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Energy Storage Battery

Renault Batteries Find ‘Megawatt-Scale’ 2nd Life use in Belgium

An energy storage system made up of ‘second life’ batteries previously used in Renault’s electric vehicle (EV) has been deployed for Umicore, a multinational…

New Technology

Geothermal Energy: Drilling a 3,000-Meter-Deep Well

Geothermal energy is an efficient, non-polluting solution but in certain cases geothermal operations must be handled with care.

Crude

OPEC+ Panel Calls for More Oil Cuts on Coronavirus Impact

An OPEC, non-OPEC technical panel has recommended extending a current oil supply cut pact until the end of 2020 and more output reductions due to the impact of …

Hydrogen Investors Go All-in with Falling H2 Costs Within Their Sights

A global industry body said last month that the cost of the gas could be half as big in a decade.

Clean emission

Researchers Work on Project to Develop Cleaner-Burning, Renewable Fuels

Biofuels offer potential benefits as renewable fuels with cleaner emissions, but with thousands of types of biofuels to choose from, it makes it hard for the en…

Market Analysis

Planned Hydropower Dams Threaten Fish in the Tropics

Planned hydropower dams will greatly increase threats for freshwater fish species because of habitat fragmentation, especially in the tropics.

Market Analysis

Northeast US Added 800 MW of Rooftop Solar in 2019

Solar contractors added about 800 MWac of small-scale solar across nine Northeastern states in the 12 months ending in November, 2019, with contractors in New Y…

Hydrogen Project

Belgium Hopes to Lead World with New Hydrogen Project

Surplus wind power could soon light and heat Belgian homes thanks to a planned hydrogen plant on the North Sea coast, set to be the world’s first commercial-sc…

Solar Technology

Panasonic Reaches 16.09% Efficiency with Perovskite Solar Module Using Inkjet-Based Coating

Panasonic has achieved the world’s highest energy conversion efficiency of 16.09% for a perovskite solar module by developing lightweight technology using a gl…

The Latest in Climate Change Attribution and the Law

The evolving field of climate change attribution science plays a critical role in shaping our understanding of how humans are affecting the global climate syste…

Nuclear Equipment

Russia Starts Automated System Hot Tests on Leningrad II-2

Rosatom says the automated process control system installed at Leningrad II unit 2 is ready for hot tests on the reactor equipment. Hot tests mark the final sta…

RusHydro Inaugurates New Hydropower Plant

PJSC RusHydro announces an inauguration of 346 MW Zaramagskaya HPP-1 in North Ossetia. Yury Borisov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Alexander …

Energy Storage Material

Is Fair Lithium from Chile Possible?

“The dirty truth of the mobility transformation,” “The real cost of electric cars,” and“People die here for our electric cars” are simply sensational. And…

UK Fossil Vehicle Sales Tumble By 18% As EVs Triple To 6% Market Share

Will the UK government’s recent target of phasing out combustion vehicles by 2035 be overtaken by consumer preferences?

Nuclear Technology

GE Hitachi Nuclear Venture Enters NRC Licensing Phase for SMR Design

The next generation of nuclear energy, which is striving to keep the carbon-free thermal generation source relevant vs. gas-fired turbines and renewables, just …