An aerial view of of the Power County wind farm – Power County, Idaho with Nordex N100/2500 turbines. Credit: Energy.gov Utilities in the United States have pledged to transition to…
Tag: Energy & Green Tech
New ‘n-i-p’ perovskite/organic hybrid tandem solar cells with efficiencies over 23%
Design of the modified normal “n-i-p” configuration for monolithic 2T-hybrid tandem solar cells devices typically free from complicated processes like atomic layer deposition (ALD) and/or a sputtered interconnecting layer (ICLs)…
Using AI to pinpoint hidden sources of clean energy underground
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As efforts to transition away from fossil fuels strengthen the hunt for new sources of low-carbon energy, scientists have developed a deep learning model to scan…
More than a third of those in the UK can’t afford tech needed to reach net-zero, study shows
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain More than a third of people in the U.K. can’t afford renewable energy technology such as solar panels or heat pumps to help the country meet…
Analysis confirms California’s Salton Sea region to be a rich domestic lithium resource
Credit: Jeremy Snyder/Berkeley Lab On Nov. 28, The U.S. Department of Energy announced results of the most comprehensive analysis to date quantifying the domestic lithium resources in southern California’s Salton…
Analyzing interactions between radiation and matter for a long-term plutonium storage strategy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Long-running research between the UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory and The University of Manchester, UK, has probed the complex interplay between the surface features of plutonium dioxide…
4 east African countries are going for nuclear power—why this is a bad idea
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The east Africa region has the fastest growing population in Africa. Between 2013 and 2017, its growth rate was twice the African average. The region is…
Two-system model combines desalination and energy storage
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cornell engineers have refined a model that not only cultivates green energy, but also desalinates ocean water for large, drought-stricken coastal populations. By pumping seawater to…
Researchers explore impacts of E-bikes on sustainable, equitable, efficient mobility
MEP scores for Denver are mapped for (a) drive and (b) e-bike modes. Each pixel is 1 km2. The highest e-bike MEP score across all locations was 178 while the highest…
