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Increasing Renewable Energy Storage with Low-Cost and Efficient Catalyst

News - 20 Sep 2023

A novel catalyst based on single platinum atoms could make storing renewable energy as hydrogen considerably easier in the near future. The catalyst material. Image Credit: CityU The new catalyst,...

UK Needs to Make Better Electrical Machines to Reach Net Zero, Say Engineers

News - 19 Sep 2023

The UK needs to make better electrical machines and make its manufacturing processes more efficient if it is to reach net zero by 2050, according to a world leading group of engineers. The Future...

Graphene By-Product Compensates “Flash” Hydrogen Production Expenses

News - 15 Sep 2023

Hydrogen is seen as a possible replacement for fossil fuels, but the technologies utilized to produce it either emit too much CO2 or are too expensive. Rice University researchers have discovered a...

From Plastic Waste to Clean Hydrogen: Rice University’s Path to Sustainability

News - 15 Sep 2023

Broadly speaking, hydrogen can contribute to a resilient, sustainable energy future. Yet, despite its ability to overcome a multitude of critical energy challenges, current methods for producing...

Capturing CO2 from the Air for Eco-Friendly Methanol Production

News - 14 Sep 2023

West Virginia University researchers have taken the initial steps toward creating technology that can absorb carbon dioxide in the air and use it for environmentally friendly methanol production. The...

New Methodology Reveals Health, Climate Impacts of Reducing Buildings’ Energy Use

News - 12 Sep 2023

Increasing energy efficiency in buildings can save money—and it can also decrease the carbon emissions and air pollution that lead to climate change and health harms. But the climate and health...

Railroads may Cut Prices to Prop Up Coal Plants Under Climate Policies

News - 11 Sep 2023

A new study by University of Maryland Economist Louis Preonas provides empirical evidence that railroads are likely to cut transportation prices to prop up coal-fired plants if U.S. climate policies...

Enviro’s Recovered Oil and Carbon Black Receives Renewed ISCC Sustainability Certification

News - 8 Sep 2023

The oil and carbon black that Scandinavian Enviro Systems recovers from end-of-life vehicle tyres in its plant in Åsensbruk have received new certification in accordance with the International...

‘Major Blow’ as UK Government Secures No Offshore Wind Projects in Crucial Auction

News - 8 Sep 2023

Zero offshore wind projects were secured by the UK Government in the country’s latest clean power auction early today (Sept 8) - dealing “a major blow” to Scotland and the UK’s...

MIT Study Reveals Key to Efficient Carbon Capture and Conversion

News - 7 Sep 2023

In the race to draw down greenhouse gas emissions around the world, scientists at MIT are looking to carbon-capture technologies to decarbonize the most stubborn industrial emitters. Steel, cement,...