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Strategies for Achieving Reduction in CO2 Levels are Constantly Evolving

Scientists from Carnegie Mellon University have found that existing forecasts recommend that the U.S. electric power sector complies with the 2020 and 2025 CO2 reduction requirements in the Paris Agreement—even though the United States has declared its withdrawal.

6 Nov 2019

ORE Catapult Launches New Multi-Million-Pound Floating Wind Centre of Excellence

The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has today (Thursday 31 October 2019) launched a new multi-million pound national Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence to drive forward the development of next generation offshore wind technologies.

From ORE Catapult 6 Nov 2019

Analyzing Economic Viability of Fractionation Processes to Produce Bioethanol

With over 200 commercial plants processing more than 16 billion gallons annually, the United States is the world’s leading producer of bioethanol as a renewable liquid fuel.

5 Nov 2019

New Photocatalysts for Efficient Hydrogen Conversion by Solar Water-Splitting

Researchers under the guidance of Associate Professor Takashi Tachikawa of Kobe University’s Molecular Photoscience Research Center have successfully developed photocatalysts that are capable of changing an efficie...

4 Nov 2019

Installing Renewable Energy to Scale Up Climate and Health Benefits

A new study by researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has revealed that public health improvements and renewable energy benefits could be achieved at a large scale if wind turbines are installed in the Upper Midwest and solar power in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions.

31 Oct 2019

Newly Developed “Artificial Leaf” Effectively Produces Clean Gas

An extensively-used gas that is presently made from fossil fuels can instead be made using an “artificial leaf” that utilizes only sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide, and which could ultimately be used to create a sustainable liquid fuel substitute for petrol.

22 Oct 2019