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Human Attitudes Towards Energy Consumption and Use of Resources Affect CO2-Reducing Strategies

For the past 150 years, humans have pumped extraordinary amounts of greenhouse gasses, such as CO2, into the atmosphere and warmed the planet at an alarming rate.

30 Sep 2021

New Approach Could Enable a Cheap, Energy-Efficient Separation of Light Hydrocarbons

An electrochemical approach developed at KAUST produces molecular-sieving membranes that could enable a cheap energy-efficient separation of light hydrocarbons, such as olefins and paraffins.

22 Sep 2021

Researchers Refute Long-Standing Explanation for Low Energy Efficiency in Lithium-Ion Batteries

An international research team featuring two Skoltech scientists has experimentally demonstrated that a long-standing explanation for low energy efficiency in lithium-ion batteries does not hold.

17 Sep 2021

New 2D Semiconductors Could Pave the Way for High-Performance and Energy-Efficient Electronics

According to researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), a recently discovered family of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors could pave the way for high-performance and energy-efficient electronics.

16 Sep 2021

Empa Scientists Push the Efficiency of Flexible Solar Cells to a New Limit

A group of scientists at Empa has pushed the efficiency of flexible solar cells to a new limit. Independent measurements revealed an efficiency of 21.4 percent when these types of solar cells convert light into electricity. For comparison: the best efficiency of a non-flexible solar cell made of crystalline silicon is reported at 26.7 percent.

8 Sep 2021

Groundbreaking Electro-Hydraulic System Wins Volvo Technology Award

The novel Common Pressure Rail Hybrid system applied to excavators, resulting in?radical improvements in energy-efficiency, has received the Volvo Technology Award 2021.

7 Sep 2021

New Projects to Increase Energy Efficiency in Microelectronics Technologies

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently initiated funding of about $54 million for 10 new projects headed by DOE’s National Laboratories to enhance energy efficiency in the design and production of microelectronics.

26 Aug 2021

SEforALL and Google to Launch New Compact to Decarbonize Electricity Globally

A carbon-free electricity sector is the foundation for reaching a net-zero global economy. Electricity generates 25% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, and is key to decarbonizing other sectors of the economy, including buildings, transport, and industry.

24 Aug 2021

New Prototype Technology can Double the Power Harvested from Ocean Waves

The unused potential of ocean wave energy is abundant. It is predicted that the power of coastal waves across the globe every year is equal to the annual worldwide electricity production.

18 Aug 2021

Hydrogen Technologies to Play a Vital Role in Achieving Net Zero

Achieving Net Zero energy, where the total amount of energy used is equal to the amount of renewable energy created, is closer than ever before, and hydrogen technologies will play an important role in achieving that goal.

11 Aug 2021