Energy & Green Tech
The production of ammonia for fertilizers—which has one of the largest carbon footprints among industrial processes—may soon be possible on farms using low-cost, low-energy and environmentally friendly technology. Researchers ...
Nov 13, 2023
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Engineering
Ammonia, a main component of many fertilizers, could play a key role in a carbon-free fuel system as a convenient way to transport and store clean hydrogen. The chemical, made of hydrogen and nitrogen (NH3), can also itself ...
Nov 8, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
In Australia's race to net zero emissions, nuclear power has surged back into the news. Opposition leader Peter Dutton argues nuclear is "the only feasible and proven technology" for cutting emissions. Energy Minister Chris ...
Nov 3, 2023
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Engineering
A wide range of metals need to be mined for solar panels, wind turbines and batteries. Researchers from Leiden University have shown that this 'mining burden' does not outweigh the final gain: the overall mining activity ...
Oct 26, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
In the continued effort to move humanity away from fossil fuels and towards more environmentally friendly energy sources, researchers in Japan have developed a new material capable storing hydrogen energy in a more efficient ...
Oct 26, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Bulgaria on Wednesday decided to expand the country's nuclear power generation as an alternative to fossil fuels by launching the construction of two additional reactors at its only nuclear power plant.
Oct 25, 2023
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Engineering
Kenya's ambition is to reduce carbon emissions by one-third by 2030, relative to the business-as-usual scenario of 143 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. It also seeks to reduce carbon emissions to as close to zero ...
Oct 24, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
A research study led by University of Oklahoma assistant professor Chenghao Wang and published in the journal Nature Communications tackled the critical issue of how city-scale building energy consumption in urban environments ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Resistance to adoption of solar panels as an economical and efficient replacement for fossil fuels is based on inaccurate information being spread by foes of renewable energy.
Engineering
MIT engineers aim to produce totally green, carbon-free hydrogen fuel with a new, train-like system of reactors that is driven solely by the sun.
Oct 16, 2023
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