Energy & Green Tech
Engineers in Melbourne are vying for pole position in the global race to make a cheap rechargeable battery for storing solar energy that does not rely on scarce natural resources.
Jul 27, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
From rapidly melting glaciers to record-breaking wildfires, Alaska is feeling the impact of global warming more acutely than most of the lower 48 states.
Jul 20, 2023
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Engineering
The costs of a type of battery storage suited to supporting the decarbonization of emerging economies have been predicted by Sheffield researchers.
Jul 6, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Electric vehicle advocates say the cars ultimately have a smaller carbon footprint than their fossil-fueled counterparts and could resolve our energy concerns for good. Well, fair enough, but questions arise when we dig into ...
May 25, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Australia's transition to renewables is gathering speed, but there's a looming problem with storage. We will need much more long-duration storage to get us through the night, once coal and fossil gas exit the system.
Apr 11, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Electricity generated from renewables surpassed coal in the United States for the first time in 2022, the U.S. Energy Information Administration announced Monday.
Mar 28, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
A research group has demonstrated a high-energy lithium-ion (Li-ion) cathode, potentially paving the way for cost-effective, safe and high-capacity Li-ion batteries.
Jan 23, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Used and damaged cars are often disposed of via energy-intensive scrapping processes—even when many of their parts are still fully functional. In the EKODA project, Fraunhofer researchers are developing a better alternative. ...
Jan 3, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers at South China Normal University and Soochow University have reported a new difunctional Li-S battery separator (CC-rGO/AB/PP) derived from a novel synthesis method under extreme pressure (1 Pa, -50 C) to promote ...
Dec 9, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Zinc batteries potentially offer a much lower fire risk than their market-leading yet fire-prone lithium-ion cousins, but researchers have concluded that the technology still needs a major boost to performance on a number ...
Dec 2, 2022
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