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Carbon Emissions

The Effects of Unified Power Generation and Storage Facilities

About 25% of the world’s CO2 emissions come from the power sector, and the Paris Agreement’s target of keeping global temperature rise below 2 °C above pre-i…

Carbon Neutral

A Japanese Project Demonstrates a Carbon Neutrality Pathway for Coal Power

Osaki CoolGen Corp.’s complex three-phase demonstration project in Hiroshima Prefecture seeks to achieve highly efficient coal-fired power generation with near…

Carbon Emissions

UK Pushes Ahead Public Sector Decarbonisation With £635M

NHS Trusts, schools and local authorities will be able to apply for grants in September

Microgrid

ABB Releases Blueprint for Carbon Negative Microgrids

ABB has announced delivery of electrical distribution and control systems for a 300kW future microgrid that engineering and management consultancy Tetra Tech is…

United Kingdom

UK Generation Mix Moves Increasingly Toward Renewables

Power generation from low carbon sources secured more than 60% share of the UK’s total energy mix

Paris Climate Agreement

Why Oil Investors Should Keep an Eye on ESG Scores

Legal and regulatory initiatives promulgated as a result of the 2015 Paris Climate Accords, have been the driver of these changes.

Gas Turbine

GE Gas Power Awarded $4.2M to Boost Gas Turbine Efficiency

GE Gas Power has secured $4.2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to advance development …

Electric Car

How Renewable Forests Could Solve a Major Electric Vehicle Problem

While electric vehicles have the potential to drastically reduce global emissions, the batteries that these vehicles use have a very large carbon footprint.

Net Zero Emission

Blockchain 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Traceability for Corporates

European blockchain start-up FlexiDAO’s energy traceability solution is to be offered in conjunction with Altenex Energy’s Insights.

Energy Storage Battery

Northvolt Turns to Trees With Wood-Based Batteries

Volkswagen-backed battery developer Northvolt and Stora Enso are joining forces to create sustainable batteries using lignin-based hard carbon produced with woo…

Hydrogen Production

Can Salt Water Help Produce Green Hydrogen?

As renewable electricity costs continue to fall, green hydrogen (H2) production via water electrolysis is gaining pace as a means to decarbonize worldwide energ…

Energy Transition

Green Hydrogen for Steel Production

With the worldwide demand for steel expected to increase by around 6% by 2030, greening the steel industry is crucial for the energy transition.

Net Zero Emission

Greenpeace to Fight UK Approval of Shell Gas Field in Court

Climate activists at Greenpeace plan to mount a legal challenge against the British authorities allowing Shell to develop the Jackdaw North Sea gas field, after…

Carbon Emissions

Siemens Partners With Storage Solutions Developer on Next Gen Supercapacitors

Skeleton Technologies and Siemens are partnering on a fully automated, digital manufacturing technology to produce supercapacitors in Germany.

Carbon Emissions

Minimizing Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Cement Production

Chemical engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago are looking into new ways to minimize carbon dioxide emissions from cement production.