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Electric Car

MIT Study Finds Computational Load for Widespread Autonomous Driving Could Be a Huge Driver of Global Carbon Emissions

In the future, the energy needed to run the powerful computers on board a global fleet of autonomous vehicles could generate as many greenhouse gas emissions as…

Hydro Generator Unit

Large Dams Face Around 26% Loss of Storage by 2050 Says New Research

Large dams worldwide have lost an estimated 13% to 19% of their combined original storage capacity as a result of trapped sediment, with that number set to rise…

Geothermal Power Plant

CEGA Research Supporting Low-temperature Geothermal Use in Chile

Valparaiso, Chile (source: Sarah Colin / flickr, Creative Commons)Through the work being done by the Center of Excellence in Geothermal Energy of the Andes (CEG…

Nuclear Technology

Nuclear Reactor Experiment Rules Out One Dark Matter Hope

It was an anomaly detected in the storm of a nuclear reactor so puzzling that physicists hoped it would shine a light on dark matter, one of the universe's …

World Energy Outlook

South America to Stay ‘Key Region for High-Impact Exploration’, Westwood Says in 2023 Outlook

High-impact well numbers in 2023 are expected to be in line with 2020-2022, with 75-85 high-impact wells currently anticipated to complete this year, energy mar…

Wind Farm

RWE Picks Siemens Gamesa for Denmark’s Largest Offshore Windfarm

Sven Utermöhlen of RWE Offshore Wind (left) and Marc Becker of Siemens Gamesa at the Danish National Test Center for Large Wind Turbines.RWE has signed a w…

Digitalization

Alliander Is Opening an AI Lab for Grid Digitalisation

Alliander has announced that it will be opening an ‘AI for Energy Grids Lab’ to coordinate research into Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions to e…

Geothermal Power Plant

PhD Opportunity – Enhanced Geothermal Systems, GFZ Potsdam, Germany

Geoforschungszentrum (GFZ) Potsdam, Germany (source: Andreas Schwarzkopf, commons.wikimedia)The Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for …

Nuclear waste

IEAE Reports on Indonesia’s Decommissioning and Radwaste Management

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has delivered to the Indonesian National Research Innovation Agency (BRIN) the final report of a peer review of it…

Smart Grid

Smart meters have potential to play critical role in energy security

　　An independent research paper from Cornwall Insight, commissioned by Smart Energy GB, has set out the part smart meters could play in getting a grip on the …

Hydrogen Production

Hydrogen at Centre of China’s Plans to Win Bigger Share of Green Energy Market

A view of the hydrogen production unit at a SinoPec refinery in Qingdao, eastern China. Feature China / Barcroft Media / Getty ImagesA decade ago, China used lo…

Biobattery

Japan Proposes New Biofuel Standards, Update of Ethanol CI Scores

The government of Japan is inviting comments on proposed biofuel standards for fiscal years 2023 through 2027. The proposal also includes updated carbon intensi…

Nuclear Technology

IAEA Launches Research Reactor HR Modelling Tool

A new training tool from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)provides modelling to develop the skilled workforce needed for new research reactor progra…

EV Market

Citroën Launches Open-Air Version of Popular My Ami Electric Quadricycle

Being pre-Covid, March 2020 seems like a different era, even though it was only a little under three years ago. Back then, The Driven described the launch of th…

Energy Storage Battery

The Environmental Benefits of Solid-State Batteries

Electric vehicles are gaining popularity as the world searches for more eco-friendly transportation options. The battery is a fundamental component of any elect…