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Study Highlights Barriers to Household Solar Adoption in South Africa

In a recent literature review published in Heliyon, researchers thoroughly investigated the barriers hindering household solar photovoltaic (PV) adoption in South Africa.

11 Jun 2024

MIT Students Explore the Best Path Forward to Achieve Decarbonization Goals

A number of emerging technologies hold promise for helping organizations move away from fossil fuels and achieve deep decarbonization.

10 Jun 2024

Eggshell Waste Recovers REEs Needed for Green Energy

According to a study published in ACS Omega, researchers from Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences and iCRAG, the Science Foundation Ireland research center in applied geosciences, discovered that humble eggshell waste could recover REES from water, providing a new, environmentally friendly method for their extraction.

6 Jun 2024

Abandoned Farmlands Could Become Key Players in Combating Climate Change

Farmland is often a battleground in the fight against climate change.Solar panels and energy crops are pitted against food production, while well-intended policy choices can create incentives for farmers to till up new lands, releasing even more heat-trapping gas into the atmosphere.

31 May 2024

Charting a Course for Energy Efficiency: Strategies for Transforming China's Public Buildings

As China cements its status as the world's largest energy consumer, it has set ambitious targets for achieving carbon neutrality, pledging to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and attain carbon neutrality by 2060.

31 May 2024

Significant Breakthrough in Coral Reef Monitoring

For the first time, new research has mapped the intertidal coral reefs of the Rowley Shoals off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia using drone technology and state-of-the-art analytical techniques.

31 May 2024

Study Reveals 4-Terminal Tandem Solar Cells Can Surpass Efficiency Limits

Researchers have investigated the performance and optimization of 4-terminal organic/silicon tandem solar cells using numerical simulations and experimental measurements. They explored the potential of tandem solar cells to surpass the Shockley-Queisser efficiency limit of single-junction solar cells.

31 May 2024

Solar-Powered CO2 Capture and Green Methanol Production Unveiled

Researchers have proposed an innovative approach to address the pressing issue of climate change by integrating solar thermal energy-assisted direct air capture (DAC) technology with the production of green methanol.

29 May 2024

Detroit, Varanasi and Venice Chosen for Toyota's Sustainable Cities Challenge

Detroit, Varanasi and Venice have been selected to host innovation challenges as part of the Toyota Mobility Foundation’s Sustainable Cities Challenge.

29 May 2024

Strategies to Guide the Global Road Transport Sector Toward Carbon Neutrality

The push for carbon neutrality in the transportation sector is driving significant research and development (R&D) across the globe. A new study provides a comprehensive analysis of the distinct national strategies and R&D organizational paradigms aimed at achieving carbon neutrality in road transport.

28 May 2024