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Floating Solar

Researchers Pilot Carbon Capture Using Sunlight and Mirrors

Image credit: SvalinResearchers at the independent research organisation SINTEF are constructing a pilot floating solar power plant that will produce electricit…

Carbon Emissions

How Wildfire Smoke From Australia Affected Climate Events Around the World

New research implicates emissions from the 2019-2020 Australian fires in the emergence of a three-year super La Niña that fueled droughts in Africa and hurrica…

Floating Offshore Wind

Gazelle Wind Power Acquires Spanish Naval Engineering Firm to Speed up Technical Development of Its Floating Wind Platform

Gazelle Wind Power, the developer of a hybrid modular floating offshore wind platform based in Ireland, has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Spanish nav…

Wind Turbine

Vestas Earned 16 Million Euros Until March

The Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas made a net profit of 16 million euros in the first quarter of the year, compared to a loss of 765 million in the sam…

Wind Turbine

Wind Power Without Long Wait: Ruhr University, Jbo and Rwe Research Construction of Wind Turbines on Recultivated Land

Is it possible to build wind farms on former opencast mining sites sooner than has been the case up to now? Are freshly recultivated areas already stable enough…

Hydrogen Production

Germany’s 30% Green Hydrogen Shortfall Prompts Search for Trade Partners

Germany has long been known for its ambitious plans to transition away from fossil fuels, and green hydrogen has been a critical element in this strategy. Howev…

Nuclear Reactor

First Concrete for Korea’s New Research Reactor

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has said that first concrete has been poured for its Kijang Research Reactor (KJRR) at the Radiology Science …

Energy Saving

Study Shows Similarity Between Solid State and Liquid State Electrolytes Used in Batteries

New research at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis is the first to show that a solid-state electrolyte has a high level of…

Pumped Storage

Gran Canaria Moves Forward With 200 MW Pumped Hydro Project

The authorities on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria have decided to resume work on a 200 MW pumped hydro project after they determined that cavities and canal…

Geothermal Power Project

Sodepal to Take the Lead on Geothermal Exploration in la Palma, Canary Islands

The public company Sodepal is committed to participating in the ongoing tender for geothermal research in the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands.

Solar Technology

Novel Thermoacoustic Heat Pump System for Residential Applications

Developed by Chinese researchers, the system is designed to reach a heating capacity of 5.7 kW and an overall coefficient of performance of 1.40 at nominal cond…

Energy Saving

Researchers Create Salts for Cheap and Efficient CO2 Capture; Mimicking Methane Hydrate

A team of international researchers led by Professor Cafer T. Yavuz of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Prof. Bo Liu from University …

Energy Storage Project

Skeleton, Martinrea Effenco to Collaborate on Fast-Charging Batteries in Refuse Collection Vehicles

Researchers led by a team at Temple University have developed a soft solid electrolyte—(Adpn)2LiPF6 (Adpn, adiponitrile)—that exhibits high thermal and electr…

Energy Storage Project

Researchers Develop Soft Co-crystalline Solid Electrolyte for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Researchers led by a team at Temple University have developed a soft solid electrolyte—(Adpn)2LiPF6 (Adpn, adiponitrile)—that exhibits high thermal and electr…

Battery

Researchers Make Progress Towards High-Performance, Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries

A team led by Prof. Song Li from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed the concept of inter…