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Energy System of the Future to be Demonstrated in Orkney

News - 4 Apr 2019

The first phase of a new £28.5 million project to create a Virtual Energy System (VES) in Orkney, Scotland, has been launched to digitally link distributed and intermittent renewable generation...

Study Reveals Poor Air Quality Will Continue to be an Issue in India Despite Current Pollution Control Policies

News - 1 Apr 2019

According to an autonomous study published recently by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW), over 674 million...

CO2 Mineralization in Geologically Abundant Rocks for Storing Carbon

News - 11 Mar 2019

To prevent the worst effects of climate change, humanity has to change when it comes to lowering carbon emissions. If the world is to adhere to the IPCC’s minimum target of keeping global...

Researchers Discover a Surprising New Source of Carbon Dioxide Emissions

News - 22 Feb 2019

In a new research from UBC’s Okanagan campus, scientists have found an unexpected new source of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions—bicarbonates concealed in the lake water employed for...

Lab-Grown Meat’s Promise for Cutting Climate Warming Depends on an Energy Revolution

News - 20 Feb 2019

Comparison of the greenhouse gases produced by lab-grown and farm-raised beef in the current energy system suggests that the benefits of reducing methane could be outweighed by increased CO2. In a...

Young Regrowing Forests Found to be Major Terrestrial Carbon Sinks

News - 19 Feb 2019

A study at the University of Birmingham shows that more than half of the carbon sink in the forests across the globe is in the regions where trees are comparatively young—less than 140...

Domestic Policies of Large Nations Can Influence the Global Supply of Ecosystem Values

News - 11 Feb 2019

A new article reported in Conservation Biology suggests that the ability for big countries to contribute to environmental protection is being ignored. The scientists, across 13 universities and...

Study Shows Land Restoration Can Curb Cattle Urine’s Planet-Warming Power

News - 30 Jan 2019

The extraordinary climate-altering capabilities of cattle are primarily because of methane, which they release into the atmosphere during their regular digestive routine. Not many know that cattle...

Rock Formations Found in the North Sea Could Act as Long-Term Energy Storage Locations

News - 22 Jan 2019

According to a new study, rocks in the seabed off the UK coast could serve as long-term storage locations for renewable energy production. Using a sophisticated method, compressed air could be...

A Sustainable Way to Convert Forestry Waste into Chemicals and Transport Fuels

News - 16 Jan 2019

A new method based on gasification has been formulated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. This offers a sustainable means of converting forest industry byproducts, such as sawdust, bark,...