Efficiency

Change of Energy Consumption Habits from The Mid-1850s to The Present

Various studies from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) provide a glimpse into changing individual energy consumption habits from the mid-1850s to t…

European Cities Commit Commit to Net Zero Carbon Buildings

On 4 December 2019, leading European cities and companies pledged to slash carbon emissions from their buildings to net zero. Helsinki, Finland and Valladolid, …

Twelve Recommendations on How to Improve Global Energy Efficiency

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has released a new report with recommendations on how the adoption of energy efficiency technologie…

How Sprüngli and Co. Is Reducing Energy Consumption

$249,973 (CHF250,000) – this is the amount the confectionery Sprüngli saves per year thanks to Swiss government efforts to reduce energy consumption.

Clean emission

Meralco Pushes the Utilization of High Efficiency, Low Emission Technology in Philippines

“We have pioneered the utilization of HELE in the Philippines and I think we are in the right direction,” said Litz Santana, MGen vice president for external …

Solar Technology

Mapping the Energy Transport Mechanism of Chalcogenide Perovskite for Solar Energy Use

For solar cells to be widely used in the coming decades researchers must resolve two major challenges: increasing efficiency and lowering toxicity.

Why the New Energy Efficiency Norms in Electrical Appliances Matter

When it comes to the enforcement of energy labelling norms for the electrical appliances industry, an increase in the window of norms revision from the current …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Pristine-M Solution Improves the Efficiency of Coal-Burning Power Plants

The future of coal is, in many ways, contradictory. While countries such as the UK and Germany look to replace a reliance on coal with renewable power and clean…

Indian Railways Signs MoU with DFID for Cooperation in Eenergy Efficiency

The Indian Railways has signed an agreement with the department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom for cooperation in the field of energy effi…

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

New Ethanol Conversion Approach Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 40%-96%

One way of increasing sustainability is to reduce carbon fuel emissions within transportation. In 2017 greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from this sector surpassed…

Solving the Thermoelectric Trade-off Conundrum with Metallic Carbon Nanotubes

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used aligned "metallic" carbon nanotubes to create a device which converts heat to electrical energy (a therm…

New Generator That Uses Substance to Convert Waste Heat into Clean Electricity

University of Texas at Dallas researchers have developed a generator prototype that uses liquid metal to convert waste heat from sources such as electric cars o…

Converting Low Grade Heat into Electricity

Researchers at Hong Kong University have recently invented a device that is capable of converting low grade heat into electricity. Low grade heat, or waste heat…

A New Metric Tells You If It Worth Increasing Cell Efficiency

The value of efficiency (VOE) is a new metric proposed by a group of international researchers to determine when it is economically convenient to increase the c…

Material Developed for Solar Cell Efficiency Enhancement

The Institute for Basic Science announced on Dec. 2 that its Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, led by director Lee Young-hee, has developed a two-dim…