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Researchers Develop New Method to Convert Sunlight into Fuel

Scientists successfully split water into hydrogen & oxygen by modifying the photosynthetic machinery in plants.

6 Sep 2018

EU Renewable-Energy Policy Changes Chip Away at Forestry Protections

Legislative revisions to the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED) will erode existing safeguards that prevent unsustainable exploitation of forests. The revisions also set incentives that inevitably encourage the burning of unsustainable wood biomass for heating and electricity generation.

24 Aug 2018

Offshore Wind Energy Market Forecast to Exceed $60bn by 2024

Offshore Wind Energy Market size will exceed USD 60 Billion by 2024, as reported in the latest study by Global Market Insights, Inc.

21 Aug 2018

Efforts to Make Methanol-Based Renewable Fuels Operate Under Compression Ignition Conditions

Fuel-efficient engine designs could lower vehicles' environmental impact, particularly if they function on renewable nonpetroleum-based fuels.

16 Aug 2018

Study Shows Europe Would Fare Well Under Different Renewable Energy Scenarios

Scientists have demonstrated how solar and wind renewable energy technologies across Europe are affected by long-term weather patterns.

27 Jul 2018

Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility Celebrates 40 years of Concentrating Solar Power Research

The first multimegawatt solar tower, commissioned at Sandia National Laboratories in 1978, has contributed to many aspects of space and energy.

27 Jul 2018

Synthetic Natural Gas from Sewage Treatment Plant

Using core equipment from INERATEC, a spin-off of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), a pilot plant near Barcelona, Spain, produces synthetic natural gas from renewable electricity and carbon dioxide (CO2).

From INERATEC GmbH 12 Jul 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

Zero Carbon Project Introduces 'Private Pre-Sale Democracy' at Blockchain Conference in London

Zero Carbon Project is delighted to announce the democratisation of our private presale token sale round. This provides our smaller customers with access to attractive private pre-sale discounts, previously only available to larger crypto investors.

From eEnergy 18 Jun 2018

New Wind Turbine Technology Shows Fivefold Benefits Even in Low Winds

VTT Research Centre of Technology (VTT) has investigated the potential and economic advantages of new wind power technology. The technology would significantly increase the advantages of wind energy and enable the competitive use of wind power in Finland.

12 Jun 2018