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"Solar-Wind-Water" Strategies for Climate-Friendly Energy Generation in West Africa

Hydropower plants can support solar and wind power, rather unpredictable by nature, in a climate-friendly manner.

29 May 2020

Hydroelectric Energy Recovery Technology Could Save Energy Used for Irrigation

As well as requiring a huge amount of water, irrigation agriculture involves the use of a considerable amount of energy, which negatively impacts the environment and poses a heavy financial burden for the agricultural sector.

28 May 2020

Cost-Effective Process for Decentralized Production of High-Purity Hydrogene

At the Graz University of Technology, hydrogen scientists, in collaboration with the Graz-based start-up Rouge H2 Engineering, have designed an economical process for the decentralized synthesis of high-purity hydrogen.

27 May 2020

Exploring Practical Fusion Energy Sources

Nuclear fusion's promise as a practical energy source has grown substantially in recent years, in large part because of novel high-temperature superconducting (HTS) materials that can shrink the size and boost the performance of the extremely powerful magnets needed in fusion reactors.

22 May 2020

Researchers Study How Energy Consumption Develops Based on Energy Pricing

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have collaborated with British economists to study how energy consumption by Swiss industry develops depending on energy pricing.

6 May 2020

New, Portable, Eco-Friendly Method to Synthesize Hydrogen Peroxide

A portable and more eco-friendly way to synthesize hydrogen peroxide, a disinfectant in demand, could now allow hospitals to produce their own supply.

4 May 2020

Working-from-Home May Not Cut Energy Usage

A mass move to working-from-home accelerated by the Coronavirus pandemic might not be as beneficial to the planet as many hope, according to a new study by the Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS).

4 May 2020

Experts Provide Framework for Integrating Policies that Support Clean Energy Transition

The COVID-19 pandemic emerged at a time when climate and energy policies were experiencing greater attention and--in some cases--greater momentum. But the ensuing global health emergency and economic crisis mean that the circumstances under which these climate and energy policies were conceived have drastically changed.

30 Apr 2020

Low-Energy, Sustainable Synthesis of Ammonia Using Improved Catalyst

At the Tokyo Institute of Technology, researchers have designed an enhanced catalyst by using calcium hydride—the common dehydrating agent—and adding fluoride to it.

27 Apr 2020