Tag: Energy & Green Tech
Industrial carbon management could reduce costs
Credit: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) A new report released by the European Commission’s Joint Research Center (JRC) confirmed industrial carbon management (ICM) as a range of promising technologies…
Electrochemically molecular-imprinted catalysts enable high-energy-density Li-S batteries
(a) Discharge and charge curves for MSs. (b) Illustration of electrochemical MI strategy. Credit: Science China Press High energy density is a crucial direction for future battery development. Lithium-sulfur (Li-S)…
Real-time modeling of 3D temperature distributions within nuclear microreactors to improve safety systems
Basic layout of the Westinghouse eVinci microreactor design with an enlarged fuel flake. Credit: Price et al., 2024. A real-time, 3D temperature map of the inside of a nuclear microreactor…
Biden’s clean energy tax credits likely to remain ‘law of the land’: Brainard
White House national economic advisor Lael Brainard said the IRA clean energy tax credits were now the law of the land. Most of Joe Biden’s clean energy tax credits are…
Global North energy outsourcing demands more attention, researchers say
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Manufacturing nations in the Global North are stockpiling energy and emission problems by outsourcing energy-intensive industrial processes to countries in the Global South, a new study…
Bumpy ride for electric cars in Europe
Sales of plug-in ‘zero emission’ vehicles have stalled in Europe. Electric cars are a key part of Europe’s green transition plans but the road ahead remains littered with obstacles with…
This device gathers, stores electricity in remote settings
A pyroelectrochemical (PEC) cell, is a device that converts thermal energy into electricity and stores it. Credit: Brian Maffly Today wirelessly connected devices are performing an expanding array of applications,…
Study shows renewable energy could partially replace diesel fuel to power instruments, provide heat at South Pole
The arrangement of solar panel arrays sketched out in the study. The panels are aligned to catch sunlight along the horizon at virtually any time of day during austral summer.…
Berkeley’s backtrack on gas ban won’t stop the electrification trend
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Berkeley’s agreement to throw out its first-in-the-nation ban on gas hookups in new buildings after losing a court challenge might seem like a big loss for…
