a nation's energy storage needs would be if it were to shift entirely to renewable energy sources, moving away from fossil fuels for electric power generation. ...

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Getting to zero emissions: A call for unified energy planning

As competition between gas and electric utilities heats up due to clean energy-promoting policies that emphasize replacing gas with electricity, state regulators need to overhaul their approach to regulation, argue scholars ...

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Researcher wants to ensure AI doesn't ruin the environment

Artificial intelligence (AI) has changed the world as we know it. It's been used for everything from health-care monitoring to writing speeches. But the technology's impact on the environment is becoming a serious concern.

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Study warns of $557 trillion in stranded assets by 2050 if fossil fuel investments continue

Continued investment in carbon-intensive industries will drastically increase the amount of "stranded assets" as the world moves to net-zero emissions, researchers warn.

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Proof-of-concept study develops battery that would use Martian atmosphere as fuel during discharge

Mars presents a highly complex natural environment, characterized by a variety of gas components—95.32% carbon dioxide, 2.7% nitrogen, 1.6% argon, 0.13% oxygen, and 0.08% carbon monoxide—as well as extreme temperature ...

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UK homeowners are reluctant to switch to low-carbon heating—research points to how to change their minds

Cold climate countries are making significant efforts to transition from fossil fuels, such as oil and gas, to sustainable heating sources, such as heat pumps or district heating to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But fossil-fuel-based ...

Sep 30, 2024

Report shows routes for recycling carbon dioxide and coal waste into useful products

A congressionally mandated study led by Princeton's Emily Carter has released a comprehensive roadmap for research and policies to enable large-scale recycling of carbon pollution into high-demand, useful products like fuels ...

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Study sheds light on the paths leading to the degradation of layered Li-rich oxide cathodes

In recent years, researchers have been trying to develop increasingly advanced battery technologies that can store more energy, recharge faster, discharge slower, and have longer lifespans. To achieve this, many have been ...

Sep 30, 2024 feature

Hydrogen production on offshore islands could save Germany more than 4 billion euros per year

A new study from the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology IEE has analyzed the economic effects on the European energy system of introducing offshore hydrogen production.

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Hurricane Helene power outages leave millions in the dark—poorer areas often wait longest for electricity to be restored

Hurricane Helene cut power to more than 4 million homes and businesses as it moved across the Southeast after hitting Florida's Big Bend region as a powerful Category 4 storm on Sept. 26, 2024. As Helene's rains moved into ...

Sep 30, 2024

China leads the net zero transition—here's what we can learn from its progress in Beijing and Hong Kong

China is winning the clean energy race.

Sep 30, 2024

Britain's last coal-fired power station closes

The UK's last coal-fired power station will officially close its doors on Monday, making Britain the first G7 country to end its reliance on the fossil fuel to produce electricity.

Sep 30, 2024

Nepal dam-building spree powers electric vehicle boom

Taxi driver Surendra Parajuli's decision to buy an electric cab would have been unthinkable a decade ago, when chronic power cuts left Nepalis unable to light their homes at night.

Sep 29, 2024

Radiant-convective heating terminal show potential for improved indoor thermal environment for intermittent heating

A recent study published in Engineering, "Indoor Thermal Environment Improvement Based on Switchable Radiation/Convection-Combined Intermittent Heating: Comparison between Conventional Terminals and Integrated Novel Terminal," ...

Sep 28, 2024

Study highlights complex ocean conditions facing world's most powerful tidal turbine

The number of tidal power and other offshore renewable energy installations is set to grow significantly around the UK coastline over the coming decades.

Sep 27, 2024

Organic supramolecular crystals with high hydrogen storage performance could enhance fuel-cell vehicle efficiency

Hydrogen is often seen as the fuel of the future on account of its zero-emission and high gravimetric energy density, meaning it stores more energy per unit of mass compared to gasoline. Its low volumetric density, however, ...

Sep 27, 2024

Untapped potential: Study shows how water systems can help accelerate renewable energy adoption

Stanford-led research reveals how water systems, from desalination plants to wastewater treatment facilities, could help make renewable energy more affordable and dependable. The study, published Sept. 27 in Nature Water, ...

Sep 27, 2024

Clean energy transition: The impact of financial costs on the development of renewable energy sources

It is widely recognized that finance is one of the critical enablers of accelerating climate action. However, renewable energy deployment (particularly in developing countries) requires more financing than fossil fuel-based ...

Sep 27, 2024

Novel recycling process for rare-earth elements could improve green technology and boost carbon neutrality

In a recent study published in Engineering, researchers from Kyoto University have unveiled a novel method for the efficient separation and recycling of rare-earth elements (REEs) from end-of-life magnets. This innovative ...

Sep 27, 2024

Researchers illuminate inner workings of new-age soft semiconductors

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Squid-inspired fabric allows for temperature-controlled clothing

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Germany inaugurates IBM's first European quantum data center

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A new model for symbolic music generation using musical metadata

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Bringing clarity to microscopic imaging: New tool removes motion artifacts

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New method enables robots to map a scene, identify objects in order to complete a set of tasks

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Harnessing extended reality to reduce the fear of water

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EV drivers more likely to be involved in at-fault road traffic crashes than petrol and diesel drivers, study reveals

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Engineers develop a bendable, programmable, non-silicon microprocessor that requires only 6 mW of power

Sep 30, 2024

AI pareidolia: Can machines spot faces in inanimate objects?

Sep 30, 2024

Don't believe the hype: Artificial general intelligence is far from inevitable, researchers say

Sep 30, 2024

Using Turing patterns to enhance soft pneumatic technology

Sep 28, 2024

Shape-morphing brain sensor adheres to curved surfaces for ultrasound neurostimulation

Sep 27, 2024

LiDAR-based system allows unmanned aerial vehicle team to rapidly reconstruct environments

Sep 27, 2024

As LLMs grow bigger, they're more likely to give wrong answers than admit ignorance

Sep 27, 2024

Scientists develop novel digital encoding system using fluorescent pixels

Sep 27, 2024

New continuous reaction process can help turn plant waste into sustainable aviation fuel

Sep 26, 2024

New tandem solar cells break efficiency record—they could eventually supercharge how we get energy from the sun

Sep 26, 2024

Computing scheme accelerates machine learning while improving energy efficiency of traditional data operations

Sep 26, 2024

New study shows AI can forecast mining disasters

Sep 26, 2024

Harnessing marine energy at all scales, from a village microgrid to a vast tidal inlet

The nation's largest yet least densely populated state, Alaska is a land of superlatives and contradictions. For centuries, its remote communities, rugged terrain, extreme weather, natural wonders, and abundant wildlife have ...

Mar 25, 2020

Power-generating material for organic photovoltaics

Toyobo Co., Ltd. and the French government research institute CEA have succeeded in making trial organic photovoltaic (OPV) small cells on a glass substrate with the world's best conversion efficiency in a dim room. The team ...

Mar 25, 2020

A new low-cost solar technology for environmental cooling

Space cooling and heating is a common need in most inhabited areas. In Europe, the energy consumed for air conditioning is rising, and the situation could get worse in the near future due to the temperature increase in different ...

Mar 24, 2020

Initiatives to protect US energy grid and nuclear weapons systems

To deter attempts to disable U.S. electrical utilities and to defend U.S. nuclear weapon systems from evolving technological threats, Sandia National Laboratories has begun two multiyear initiatives to strengthen U.S. responses.

Mar 24, 2020

Deep learning cuts costs in building control

American buildings consume roughly 40 percent of U.S. energy, much of which is expended on heating, cooling, and ventilation. Enhanced control methods can help reduce energy consumption. Model Predictive Control (MPC) has ...

Mar 24, 2020

Electric cars better for climate in 95% of the world

Fears that electric cars could actually increase carbon emissions are unfounded in almost all parts of the world, news research shows. Media reports have regularly questioned whether electric cars are really "greener" once ...

Mar 23, 2020

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How do you power billions of sensors? By converting waste heat into electricity

Interconnected healthcare and many other future applications will require internet connectivity between billions of sensors. The devices that will enable these applications must be small, flexible, reliable, and environmentally ...

Mar 23, 2020

Researchers use 3-D printing, sensors to create models for hydropower testing

Hydropower developers must consider many factors when it comes time to license a new project or renew an existing one: How can environmental impacts be mitigated, including to fish populations? Researchers at the Department ...

Mar 23, 2020

A strategy to achieve ultrahigh power and energy density in lithium-ion batteries

In recent years, lithium-based batteries have become widely used to power a wide range of electronic devices, including tablets, smart phones and portable computers. These batteries have different compartments, called cells, ...

Mar 20, 2020 feature

One tough power source: Creating a lithium-ion battery that cannot catch fire

The popular myth that a spider is never more than a few feet away is arguably more true of lithium-ion batteries than of arachnids. Powering everything from smartphones and laptops to electronic cigarettes, lithium-ion batteries ...

Mar 20, 2020

Government must address hurdles putting people off electric cars

Ambitious targets have been set by the UK and Scottish governments to become net-zero carbon economies by 2050 and 2045 respectively. But a variety of initiatives will be required on the part of government, industry and society ...

Mar 20, 2020

A cyclic phosphate-based electrolyte for safe and high voltage lithium-ion batteries

In light of the ongoing shift toward renewable energy technologies and the growing number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, researchers worldwide have been trying to develop batteries that can operate more efficiently ...

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Fusion researchers endorse push for pilot power plant in US

The growing sense of urgency around development of fusion technology for energy production in the United States got another boost this week with the release of a community consensus report by a diverse group of researchers ...

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Nature-inspired green energy technology clears important development hurdle

Scientist Heinz Frei has spent decades working toward building an artificial version of one of nature's most elegant and effective machines: the leaf.

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Shedding light on optimal materials for harvesting sunlight underwater

There may be many overlooked organic and inorganic materials that could be used to harness sunlight underwater and efficiently power autonomous submersible vehicles, report researchers at New York University. Their research, ...

Mar 18, 2020

Analysis reveals photovoltaic systems in U.S. operating as expected

The vast majority of solar panels are living up to expectations for energy production after five years, according to a new analysis of 100,000 photovoltaic (PV) systems across the United States.

Mar 18, 2020

Trapped ions may unlock a path to better batteries and much more

A serendipitous discovery during research into batteries at Oregon State University holds major implications for inventing new materials with a vast range of scientific and commercial applications, the study's corresponding ...

Mar 17, 2020

Shining a light on international energy inequality

A new study examines energy inequality for income classes across 86 countries, from highly industrialised to developing ones, revealing extreme disparity in energy footprints, both within nations and globally.

Mar 16, 2020

World fritters away half trillion dollars on coal support

Nations around the world risk wasting $640 billion by continuing to prop up the coal industry rather than investing in less expensive and environmentally friendlier wind and solar power initiatives.

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Lab collaborates to prepare photovoltaic materials research for exascale

Photovoltaic solar cells are a promising alternative to fossil fuels, but they need to be a lot more efficient before they can go into widespread use. Scientists have pushed current supercomputing power to the limit looking ...

Mar 13, 2020

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China drives record growth in renewable energy jobs: report

Engineers develop solar-powered lithium extraction from brine

New cooling system works on gravity instead of electricity

Researchers develop model to project energy storage needs for renewable energy

Researchers illuminate inner workings of new-age soft semiconductors

Squid-inspired fabric allows for temperature-controlled clothing

Germany inaugurates IBM's first European quantum data center

A new model for symbolic music generation using musical metadata

Bringing clarity to microscopic imaging: New tool removes motion artifacts

New method enables robots to map a scene, identify objects in order to complete a set of tasks

Harnessing extended reality to reduce the fear of water

EV drivers more likely to be involved in at-fault road traffic crashes than petrol and diesel drivers, study reveals

Engineers develop a bendable, programmable, non-silicon microprocessor that requires only 6 mW of power

AI pareidolia: Can machines spot faces in inanimate objects?

Don't believe the hype: Artificial general intelligence is far from inevitable, researchers say

Using Turing patterns to enhance soft pneumatic technology

Shape-morphing brain sensor adheres to curved surfaces for ultrasound neurostimulation

LiDAR-based system allows unmanned aerial vehicle team to rapidly reconstruct environments

As LLMs grow bigger, they're more likely to give wrong answers than admit ignorance

Scientists develop novel digital encoding system using fluorescent pixels

New continuous reaction process can help turn plant waste into sustainable aviation fuel

New tandem solar cells break efficiency record—they could eventually supercharge how we get energy from the sun

Computing scheme accelerates machine learning while improving energy efficiency of traditional data operations

New study shows AI can forecast mining disasters

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