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Tag: ENERGY SOURCES
US public views on climate and energy
Democrats mostly agree the federal government should do more on climate, while Republicans differ by ideology, age and gender
US public views on climate and energy
Democrats mostly agree the federal government should do more on climate, while Republicans differ by ideology, age and gender
Clear, conductive coating could protect advanced solar cells, touch screens
New material should be relatively easy to produce at an industrial scale, researchers say
New electrodes could increase efficiency of electric vehicles and aircraft
The rise in popularity of electric vehicles and aircraft presents the possibility of moving away from fossil fuels toward a more sustainable future. While significant technological advancements have dramatically increased the efficiency of these vehicles, there are still several issues…
T-shirt generates electricity from temperature difference between body and surroundings
The ‘e-textile’ prototype uses sustainable and low-cost materials like tomato skin
Grid reliability under climate change may require more power generation capacity
A new university/national laboratory study reveals the importance of factoring climate-water impacts into electric grid planning
Grid reliability under climate change may require more power generation capacity
A new university/national laboratory study reveals the importance of factoring climate-water impacts into electric grid planning
Big plans to save the planet depend on nanoscopic materials improving energy storage
Drexel researchers lead international report on future of nanomaterials for energy storage
Big plans to save the planet depend on nanoscopic materials improving energy storage
Drexel researchers lead international report on future of nanomaterials for energy storage
Climate change reassessment prompts call for a ‘more sober’ discourse
An international research team has called for a more sober discourse around climate change prospects, following an extensive reassessment of climate change’s progress and its mitigation. They argue that climate change models have understated potential warming’s speed and runaway potential,…
Princeton scientists discover surprising quantum effect in an exotic superconductor
Study explores how superconductivity forms in iron-based materials
Illinois researcher’s theory of pore-scale transport to enable improved flow batteries
Redox flow batteries are an emerging technology for electrochemical energy storage that could help enhance the use of power produced by renewable energy resources. These power resources are inherently irregular in their supply, which doesn’t typically align with demand on…
New report: The impact of energy booms on local workers
A new IZA World of Labor report publishing today finds energy booms create a broad set of benefits for local workers in the short term including lower unemployment and higher wages. But there are externalities to consider and the long…
$2 million DOE grant supports Lehigh researchers building thermal battery
Interdisciplinary team to develop innovative approach to thermal energy storage for more flexible, efficient power plants
New hybrid device can both capture and store solar energy
Device offers a new avenue for capitalizing on abundant solar energy
Decarbonizing the power sector
Renewable energy offers most benefits for health and environment
Rare gas find solves puzzle of Southern Africa’s soaring landscape
The discovery of gases released from deep beneath the Earth’s crust could help to explain Southern Africa’s unusual landscape, a study suggests. Scientists have long puzzled over why areas such as South Africa’s Highveld region are so elevated and flat,…
Decarbonizing the power sector
Renewable energy offers most benefits for health and environment
Rare gas find solves puzzle of Southern Africa’s soaring landscape
The discovery of gases released from deep beneath the Earth’s crust could help to explain Southern Africa’s unusual landscape, a study suggests. Scientists have long puzzled over why areas such as South Africa’s Highveld region are so elevated and flat,…
How much energy do we really need?
Two fundamental goals of humanity are to eradicate poverty and reduce climate change, and it is critical that the world knows whether achieving these goals will involve trade-offs. New IIASA research for the first time provides a basis to answer…
Boosting wind farmers, global winds reverse decades of slowing and pick up speed
In a boon to wind farms, average daily wind speeds are picking up across much of the globe after about 30 years of gradual slowing. Research led by a team at Princeton University shows that wind speeds in northern mid-latitude…
New assessment finds EU electricity decarbonization discourse in need of overhaul
It’s well known that the EU is focusing its efforts on decarbonizing its economy. In many respects, Germany’s Energiewende personifies the poster child of that effort. Unfortunately, substantial investments in the Energiewende have not yet yielded significant reductions in GHG…
How much energy do we really need?
Two fundamental goals of humanity are to eradicate poverty and reduce climate change, and it is critical that the world knows whether achieving these goals will involve trade-offs. New IIASA research for the first time provides a basis to answer…
Boosting wind farmers, global winds reverse decades of slowing and pick up speed
In a boon to wind farms, average daily wind speeds are picking up across much of the globe after about 30 years of gradual slowing. Research led by a team at Princeton University shows that wind speeds in northern mid-latitude…
New assessment finds EU electricity decarbonization discourse in need of overhaul
It’s well known that the EU is focusing its efforts on decarbonizing its economy. In many respects, Germany’s Energiewende personifies the poster child of that effort. Unfortunately, substantial investments in the Energiewende have not yet yielded significant reductions in GHG…
ASU collects 5 solar awards in latest round of DOE funding
ASU continues to keep solar shining in Phoenix Metro area
Images from NJIT’s big bear solar observatory peel away layers of a stellar mystery
An international team of scientists, including three researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has shed new light on one of the central mysteries of solar physics: how energy from the Sun is transferred to the star’s upper atmosphere,…
Lehigh engineers designing a more efficient tidal turbine with NSF grant
Arindam Banerjee’s lab uses innovative active grid turbulence generator to mimic water conditions of Verdant Power’s Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project
New moon-seeking sensor aims to improve earth observations
A new instrument with its eye on the Moon is taking off aboard a high-altitude NASA plane to measure the Moon’s brightness and eventually help Earth observing sensors make more accurate measurements. The airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance Instrument (air-LUSI) is…
Turning waste heat into hydrogen fuel
Using waste heat helps cut cost of producing hydrogen
Storing energy in hydrogen 20 times more effective using platinum-nickel catalyst
Catalysts accelerate chemical reactions, but the widely used metal platinum is scarce and expensive. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), together with Chinese, Singaporean and Japanese researchers, have now developed an alternative with a 20x higher activity: a catalyst…
New moon-seeking sensor aims to improve earth observations
A new instrument with its eye on the Moon is taking off aboard a high-altitude NASA plane to measure the Moon’s brightness and eventually help Earth observing sensors make more accurate measurements. The airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance Instrument (air-LUSI) is…
Turning waste heat into hydrogen fuel
Using waste heat helps cut cost of producing hydrogen
Lehigh engineers designing a more efficient tidal turbine with NSF grant
Arindam Banerjee’s lab uses innovative active grid turbulence generator to mimic water conditions of Verdant Power’s Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project
Storing energy in hydrogen 20 times more effective using platinum-nickel catalyst
Catalysts accelerate chemical reactions, but the widely used metal platinum is scarce and expensive. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), together with Chinese, Singaporean and Japanese researchers, have now developed an alternative with a 20x higher activity: a catalyst…
AI for plant breeding in an ever-changing climate
ORNL’s Dan Jacobson and team design algorithms for climate-resilient crops
Turning (more) fat and sewage into natural gas
North Carolina State University researchers have developed what is, to date, the most efficient means of converting sewage sludge and restaurant grease into methane. After treating sewage, wastewater treatment plants are left with solid sludge, called biosolids. For years, utilities…
AI for plant breeding in an ever-changing climate
ORNL’s Dan Jacobson and team design algorithms for climate-resilient crops
Turning (more) fat and sewage into natural gas
North Carolina State University researchers have developed what is, to date, the most efficient means of converting sewage sludge and restaurant grease into methane. After treating sewage, wastewater treatment plants are left with solid sludge, called biosolids. For years, utilities…
Crystal coatings could help solve mystery of fracture patterns
Fractures are everywhere. They are the cracks in the sidewalk. The rifts in roadcuts. The spidery textures in brick and boulders. And those are just the fractures visible at the surface. Underground, fractures can spread throughout rocks creating complex networks…
New exploration method for geothermal energy
International research team presents combination of mapping of underwater structures and geochemical measurements
Dartmouth engineers partner with arctic residents to bolster resilience and sustainability
$2.6 million NSF grant to fund four-year project
New exploration method for geothermal energy
International research team presents combination of mapping of underwater structures and geochemical measurements
Dartmouth engineers partner with arctic residents to bolster resilience and sustainability
$2.6 million NSF grant to fund four-year project
The environmental cost of cryptocurrency mines
UNM team assesses monetary price of health and air quality impacts
‘Messy’ production of perovskite material increases solar cell efficiency
Scientists at the University of Cambridge studying perovskite materials for next generation solar cells and flexible LEDs have discovered that they can be more efficient when their chemical compositions are less ordered, vastly simplifying production processes and lowering cost. The…
New catalyst efficiently produces hydrogen from seawater
Holds promise for large-scale hydrogen production, desalination
‘Messy’ production of perovskite material increases solar cell efficiency
Scientists at the University of Cambridge studying perovskite materials for next generation solar cells and flexible LEDs have discovered that they can be more efficient when their chemical compositions are less ordered, vastly simplifying production processes and lowering cost. The…
New catalyst efficiently produces hydrogen from seawater
Holds promise for large-scale hydrogen production, desalination