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Solar Power Plant

Spanish Resort to Develop Major PV Generation and EV Hubs

PortAventura World, the popular resort to the south of Barcelona, is demonstrating how a private facility can lead the way towards a decarbonised future.

Floating Offshore Wind

Researchers Design Novel Floating Wind Turbine for Deep Waters

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories created a tool that they plan to use to design a novel floating wind turbine that the…

CCS

New AI Tech Could Help Detect Leaks in Underground Carbon Storage

The international research partnership seeks to implement AI and machine learning to detect the leaks in pipelines and well string

Energy Investment

‘Tepid’ Demand for U.S. Sustainable Funds in July, Report Says

Investors deposited $120 million into U.S. sustainable funds last month, a "tepid" amount of inflows that coincided with a broader retreat from mutual funds and…

Crude Oil

Barclays Sees Crude Surplus in Near-Term, Cuts Brent Price View

Barclays lowered its Brent price forecasts on Tuesday by $8 per barrel for 2022 and 2023, as it expects a large surplus of crude oil over the near-term due to "…

Geothermal Power Plant

Enhanced Geothermal Energy System R&D Gets a Boost From DOE Money

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy field laboratory announced up to $44 million for projects to develop and…

Hydropower Plant

Smart Tools to Enhance the Flexibility of Hydropower Turbines in the US

A team of GE Research engineers has been awarded a project through US Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office to improve the operating capacity …

Smart Grid

Smart Grids Are Spurring Demand for BESS – Study

Grid modernisation initiatives, including the movement to new technologies such as smart grids, are spurring the demand for battery energy storage systems (BESS…

Nuclear Technology

Can AI Improve the Profitability of Nuclear Energy?

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory said they believe artificial intelligence could save the nuclear industry more t…

Are Landfills the World’s Methane Super-Emitters?

A landfill in Buenos Aires has the same climate impact as one and a half million cars, according to new research.

Carbon Emissions

California’s Forest Carbon Buffer Pool Found to be Severely Undercapitalized

Researchers have found that California's forest carbon buffer pool, designed to ensure the durability of the state's multi-billion-dollar carbon offset program,…

Australia

Energy Prices Across Australia to Remain High Until 2026

Research from Cornwall Insight Australia’s Benchmark Power Curve (BPC)1, which looks at power prices up until 2042, has forecast that all states in the Nationa…

United States

US Launches Research Group to Grow Domestic Solar Industry

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched the Cadmium Telluride Accelerator Consortium to make cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells less expensive, more …

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Decades in the Making – New Catalyst Could Make Hydrogen Fuel Cells Affordable

This huge development, in the opinion of the researchers, will eventually help to fully realize the enormous potential of hydrogen fuel cells.

European Consumers Want More Renewable Power to Ease Climate and Affordability Concerns

New research commissioned by Statkraft found that three quarters of the 18,000+ respondents say they’re worried about the negative effects of climate change, …