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Wind farms play key role in cutting carbon emissions, study finds
Power from wind farms prevented the creation of almost 36 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions from sources such as coal and gas in Britain, in a six-year period - the equivalent of taking 2.3 million cars off the road, analysis of nationwide output shows.
December 12, 2016 Read more
Researchers building flow battery prototype to augment grid
Researchers are scaling up a prototype iron-flow battery to provide cleaner and cheaper power when renewable energy sources are ebbing or demand is peaking. The battery would also efficiently store excess electricity when use is low.
December 8, 2016 Read more
New sensor technology for e-vehicle batteries
Engineers have developed a new concept for current and voltage sensors for batteries that might become particularly relevant for electric vehicles.
December 8, 2016 Read more
Closing the carbon loop
A chemical engineering team identifies new catalyst that advances capture and conversion of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
December 7, 2016 Read more
The promise of greener power generation
The characterization of compounds produced in combustion could lead to cleaner, more efficient power stations.
December 5, 2016 Read more
The world doesn't realize how much we need CO2 storage
The world will not be able to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement without technology capable of capturing, transporting and storing CO2.
December 5, 2016 Read more
New process produces hydrogen at much lower temperature
Simpler process and higher efficiency creates great expectations for consumer market.
December 1, 2016 Read more
Energy hybrid: Battery meets super capacitor
New work demonstrates that it is possible to combine the high-energy density of batteries with the high-power output of super capacitors in a single system - thanks to liquid energy storage materials.
December 1, 2016 Read more
Hydrogen in your pocket? New plastic for carrying and storing hydrogen
Researchers have developed a polymer which can store hydrogen in a light, compact and flexible sheet, and is safe to touch even when filled with hydrogen gas.
November 28, 2016 Read more
Binge-eating bacteria extract energy from sewage
New research shows that sewage contains a source of energy that can be harvested by using hungry bacteria.
November 25, 2016 Read more
How much wind energy can be generated in your area? Check EMHIRES
The European Commission's Joint Research Centre has produced a dataset of wind energy production (EMHIRES) at national, regional and local level across the EU, by the hour for the last 30 years, based on existing wind farms.
November 23, 2016 Read more
Using synthetic photosynthesis to combat climate change
In future, greenhouse gas carbon dioxide could be removed from the atmosphere by deploying a new biological method. Scientists have developed a synthetic but completely biological metabolic pathway based on the model of photosynthesis that fixes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere 20% more efficiently that plants can photosynthetically.
November 21, 2016 Read more
Microbes produce organic plastics from flue gas and electricity
The optimized process of microbial electrosynthesis opens up further perspectives for the future production of biofuel or for the storage of power from regenerative sources in the form of chemical products, for instance.
November 21, 2016 Read more
Storing carbon dioxide underground by turning it into rock
A new study has found that within two years, carbon dioxide injected into basalt transformed into solid rock.
November 18, 2016 Read more
Glow-in-the-dark dye could fuel liquid-based batteries (w/video)
A dye called BODIPY has special chemical properties that could facilitate energy storage, study finds.
November 17, 2016 Read more
An international language for solar energy fields
Standardized reporting of energy conversion efficiency could help to develop photocatalysts to produce renewable fuels.
November 15, 2016 Read more
New biofuel cell with energy storage
Researchers have developed a hybrid of a fuel cell and capacitor on a biocatalytic basis. With the aid of enzymatic processes, what's known as a biosupercapacitor efficiently generates and stores energy.
November 15, 2016 Read more
Turning greenhouse gas into gasoline
New catalyst provides design principles for producing fuels from carbon dioxide emissions.
November 15, 2016 Read more