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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…

Acciona Bags Deal To Build Biofuels HVO Plant

Spain's engineering group Acciona SA was selected to build Latin America's first plant to produce advanced biofuels HVO and SPK in a project that will use techn…

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…

When Solids and Liquids Meet: In Nanoscale Detail

Infrared light is focused onto the sharp metallic tip of an atomic force microscope, enabling the acquisition of vibrational spectra from a graphene-liquid inte…

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Simplifies Requirements for Small Solar Projects

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) took a giant leap forward in rewriting their Electric Service Requirements, and the solar industry took a smal…

Nuclear Power Plant

Leningrad II Plant Begins Providing District Nuclear Heating

Unit 1 of Russia's Leningrad II nuclear power plant has been integrated into the heat supply system of the city of Sosnovy Bor, operator Rosenergoatom has annou…

CCS

UK ‘Contemplating CCUS for Too Long’ Warns Industry Report

A new report has called for rapid action on a vital technology for reducing carbon emissions which the UK has been “contemplating for too long”.

New Technology

Thermo-Chemical Power Generation Integrated with Forced Convection Cooling

Scientists combine forced convection cooling with thermo-electrochemical energy conversion to create a self-sustaining liquid cooling system.

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…

Without the Enforcement of Environmental Laws, Oil Infrastructure Projects in Timor-Leste Come at a Cost

Ignoring environmental laws in Timor-Leste to build a petroleum infrastructure project could mean serious problems for communities including environmental destr…

Market Analysis

Installed Solar Capacity is Now Greater than Oil in the United States

According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the first three-quarters of 2019, sol…

Solar Power Panel

FRV Applies to Build 100MW Solar and Battery Project in South Australia

Plans to build a 100MW solar farm with a 50MW/100MWh battery in South Australia’s Clare Valley have been submitted to the state’s planning commission for deve…

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…