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Deep-Sea Bacteria Release Excess Carbon into the Ocean and Atmosphere

A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota has found that deep-sea bacteria dissolve carbon-containing rocks and discharge surplus carbon into the air and ocean.

13 Apr 2021

New Solutions for Clean, Efficient Marine and Off-Road Transport

The goal of the Clean Propulsion Technologies project consortium, at the University of Vaasa, is to develop completely new solutions for clean and effective off-road and marine transport—a Finnish response to more stringent emission legislation and increasing global competition in such segments.

8 Apr 2021

Nor-Shipping Gathers Hydrogen Leaders to Map out Fuel of the Future at Ocean Now

Nor-Shipping’s newly announced Ocean Now initiative aims to set the stage for maritime’s energy transition with the announcement of a new, global conference, Nor-Shipping Hydrogen Blue Talks – Fuelling the Future.

8 Apr 2021

New Economical Technology Leverages Excess Pressure on Power Grid to Produce Energy

In recent years, pressure-based irrigation techniques have substituted conventional ones, thereby enhancing water efficiency but increasing the dependence on energy. This has led to advances and innovations in technology that have facilitated agricultural activity.

7 Apr 2021

Methane Extraction from Lakes for Sustainable Energy Production

Lakes store huge amounts of methane. In a new study, environmental scientists at the University of Basel offer suggestions for how it can be extracted and used as an energy source in the form of methanol.

1 Apr 2021

Clean Planet Energy Unveil Two New Ultra-Clean Marine Fuels, Made from Non-Recyclable Plastic Waste

Clean Planet Energy has today released details of two new ultra-clean fuels manufactured to replace fossil fuels in the Marine industry, for use in any ship or vessel.

From Clean Planet Energy 30 Mar 2021

Project to Create System for Large-Scale Synthesis of Clean Hydrogen

Engineers from École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) are participating in PROMETEO—an EU research project to produce hydrogen on a huge scale from renewable sources, as part of a measure to reduce industrial carbon emissions.

26 Mar 2021

Study Illustrates Impact of Coronavirus on the Energy Sector

The partition present between the energy transition frontrunners and laggards is getting deeper due to the COVID-19 crisis.

24 Mar 2021

Big Breakthrough for 'Massless' Energy Storage

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology have produced a structural battery that performs ten times better than all previous versions. It contains carbon fibre that serves simultaneously as an electrode, conductor, and load-bearing material. Their latest research breakthrough paves the way for essentially ’massless’ energy storage in vehicles and other technology.

23 Mar 2021

New Triboelectric Nanogenerator to Efficiently Harness Ocean Wave Energy

A newly developed water-tube-based triboelectric nanogenerator effectively transforms several irregular and low-frequency mechanical energies, such as ocean wave energy, into electricity, opening a new path for developing “blue energy.”

19 Mar 2021