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New Tools Illustrate a Technique for Large-Scale Storage of Renewable Energy

A new approach based on the principles of NMR and MRI has facilitated researches to not only notice the way next-generation batteries function for major energy storage, but also on how they fail.

3 Mar 2020

New Solution for Affordable Storage of Renewable Energy over Long-Term

A new study by researchers from IIASA shows that seasonal pumped hydropower storage (SPHS) could be an economical and sustainable solution for storing renewable energy and water on an annual scale.

20 Feb 2020

WELTEC BIOPOWER to Present Solutions for Climate-Neutral Energy Generation at IFAT

At this year‘s IFAT, the world‘s leading trade fair for environmental technologies, which will be held in Munich, Germany, from 4 to 8 May, biogas plant manufacturer WELTEC BIOPOWER will again present its anaerobic digestion plants for industrial and municipal use.

From WELTEC BIOPOWER GmbH 19 Feb 2020

Smart Heating Control System Offers Greater Comfort, Reduces Energy Costs

Empa researchers believe that buildings can learn to save energy on their own. The researchers performed experiments in which they fed a “smart” self-learning heating control system with temperature data collected from the present weather forecast, as well as from the previous year.

31 Jan 2020

Creating New Electrochemical Technology to Secure Future Energy of the Planet

Before Fikile Brushett wanted to be an engineer, he wanted to be a soccer player. Today, however, Brushett is the Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Chair, and associate professor of chemical engineering. Building 66 might not look much like a soccer field, but Brushett says the sport taught him a fundamental lesson that has proved invaluable in his scientific endeavors.

31 Jan 2020

Understanding Combustion to Improve Energy-Conversion Technologies

Much of the conversation around energy sustainability is dominated by clean-energy technologies like wind, solar, and thermal.

24 Jan 2020

Innovative, Climate-Friendly Energy Solution: Prehistoric Microbes Valorize CO2 Under High Pressure to “Green Gas”

A completely new kind of bioreactor for the biological production of methane has enabled the use of extremely high pressure levels for the first time – and set new efficiency standards for the conversion of CO2 and H2 into methane.

23 Jan 2020

Focusing on Decarbonization to Avoid Consequences of Climate Change

To avoid the most destructive consequences of climate change, the world's electric energy systems must stop producing carbon by 2050. It seems like an overwhelming technological, political, and economic challenge — but not to Nestor Sepulveda.

20 Jan 2020

Study Looks at Projections of Global Energy Mix Over the Next Two Decades

When it comes to fulfilling ambitious energy and climate commitments, few nations successfully walk their talk. A case in point is the Paris Agreement initiated four years ago.

10 Jan 2020

Developing New Technologies to Prevent Massive Loss of Energy in Windows

In the quest to make buildings more energy efficient, windows present a particularly difficult problem. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, heat that either escapes or enters windows accounts for roughly 30 percent of the energy used to heat and cool buildings.

7 Jan 2020