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​Study Finds Hydropower GHG Emissions Can be Higher Than Facilities Burning Fossil Fuels

Hydropower facilities have long been criticized for their negative impacts on wildlife, but a new study has found that, in some cases, hydropower GHG emissions …

Energy Storage Material

​Beyond Lithium: Alternative Materials for the Battery Boom

While lithium has long been touted as the future of advanced batteries, the technology’s limitations and accidents at lithium facilities have encouraged manufa…

European Investment Bank to End Fossil Fuel Financing by 2021

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to cease funding fossil fuel energy projects by the end of 2021 as part of its “increased ambition in climate act…

Long Considered a “Clean” Energy Source, Hydropower can Actually be Bad for Climate

A new EDF study published this week in Environmental Science and Technology shows that hydropower — the leading renewable energy technology projected to grow r…

Large U.S. EGS Collaboration Project Researching Hydraulic Shearing for Geothermal

A large collaboration project on Enhanced/ Engineered Geothermal Systems (EGS) in the U.S. is researching how hydro-shearing could help to extract geothermal en…

Study Proposes Agenda for US Decarbonisation

Achieving net-zero emissions in the USA by 2050 will require action across society, a new report from the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) has con…

Market Analysis

Study Finds Climate Impact of Hydropower Varies Widely

A new study by a team at Environmental Defense Fund finds that the climate impact of hydropower facilities varies widely throughout the world and over time, wit…

Thermal Plant

Siemens Overhauls Turbine at 794-MW Gas-Fired Plant in Hungary

Siemens has worked with owners to complete a major overhaul at an Hungarian gas-fired power plant. The German-based power manufacturer collaborated with MET Ass…

Storing Energy in Hydrogen 20 Times More Effective Using Platinum-Nickel Catalyst

Catalysts accelerate chemical reactions, but the widely used metal platinum is scarce and expensive.

China New Research: Bacterial Synergy Boosts Bio-Battery Performance

Using two bacteria species instead of one, a team of scientists in China have found a way to create a living energy production system that efficiently converts …

CCS

Stanford University Studys Suggests Carbon Capture Can Cause More Harm Than Good

All sorts of scenarios have been developed under the assumption that carbon capture actually reduces substantial amounts of carbon.

EDF Says Restart of Cruas Reactors Could be Delayed Further

French utility EDF (EDF.PA) said on Wednesday that the restart of three reactors at the Cruas nuclear power plant, scheduled for Nov. 15, could be delayed furth…

Countries Are Falling Far Short on Action to Tackle Climate Change

Countries’ plans to tackle climate change fall far short of what’s necessary to prevent temperatures from rising to an unsafe level that governments have vowe…

Turn Non-Recyclable Plastic Waste into Green Car Fuel

It may be difficult to imagine that the empty, non-recyclable plastic container you are about to throw away could be turned into car fuel. Yet, this is exactly …

Market Analysis

European Insights: Hydropower, Climate Change and Climate Change

Hydropower retains its dominant presence in renewable power generation across Europe, but there is increasing concern about the impact of climate change on the …