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Rock Formations Found in the North Sea Could Act as Long-Term Energy Storage Locations

According to a new study, rocks in the seabed off the UK coast could serve as long-term storage locations for renewable energy production.

22 Jan 2019

Applying Physics to Design Comfortable and Energy-Efficient Buildings

Christoph Reinhart is internationally known for using natural light to illuminate interiors and his lab's design tools are used by architects and urban planners worldwide.

17 Jan 2019

New Study Predicts Lithium-Ion-Based Batteries to be the Cheapest Way to Store Electricity in Future

A new study has predicted that by 2050, lithium-ion-based batteries will be the most economical way to store electricity, for example, from solar or wind farms.

10 Jan 2019

France’s First Tidal Energy Plant Gets Smarter with QOS Energy’s Data Intelligence Platform

Sabella, a pioneering tidal and ocean stream turbine developer, has partnered with QOS Energy to improve the performance monitoring of its ground-breaking Ushant tidal energy project.

From SABELLA SAS 18 Dec 2018

New Hybrid Technology Makes it Easier to Capture and Purify CO2 Produced by the Cement Industry

Cement production contributes to 7% of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Now, a novel hybrid technology makes it less costly and easier to capture and purify CO2 generated by the cement industry, and added to this, the technology can be retrofitted to existing cement plants.

12 Dec 2018

Direct Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 Could Pave Way for Efficient Carbon Capture

At Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), chemists have suggested a novel method through which carbon capture can be achieved with the help of a rhenium-based electrocatalytic system that has the ability to reduce low concentrations of CO2 (as low as 1%) with excellent selectivity and durability.

29 Nov 2018

MIT Continues Progress Toward Goal of Reducing Campus Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Despite a challenging year marked by a colder-than-usual winter and the construction of major new campus buildings, MIT has continued its progress toward its declared goal of reducing campus greenhouse gas emissions by 32 percent by the year 2030, as outlined in 2015 in the Institute's Plan for Action on Climate Change.

28 Nov 2018