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Sustainable, Carbon-Free Methods for Synthesis of Hydrogen

An accelerating need to find energy sources to substitute decreasing fossil fuels means that hydrogen will probably have a significant role in the future.

7 Feb 2018

New Technique Could Pave Way for Clean Energy Economy

Researchers have discovered a method to efficiently produce hydrogen from water - a crucial key to more feasibly developing clean energy.

1 Feb 2018

Practical Method for Large-Scale Rechargeable Batteries

A new method to large-scale rechargeable batteries that could solve longstanding issues and lead to low-cost power storage.

23 Jan 2018

Scientists Develop Catalyst for Extracting Hydrogen from Water

Researchers developed a nanostructured composite material, which can be used as a catalyst for electrochemical splitting of water to synthesize hydrogen.

17 Jan 2018

New Chemical Looping Technology Could Provide Clean Electricity

At The Ohio State University, engineers are developing technologies that could transform biomass and fossil fuels into electricity without releasing CO2.

3 Jan 2018

New System Uses Renewable Electricity to Transform CO2 into CO

Everyday, over 2 million pounds of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere from factories, the burning of natural gas for the generation of electricity, and emissions from trucks and cars.

6 Dec 2017

FuelCell Energy and Toyota Collaborate on Sustainable Transportation Fuel Project

FuelCell Energy, an international company dealing with clean, innovative, and economical fuel cell solutions for the supply, recovery, and storage of energy, has just reported the execution of a hydrogen and power off-take agreement with Toyota, highlighting a unique collaboration in which Toyota will buy renewable hydrogen for vehicle fueling produced on-site from a multi-megawatt SureSourceTM fuel cell power plant situated at the Port of Long Beach in California.

1 Dec 2017

New System Could Help Make Supply of Renewable Electricity More Stable

Grid operators need to do more than just distributing the electricity produced by photovoltaic plants and wind farms. They have to ensure a regular quality of supply as well. It is a complex issue to achieve this with the available components and systems.

29 Nov 2017

U of T Researchers Develop Innovative Catalyst for Simulating Photosynthesis

Scientists from U of T Engineering have now reached close to achieving artificial photosynthesis, where similar to plants, renewable energy is used to transform carbon dioxide, or CO2, into stored chemical energy. They achieved this by developing an innovative catalyst.

21 Nov 2017

High-Temperature Thermal Solar Reactor Used to Produce Kerosene from Syngas

For the first time, researchers involved in the SOLAR-JET Project have exhibited the complete process for producing kerosene—the aviation turbine fuel used in commercial airlines—by employing a high-temperature thermal solar reactor to produce syngas.

16 Nov 2017