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New Study Investigates Possibility of Replacing Nuclear Power with Wind Power in Sweden

The Swedish power supply is largely free of carbon emissions. Indeed, it is mainly based on a combination of hydroelectric and nuclear power combined with power exchange with neighbouring Scandinavian countries.

22 Jun 2016

JA Solar Provides 11MW High-Efficiency PV Modules for Power Project in Egypt

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (JA Solar), one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that it had provided 11MW of high-efficiency PV modules for a power project in the Red Sea region of Egypt.

21 Jun 2016

Wind Power Could Provide 26% of China’s Electricity by 2030

China has an opportunity to massively increase its use of wind power — if it properly integrates wind into its existing power system, according to a newly published MIT study.

21 Jun 2016

Low-Cost Solar Absorber Improves Efficiency of Heat Production

Researchers from the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology and MIT have developed a device, called a solar absorber, which can be used to convert solar energy into heat, in increased amounts and in a cost-efficient manner. Due to this development, the sustainable technologies that utilize solar heat to function would benefit a lot as it can make them more affordable and efficient.

14 Jun 2016

Increased Demand for Bioenergy Without Better Policies Will Lead to Increased Pressure on Forests

The new study, conducted by researchers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and partner organizations for the European Commission, explores the potential impacts, interactions, and implications for resource efficiency that could come from increased bioenergy demand.

10 Jun 2016

Researchers Discover Novel Way to Significantly Increase Efficiency of Solar Absorber

Masdar Institute faculty are part of a collaborative team of researchers that has discovered a novel way to significantly increase the amount of sunlight that a solar absorber can convert into heat.

10 Jun 2016

Electrocatalysis Could Play Significant Role Towards More Sustainable Energy

Electrocatalysis may play a significant role in the evolution of more sustainable energy in the future. Chemist Isis Ledezma Yanez, who will be defending her doctoral thesis on the 9th of June, provides a clear picture on the hydrogen evolution process.

9 Jun 2016

Researchers Design Molecular Catalyst to Meet Future Hydrogen Energy Needs

Hydrogen-powered cars could soon become a reality with a new, radical technique that process that enables efficient sourcing of hydrogen from liquid formic acid.

7 Jun 2016

'Bionic Leaf' System Uses Solar Energy to Generate Liquid Fuels

The days of drilling into the ground in the search for fuel may be numbered, because if Daniel Nocera has his way, it’ll just be a matter of looking for sunny skies.

3 Jun 2016

Researchers Successfully Recover Important Metals from Battery Waste with Nearly 100% Purity

Researchers have succeeded in recovering important metals – lithium, cobalt and nickel – from battery waste with nearly 100 per cent purity. Recovered metals will be needed increasingly in the manufacture of batteries, and in the future especially in batteries of electric vehicles.

3 Jun 2016