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Carbon Emissions

Past Extreme Climate Warming Triggered by Tipping Points, Study Finds

Can a rapid warming of Earth trigger tipping points in our climate? For decades scientists have debated if today's warming can strongly amplify itself by tr…

Energy Storage Battery

Battery Hydrogen vs. Battery Flywheel

Scientists in Italy have looked at how flywheel storage and reversible solid oxide cells could be integrated with lithium-ion batteries in minigrids powered by …

Carbon Emissions

Study Finds Record-Breaking Rates of Sea-Level Rise Along the U.S. Southeast and Gulf Coasts

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainSea levels along the U.S. Southeast and Gulf coasts have been rapidly accelerating, reaching record-breaking rates over the pa…

Energy Saving Products

High-Efficiency Electrodes With Ultralight Current Collectors

Eight industrial and scientific entities in Germany have come together to pursue two key innovations in lithium-ion battery technology: the replacement of metal…

Solar Cell

‘Natural Clay’ Additive Promises Gains in Perovskite Solar Cell Efficiency, Stability

Scientists in Turkey have demonstrated that sepiolite, a naturally occurring clay substance, can be added to perovskite precursor materials, and form a scaffold…

Electric Car

Ford Reveals E-transit Courier

Ford Pro recently revealed the E-Transit Courier, a ground-up new all-electric commercial vehicle. Extending Ford Pro’s line-up of electrified and connect…

Electric Car

First All-Electric Mini Convertible to Premiere at Auto Shanghai 2023

The all-electric MINI Cooper SE Convertible (earlier post) celebrates its world premiere at Auto Shanghai, 18 to 27 April at the China Expo Convention and Exhib…

Solar Company

UGE Gets Go-Ahead for 10-Mw Community Solar Portfolio

Project rendering of the Queens rooftop project by Wildflower, LTD.In March, solar developer UGE reached the Notice to Proceed milestone for six new community s…

Solar Power Plant

Canadian Solar Rebrands Its Global Development and Services Businesses

Canadian Solar announced the rebranding of its wholly-owned Global Energy subsidiary as Recurrent Energy. This subsidiary was previously dedicated to developing…

Carbon Emissions

Climate Change Wiped Out Thousands of the West’s Most Iconic Cactus. Can Planting More Help a Species That Takes a Century to Mature?

Heat, drought and an invasive grass are driving wildfires killing the giant saguaros in Arizona, raising concerns about how the cactus will recover without huma…

Nuclear Fuel

Cameco, Bruce Power Extend Fuel Supply Pact Through 2040

From left: David Piccini, Ontario’s minister of environment, conservation, and parks; Mike Rencheck, president and CEO, Bruce Power; Tim Gitzel, president…

Hydrogen Production

Entergy Texas and Monarch Energy to Advance Green Hydrogen in Southeast Texas

Entergy Texas and Monarch Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to supply long-term renewable energy to Monarch’s 500-megawatt green H2 e…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

Transport Will Be the Most Popular Hydrogen Fuel Application Worldwide by 2030

The results of the latest HFN poll predicted that transportation and passenger vehicles will lead the way.Hydrogen Fuel News recently released the results of th…

Spent Fuel

Climate Group Argues for Recycling Used Fuel in Fast Reactors

Report author Mark Lynas and RePlanet’s Joel Scott-Halkes stand next to a canister of spent nuclear fuel at the Sizewell plant in the United Kingdom. (Pho…

Energy Storage Battery

Modeling Framework Can Help Speed Development of Flow Batteries for Large-Scale, Long-Duration Electricity Storage

In the coming decades, renewable energy sources such as solar and wind will increasingly dominate the conventional power grid. Because those sources only genera…