New research suggests that double-sided solar panels that can tilt to follow the Sun across the sky could massively improve efficiency and energy yield.
By Robert Lea
15 Jun 2020
Professor Ric Williams from the University of Liverpool speaks to AZoCleanTech about the effect of COVID-19 on our climate.
By Emily Henderson
12 Jun 2020
British start-up company Gravitricity has developed a system to store excess electricity by using the power of gravity.
A team at Osaka University, Japan, has developed a biodegradable plant-based plastic that breaks down in seawater to combat the ocean waste problem.
By Sarah Moore
1 Jun 2020
Lenzing has spent over 80 years developing alternative, sustainable fibers . Now, they have teamed up with major manufacturers in the automotive industry.
As countries try to contain viral spread by restricting travel and social interaction, cities have seen all-time lows in air pollution levels and researchers are reporting the sharpest decline in greenhouse gas emissions since records began.
By Sally Robertson
27 May 2020
Wärtsilä and Eidesvik Offshore are working on the Viking Energy Project which aims to build a zero-emissions supply vessel using ammonia-powered fuel cells.
In the battle against the massive, growing issue of plastic pollution, scientists from IBM recently announced a new plastics recycling system they called VolCat, short for volatile catalyst. The system is based on a catalytic chemical reactor that converts waste PET into a plastics raw material.
To meet the world's growing energy demands and circumvent the worst effects of climate change, International Energy Agency (IEA) states that low-carbon electricity generation such as nuclear power must increase from 36% to 85%.
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
18 May 2020
Pay-as-you-go solar technology has become Africa’s most promising approach to handling the continent’s growing energy problems.