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Stanford University Receives Grants for Groundbreaking Research on Clean Energy

The Precourt Institute for Energy and the TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy at Stanford have awarded 15 faculty seed grants totaling $2.7 million for groundbreaking research on clean energy.

1 Sep 2016

MIT, Québec Research Institutions Launch New Collaboration on Energy, Economy and Climate Policy Analysis

By 2020, the state of Massachusetts is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions at least 25 percent compared with 1990 levels, all while up to 25 percent of its electricity generation facilities are expected to go offline.

31 Aug 2016

GE Teams up with MITEI to Help Transform Global Energy Systems

The MIT Energy Initiative announced today that GE will be joining MITEI as a Sustaining Member to fund advanced technology solutions to help transform global energy systems.

31 Aug 2016

Scientists Try to Analyze the Claim that Solar Activity Could be Major Cause of Global Warming

The Sun’s impact on our planet’s climate has recently been a hotly debated topic in the context of climate change. The controversy around this issue has led scientists across Europe to dig deeper into the claim that solar activity could be a major cause of global warming.

30 Aug 2016

University of Delaware’s Platform for Integrating V2G Technology Makes Large-Scale Renewable Energy More Practical

The University of Delaware’s platform for integrating vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is now operating in Denmark, creating a new V2G hub outside the United States that is poised to expand widely with commercial products.

30 Aug 2016

Pig Farm Uses Synergies to Generate Energy

Croatian Biogas Plant of WELTEC BIOPOWER Goes Live

From WELTEC BIOPOWER GmbH 30 Aug 2016

Researchers Develop New Cost-Effective, Highly Efficient Solar Cells

The prices of solar power are beginning to correspond with the less expensive fossil fuel-based electricity in several parts of the world. However, the clean energy source still continues to account for just more than 1% of the global electricity mix.

29 Aug 2016

Hydro-Québec to Contribute Funds to Studies Related to Climate Change, Energy and Environment

Hydro-Québec Vice-President of Corporate Affairs and Secretary General CEO Éric Martel announced today that Hydro-Québec will provide a total of CA$100,000 over a two-year period to a research initiative spearheaded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of Cambridge, Massachusetts, the climate change think tank, Ouranos, located in Montréal, and the business school HEC Montréal (HEC), also in Montreal.

29 Aug 2016

Scientists Discover New Technique to Convert Emissions into Energy-Rich Fuel Using Silicon

Annually, humans cause the discharge of around 30 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, resulting in advancement of global warming and climate change, which will ultimately lead to the extinction of the human race.

26 Aug 2016

Researchers Discover Robust, Effective System to Store Solar Energy for Further Use

Even when the sun isn't shining, solar energy can still be utilized if it is converted into hydrogen through a process known as water electrolysis. This process aims to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen using the electric current generated from the solar panel.

26 Aug 2016