Energy & Green Tech
Coal-fired power plants have been in place for a long time to meet the global demands for power generation. Needless to say, there are environmental and human health concerns to be addressed on this front. While there are ...
Mar 16, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Current society is transitioning en masse from fossil fuels to renewable resources and electric batteries. Despite the urgency to switch to greener methods, core challenges related to efficiency and sustainability pose a ...
Mar 3, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
A common ingredient—salt—could have a big role to play in the energy transition to lower carbon energy sources.
Feb 21, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists have analyzed data from nearly three million rivers across the globe to identify where hydropower stations could be sited with limited environmental impacts.
Jan 17, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Buildings consume roughly 75% of the electricity used in the United States, and, without significant changes, the number is expected to rise in the coming decades. An answer potentially exists in renewable resources, but ...
Nov 30, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Splitting water to produce green hydrogen fuel has two drawbacks right now: It is both time and energy intensive. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev environmental physicist Prof. Arik Yochelis and Technion—Israel Institute ...
Nov 7, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Discarded electronic devices, such as cell phones, are a fast-growing source of waste. One way to mitigate the problem could be to use components that are made with renewable resources and that are easy to dispose of responsibly. ...
Oct 6, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Jan Rosenow, a program director at the Regulatory Assistance Project, has published a commentary piece in the journal Joule regarding the prospects of using hydrogen to heat homes. In his paper, he suggests that multiple ...
Sep 28, 2022 report
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Business
The amount of electricity generated by renewable resources hit a record 28% in April, a breakthrough number that shows how important renewable energy has become in U.S. energy markets.
Jul 11, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Perovskite materials may hold the potential to play an important role in a process to produce hydrogen in a renewable manner, according to an analysis from scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
May 10, 2022
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