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Hydrogen Production

Iridium Replaced With Ruthenium in Hydrogen Production

Researchers have replaced iridium with ruthenium, a more abundant precious metal, as the positive-electrode catalyst in a reactor that splits water into hydroge…

Natural Gas

Germany Evaluating if Consumer Gas Price Brake Can Be Brought Forward

German finance minister Christian Lindner said on Sunday it was not yet clear whether a gas price brake for consumers and small businesses planned from March co…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

A Green Path for Europe’s Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant

Image: sopotniccy © 123RF.com | alexlmx © 123RF.comEurope’s largest coal-fired power plant could replace most of its lignite generation with renewables paire…

Carbon Emissions

Forecasts of Future Arctic Carbon Emissions

Permafrost in the rapidly melting Arctic will probably release as much carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere as a large industrial nation by the end of…

Will Bioenergy Ever Be Competitive?

New research found that miscanthus and sorghum – both C4 plant species – occupy a distinct niche of the leaf economics spectrum (LES), with greater photosynth…

Hydropower Plant

Lack of Consistent Data Limiting Potential of Small Hydro Projects

A review by researchers with the University of Maine found that while small hydro projects have the potential to contribute more to a renewable energy future, t…

Microgrid

Mapping Europe’s Microgrids to Ensure Effective Regulation

University of Groningen doctoral researcher Jamie Behrendt has started mapping existing and developing microgrids across Europe.

Carbon Emissions

Canada, Rio Tinto to Invest in R&D, Cutting Emissions at Quebec Plant

Canada and Rio Tinto Ltd will invest up to C$737 million ($533.6 million) over eight years to cut carbon emissions and expand research and development at a Queb…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Researchers Develop Lithium Battery with 40% More Energy Density

A Pohang University of Science & Technology research team succeeded in developing an anode-free lithium battery. The design maximized energy density and improve…

Japan

Enhancing the Energy Efficiency of the Internet

A team of researchers from Nagoya University in Japan has devised a potential solution to one of the Internet of Energy’s most pressing issues: energy efficien…

Australia

Renewables Investment in Australia Reaches $1.56B in June 2022

This is up from $97.2m in March 2016.

Philippines

Philippine President Encouraging Most Competitive Energy Sources Including Russian Fuel

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr is encouraging local energy firms to tap fuel supplies from "the most competitive sources", including Russia, to mitiga…

Natural Gas

German Gas Commission Wants One-off Payment Now, Price Break Next Year

Germany's expert commission charged with drawing up plans to ease the impact of soaring gas prices on consumers favors a one-off payment this year and a price b…

Energy Storage System

Netherlands Commissions Country’s Largest Energy Storage System

An energy storage system (ESS) co-located with solar and wind power assets is now online at a research center in the Netherlands.

Novel Inexpensive Wind Energy Harvester

Nanyang Technological University researchers (NTU Singapore) have developed a low-cost device that can harness and store wind energy as benign as a light breeze…