Energy & Green Tech
Under the Paris Climate Agreement, China committed to rely on renewable resources for 20 percent of its energy needs by 2030. Currently, the country is on track to double that commitment, aiming to hit 40 percent by the next ...
Feb 21, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
As the U.S. faces significant challenges in scaling up production of hydrogen in cost-effective and environmentally friendly ways, a new Cornell study outlines strategies to meet up to 75% of the nation's future hydrogen ...
Aug 7, 2024
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Business
As much as 20% of regional power needs along the Atlantic coast could be served by offshore wind farms by 2050, according to researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) who ...
Oct 10, 2023
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Engineering
The ocean isn't just impacted by climate change—it may also be part of the solution to reversing it.
Jul 24, 2023
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Engineering
Offshore wind power offers a promising solution to the challenge of decarbonizing coastal China. China's coastal provinces, though small in land mass, are home to 76% of the population; they are also responsible for 72% of ...
Jun 9, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The saying that "misfortune never comes alone" is also the title of a French short silent film from 1903. One could say the same about the climate crisis, which is closely linked to the environmental and energy crises. The ...
Apr 11, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Predicting how climate and the environment will change over time or how air flows over an aircraft are problems too complex even for the most powerful supercomputers to solve. Scientists rely on models to fill in the gap ...
Apr 8, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
A wind turbine sitting idle on a calm day or spinning swiftly when power demand is already met poses a problem for renewables, and is one researchers think can be tackled under the sea.
Jan 7, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
For some, visions of a future powered by clean, renewable energy are clouded by fears of blackouts driven by intermittent electricity supplies. Those fears are misplaced, according to a new Stanford University study that ...
Dec 7, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Japan's Green Growth Strategy signals a commitment to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050—and hydrogen produced from renewable energy can play an important role in this shift. A team of researchers from Harvard University, ...
Dec 1, 2021
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