An international team of scientists has made a major breakthrough for the future of sustainable fuel. They achieved this major milestone by copying the methods of some of the cleanest energy producers on the planet—plants. Scientists from the University of Cambridge and the Ruhr University Bochum have discovered a new technique that mimics the natural […]
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India wants to sell more emission-free electric vehicles
An all-electric rickshaw or three-wheeled vehicle may soon be more of the norm on streets in India — a country with a massive 1.3 billion population and a dependency on carbon energy sources to match. At this week’s Global Mobility Summit in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made comments that could change the car […]
Scientists invent way to create ‘unlimited renewable energy’
Scientists have reached a “milestone” in a technique of semi-artificial photosynthesis that could eventually create an “unlimited source of renewable energy,” according to a new study. Artificial photosynthesis has been around for decades, but scientists haven’t been able to develop it on a scale large enough to support an industrial level, or that could operate […]
Future of nuclear energy
How can the world achieve the deep carbon emissions reductions that are necessary to slow or reverse the impacts of climate change? The authors of a new MIT study say that unless nuclear energy is meaningfully incorporated into the global mix of low-carbon energy technologies, the challenge of climate change will be much more difficult […]
Adding clean energy to the Sahara could make it rain (and not just figuratively)
Think of the Sahara, with its windswept dunes shining in the sunlight. Some people might see barren land, with minimal water or life and scorching temperatures. Others see a potential solution to a looming energy crisis, and one that could potentially make it rain in one of the largest deserts in the world. In a […]
Energy Giant Engie, Maltem Back New ‘Blockchain Studio’ With $2.3M
French energy company Engie and business consulting group Maltem are launching a new blockchain development spinoff for commercial clients, the companies announced Friday. Dubbed Blockchain Studio, the new venture will target clients in Asia and Southern Europe, Engie said in a press release. Its first product is a software suite that “accelerates and industrializes the […]
World’s biggest offshore wind farm unveiled in UK’s Irish Sea
Orsted unveiled the world’s largest offshore wind farm, an 87-turbine complex in the Irish Sea covering an area more than double the size of Manhattan. The Walney Extension off the coast of north-west England has a generating capacity of 659 megawatts and is capable of powering 590,000 homes, according to Danish company Orsted, the world’s […]
Supercomputers for alternative energy sources
As a part of the EU-supported group ‘Energy-oriented Center of Excellence (EoCoE)’, FAU scientists are presently endeavoring to additionally enhance and grow the fields of use of mainframes computers for the innovative work of the global energy supply of future. Scientists utilize supercomputers to create complex models of reality when customary approaches in physics, chemistry […]
Vast Wind And Solar Farms Would Bring More Rain to Africa
Scientists want to power the world with solar and wind energy, a feat they say is possible with large-scale wind and solar farms. Now, an international team of researchers says that building such an energy factory in the Sahara desert would come with a surprising boon: more rainfall. The discovery means feeding the global power […]
Macquarie to finance solar hybrid and ‘largest’ energy storage project in South Korea
Macquarie Capital Korea, a subsidiary of investment firm Macquarie Group, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the county office of Goesan in South Korea to finance a significant solar-plus-storage project, while it has also invested in what is said to be the largest energy storage project in the country. A company spokesperson confirmed […]
