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Nuclear waste

Fukushima Nuclear Plant Water to be Released into the Ocean Via Undersea Tunnel

Japanese officials have said the ocean release is the most realistic option for disposing the radiocative water.

Belgium

Belgian Think Tank Seeks Reversal of Nuclear Phase Out

Belgian think tank Horizon 238 on 21 August addressed a letter to Prime Minister Alexander De Croo asking him “to reconsider the nuclear phase-out”, which bec…

Energy-Eficient Building

Egypt to Replace 1.5 million Streetlights with Energy-Saving Alternatives

Conversion will take place over the 2021/2022 fiscal year and will cost 201 million Egyptian pounds

Nuclear Power Plant

IAEA Safety Assurance Begins for Fukushima Water Release

IAEA's first official visit will be in September, ahead of the release of the water, which will be diluted to drinking-water quality.

Solar Cell

Australian Scientists Set New Record with Bifacial Solar Cells

Scientists at The Australian National University have produced a more efficient type of solar cell using laser processing.

Battery Recycling

Novel PV Module Recycling Tech from South Korea

Developed by the Korea Institute of Energy Research, the “non-destructive” technology is claimed to enable the recovery of 100% of a module’s glass and to al…

Solar Cell

Perovskite-Silicon Tandems could Rapidly Scale Solar

Halide perovskites combined with conventional silicon could help solar break the 26% efficiency barrier – disrupting the technology without disrupting business…

Hydropower Plant

New Small Hydro Scheme Operational in England

A new 46kW run-of-river hydroelectric scheme in Reading, Berkshire, England is now officially operational, with the plant set to generate 320MWh for the local c…

Solar Power Plant

Parliament of Montenegro to Install Rooftop Solar Power Plant

The building of the Parliament of Montenegro is undergoing an internal renovation to lift its energy efficiency parameters, but it also has a project for a 90 k…

Crude Oil

EXCLUSIVE Brazil's Lower-Carbon Oil Projects can Lure Majors, Lift Sales -Official

Rising calls to cut carbon emissions and to reduce global warming could generate more offshore partnerships and increase the output of cleaner oil for Brazil

Energy Security

US: Government Officials and Members of Congress Support Hydrogen Transportation

Activities took place on Capitol Hill, Washington DC earlier this week ahead of a US Department of Energy (DOE) conference which focused on the decarbonisation …

Climate Policy

Swiss Government Rejects Post-2050 Fossil Fuel Ban

Switzerland's federal government yesterday called for climate policy to be "realistic" and "socially responsible", and rejected a ban on fossil fuels beyond 205…

Solar Cell

ARMOR ASCA's Organic Solar Cells can Even be Integrated into Safety Glass

ARMOR solar power films GmbH from Kitzingen, Germany, known under the brand name ASCA®, has developed a new technology that allows organic photovoltaic cells t…

Battery Recycling

Freudenberg Battery Company XALT Energy Joins Battery Recycling Collaboration with the DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office

XALT Energy, a Freudenberg Sealing Technologies company, is a Midland, Mich.-based developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion technology solutions.

Solar Cell

Ligand-free Perovskite Quantum Dot Solar Cell with 9.3% Efficiency

The quantum dots used for the device are based on methylammonium lead iodide and are synthesized within a porous silica matrix.