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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers create artificial plants that purify indoor air, generate electricity
On average, Americans spend about 90% of their time indoors, and the air we breathe at work, school or home affects our overall health and well-being.
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Energy & Green Tech
Newly developed material can suppress thermal runaway in batteries
A team of engineers and materials scientists at LG Chem, Korea's largest chemical company, has developed a material that they claim could greatly reduce the risk of thermal runaway and resulting fires in batteries. In their ...
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Scientists restore performance of quantum dot solar cells using short ligands to reduce surface defects
Researchers have developed a new method to improve both the performance and the stability of solar cells using "perovskite quantum dots." They developed longer-lasting solar cells by addressing the issue of distortions on ...
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Machine learning framework boosts residential electricity clustering for demand-response
The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), one of the DEDALUS scientific partners, has completed a study on grouping residential electricity consumers, based on their historical electricity consumption, to create ...
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UK announces £22bn for carbon capture projects
The UK government on Friday announced investment of nearly £22 billion ($28.8 billion) in projects to capture and store carbon emissions created by industry and energy production.
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Hardware
New methodology enables design of cloud servers for lower carbon
Reducing carbon emissions is crucial to curbing the effects of climate change, but usually gas-powered vehicles and manufacturers are the most conspicuous culprits. However, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ...
Oct 4, 2024
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Business
Green subsidies may have hidden costs, experts warn
Government subsidies for business practices and processes should be approached with caution, even when they seem to be environmentally friendly, writes a group of scientists and economists in this week's Policy Forum in the ...
Oct 3, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Building deconstruction, reuse would benefit New York State jobs, climate
Shifting from wasteful demolition practices to a circular construction economy in New York state could unlock unrealized economic activity, create thousands of green jobs and advance ambitious climate goals—while reducing ...
Oct 3, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Morocco mobile desalination units quench remote areas' thirst
In the small fishing village of Beddouza in western Morocco, locals have turned to the Atlantic to quench their thirst, using mobile desalination stations to combat the kingdom's persistent drought.
Oct 3, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
New design overcomes key barrier to safer, more efficient EV batteries
Researchers at McGill University have made a significant advance in the development of all-solid-state lithium batteries, which are being pursued as the next step in electric vehicle (EV) battery technology.
Oct 2, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Desperate for good news about climate change? Consider the pace of clean energy growth
Climate change has been viewed almost universally as a burden, a hot potato to be passed from country to country at annual climate change conferences. Although it's widely known that climate-friendly solar and wind energy ...
Oct 2, 2024
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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.
Engineering
New research unlocks potential of electrochemical separation for water treatment and resource extraction
A team of Vanderbilt researchers has developed novel technology called electrochemical ion pumping (EIP) that could revolutionize the treatment of water and resource extraction.
Oct 1, 2024
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Engineering
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.
Oct 1, 2024
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Engineering
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 ...
Oct 1, 2024
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Business
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 ...
Oct 1, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Where leading countries stand in the transition to renewable heating, road transport and electricity
The sluggish rate of progress made in the energy transition is putting the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050 at risk. On the positive side, with early warning indicators guiding timely and targeted ...
Oct 1, 2024
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Business
High costs slow widespread use of heat pumps in UK, study shows
The high cost of installing heat pumps for home heating could slow down people widely adopting the technology and leave government targets missed, research suggests. There has been a little to no reduction in the average ...
Oct 1, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Developing a data-driven approach for digitalized, sustainable battery cell production
The further development and evolution of existing storage systems is a key prerequisite for the energy transition. The Center for Digitalized Battery Cell Manufacturing (ZDB) at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing ...
Oct 1, 2024
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Engineering
Soda production process eliminates CO₂ emissions
Fraunhofer researchers and their partners have developed an innovative and eco-friendly method of producing soda, essential for a wide range of industries, in the Green Soda project. The process is based on bipolar electrodialysis ...
Oct 1, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
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.
Oct 1, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
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 ...
Engineering
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 ...
Sep 30, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
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. ...
Sep 30, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
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 ...
Sep 30, 2024
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