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Solar Technology

A Cooling Tech Can Potentially Increase Energy Generation by 5%

A&B Smart Materials won this year's CleanTech Challenge (CTC) with their novel cooling solution for solar panels and was awarded £20,000 to help devel…

Carbon Emissions

Swiss Re Becomes Latest to Exit Net Zero Insurance Alliance

Image: Credit: Swiss ReReinsurance giant withdraws from UN-led climate initiative 'with immediate effect', following hot on the heels of Munich Re, Zuri…

Nuclear Reactor

DOE: MARVEL Microreactor Prototype Installed, Gearing Up for Testing

A full-scale electrically heated prototype of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) 100-kWth MARVEL nuclear microreactor has been successfully installe…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Westinghouse, Bechtel Form Consortium to Design and Build Poland’s First Nuclear Plant

Westinghouse Electric Co., Bechtel, and state-owned Polish entity Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) will work together to kick off design activity for Poland&r…

Renewable Energy

Clean Energy Spending Grows, but Big Investments Continue in Coal and Other Fossil Fuels

The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects investment in clean energy technologies, including renewable power, nuclear, grids, storage, low-emission fuels, e…

Solar project

PIF subsidiary, ACWA Power invest US$3.25b in Saudi Arabia solar projects

The three solar projects seek to produce a combined capacity of 4.55GWac.Public Investment Fund (PIF) wholly owned company Water and Electricity Holding Company…

Floating Solar

APAC to Lead Floating Solar Demand

China will have the highest installed capacity globally by 2031 at 13.8GW.The Asia Pacific region is expected to lead the demand for floating solar as it had th…

Biofuel

South African Beverage Company Uses Biogas Facility to Recycle Wastewater

The biodigester at Bren-o-kem's Vinaqua wastewater treatment plant in Worcester. Image Source: ESI Africa.Amidst the picturesque winelands of Worcester in t…

Solar Technology

Why It’s Time to Fast-Track Carbon Capture to Future-Proof Power Plants

Image: Siemens EnergyCarbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology isn’t new and it’s been much maligned and overlooked. Yet Daniel Hofm…

Energy Storage Project

Long-Duration Energy Storage: The Time Is Now

How can U.S. states with aggressive decarbonization goals coupled with federal decarbonization goals have energy when they need it? Long-duration energy storage…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Global Transition to Electric Vehicles Needs Urgent Support, Report Warns

Without targeted support for low- and middle-income countries to transition toward zero-emission mobility, global progress toward zero-emission goals will be cr…

Energy Saving

Energy Industry Apps Improve Efficiency

A team of University of Houston researchers has developed a series of digital applications to make energy industry processes more efficient. Three innovative on…

Energy Saving

Storing Hydrogen in Coal May Help Power Clean Energy Economy

The quest to develop hydrogen as a clean energy source that could curb our dependence on fossil fuels may lead to an unexpected place—coal. A team of Penn Stat…

Solar Cell

Researchers Create Flexible Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

A large team of technologists affiliated with multiple institutions in China, working with two colleagues from Germany and another two from Saudi Arabia, has fo…

United States

New Efficiency Record Announced for Commercial-Sized Solar Cell

Image credit: Oxford PVOxford PV has set a new world record for the efficiency of a commercial-sized solar cell having converted 28.6% of the sun’s energy…