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Bugs' Burps for Efficient Hydrogen Production

Bacteria that turn sugar into hydrogen are being engineered by Macquarie University researchers who received a $1.1 million grant from ARENA, the Australian government’s renewable energy agency.

7 Sep 2018

Noble Quest: Clearing the Air Over Potentially Life-Saving Gases

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, partnered with world leader in medical gases, Air Liquide Healthcare, to reveal how the noble gases’ interactions with proteins could one day be used to treat a variety of health issues.

4 Sep 2018

The Essential Guide to Greener, More Sustainable Laboratories

Lab Innovations, the UK’s only trade show dedicated to the laboratory industry, will have a new focus this year on the increasingly important aspect of the “Sustainable Laboratory”.

17 Aug 2018

Survey Shows Clear Intentions to Switch to Clean Energy in the US

On July 6, 2018, Swytch, a blockchain-based clean energy incentive, declared the outcomes of an innovative study that shows Americans throughout the country, from the National Rifle Association (NRA) to Greenpeace, are in favor of renewable energy.

9 Jul 2018

Mere Cleaning of Energy Supply Not Sufficient to Achieve Paris Agreement Goals

Fossil fuels are used for Transporting goods, manufacturing products, and heating buildings. The authors of a new study have stated that the lack of critical change at present in these sectors will lead to a “lock-in” of increased emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) for several decades.

26 Jun 2018

Carbon Bubble Could Cause Unexpected Crash In Global Economy

Macroeconomic simulations reveal that rates of technological change in energy efficiency and renewable power are likely to cause an unexpected decrease in demand for fossil fuels, possibly triggering a global financial crisis.

5 Jun 2018

Study Highlights Factors that Play Key Role in Transition to Sustainable Energy

What leads to an efficient transformation to a low-carbon energy system? The answer, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, could be information sharing, perceived fairness, and local involvement.

24 May 2018

Researchers Work to Develop High-Temperature “Concentrating Solar Power” System

The Department of Energy will award 10.5 million dollars to Sandia National Laboratories for the research and design of a highly efficient and less expensive solar energy system.

23 May 2018

New Equation Predicts Best Materials for Single-Atom Catalysts for Producing Hydrogen

Xiao Cheng Zeng and his team have identified various neglected factors that are crucial for the performance of single-atom catalysts - individual atoms, normally metallic and anchored by adjacent molecular frameworks, initiating and speeding up chemical reactions.

17 May 2018

Tokyo’s IHI Joins MIT Energy Initiative to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

With sights set on global greenhouse gas reduction, Tokyo's IHI Corporation has joined the MIT Energy Initiative. IHI, a global engineering, construction, and manufacturing company, recently signed a three-year membership agreement with MITEI's Low-Carbon Energy Center for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage.

16 May 2018