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Austria Pledges to Fit 1 Million Roofs With Solar By 2030

Austria’s new government has promised a 1 million photovoltaic roofing program as part of its plan to achieve climate neutrality by 2040. The country pledged t…

Solar Power Panel

This Material Could Squeeze More Energy from Solar Panels

Perovskite may be more efficient, and cheaper, than traditional silicon, but durability remains an issue. Research teams in Australia and China are inching clos…

Energy Storage Battery

New Electrolyte Charges Efforts to Achieve Viable Calcium Batteries

An electrolyte with impressive electrolytic properties has been used to demonstrate room-temperature calcium batteries with metal sulfide cathodes for the first…

Crude

China’s Top Oil Firm Sees Demand Growth Cut in Half in 2020

The world’s biggest oil import market could see demand growth in 2020 of just half of last year’s levels as the trade war’s ripple effects continue to be fel…

Microsoft to Launch Its Cloud And AI-based Mobile Hydrogen Fuel Cell Drones

Microsoft will launch its cloud and AI-based mobile hydrogen fuel cell drones at Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI) and CES 2020 on August 8 (local time in Las Ve…

EV Market

Shift to Electric Vehicles Could Cost 410,000 Jobs in Germany by 2030

In engines and transmissions' production alone, around 88,000 jobs will be at risk, the newspaper said, citing a report by the National Platform for the Future …

A Clean ,Affordable Battery for Home Using in Rural Africa

EPFL startup hiLyte has developed an eco-friendly battery that will allow people in Sub-Saharan Africa to light their homes and charge their cell phones. The te…

EV Technology

Tesla Is Going to Add A New Feature to Its Cars That Talks to You

The Tesla CEO didn’t enumerate about the teased feature. However, in his other tweet, he mentioned that the feature would be compatible with the Fart mode and …

Using Liquid Metal to Repurpose Waste Heat

Researchers in the Renewable Energy and Virtual Technology lab at UTD developed a prototype generator that uses gallium to recover low temperature waste heat fr…

Scientists At HKU Invented A Recapture Device Can Convert Heat Waste Into Usable Electricity

Engineers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have just invented and patented a Direct Thermal Charging Cell (DTCC), a recapture device that can convert low-…

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

An International Ocean Renewable Energy Action Coalition Formed to Advance Sustainable Deployment

Ocean-based renewable energy, such as offshore wind, floating solar, tidal and wave power, could meet nearly 10 percent of the annual greenhouse gas emissions r…

Adnoc Signs $23bn Energy Deals With Indonesia's Pertamina And Chandra Asri

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company signed a preliminary agreement with Indonesia's Pertamina and Chandra Asri to explore the possibility of developing a crude-to-pe…

AfDB Approves €8 Million Grant to Support Ruzizi IV Hydropower Project

The Board of Directors of African Development Bank Group has approved an €8 million grant drawn from the European Union’s Africa Investment Platform (EU-AIP) …

Solar Power Panel

New Law Says Newly Constructed Homes in California must Have Solar Panels

A law that kicked in at the new year mandates that from now on, every new home that's built must has to have solar panels installed on the roof.

India’s Energy Choices ‘will be Critical for the Planet’ Says IEA Chief

India is becoming an increasingly influential driver of trends in the global power sector – and with its energy demand set to double by 2040 and its electricit…