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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…

New Catalyst Technology Discovery Puts One Step Closer Toward Clean Large-Scale Hydrogen Production

New catalyst technology discovery puts researchers one step closer toward clean large-scale hydrogen production.

New Technology

Making Higher-energy Light to Fight Cancer

Researchers have achieved photon up-conversion, the emission of light with energy higher than the one that excites the material, using carefully designed struct…

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…

Cincinnati Signs on for Largest Municipal Solar Array in the Country

The City of Cincinnati, Ohio, will construct the largest municipal solar array in the country to provide clean, renewable energy to all city facilities and serv…

NextEra Starts Construction on Largest Solar Project in Arkansas

A subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources and Entergy Arkansas announced the start of construction of Arkansas’ largest universal, utility-scale solar energy pr…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Coal Power Generation Continues to Drop in the US

By comparing 2018 and 2019 energy production data for the entire country, the researchers found that coal generation in 2019 Q2 was down 19% when compared to th…

Oil & Gas Trade

Iran Still Selling Oil Despite US Sanctions on Tehran’s Exports

Iran is still selling its oil despite US sanctions on Tehran’s exports, the country’s Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri was quoted on Monday as saying by state T…

Steam turbine

Climeon Delivers Steam Turbine Solution to Viking Line

Swedish company, Climeon, has developed a new steam turbine solution tailored for Viking Line's new ship, Viking Glory. The two steam turbines have now passed a…

Ireland's New Climate Plan Calls for 70% Renewables by 2030

Ireland has published the details of its long-awaited Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) this week, finally unveiling details around how the country wi…

Hydrogen Project

H21 100% Hydrogen project receives £6.8m for phase two of hydrogen network research

H21, a UK gas industry programme focused on converting the network to carry 100% hydrogen, has been awarded £6.8m from Ofgem to commence the second phase of it…

Satellite Data can Cut Dam Disaster Response Time and Costs

NASA says satellite data can cut disaster response times and costs.

CSIRO Identifies Five Key Opportunities for Hydrogen Industry Growth in Australia

A report from the Australian national science agency CSIRO has mapped the critical research steps Australia must take to realize a potential 7,600 jobs and $11 …

Power Construction

Tech Aims to Predict Problems on Power Lines Before Disaster

B. Don Russell wasn't thinking about preventing a wildfire when he developed a tool to detect power line problems before they cause equipment failures, blackout…

Lab-Evolved E. coli Makes Energy Solely from Carbon Dioxide

Bacteria that produce energy from inorganic carbon could have applications in sustainable biofuels.Researchers have engineered Escherichia coli bacteria to make…