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Study Analyzes the Economic Impacts of Wind Speed Forecasts

A huge share of the energy landscape has been occupied by wind energy, which comes with a growing conviction on the intermittent nature of wind.

18 May 2022

World’s First Tidal Turbine Blade Testing Facility can Accelerate Development Efforts in Marine Renewable Energy

The world's first rapid testing facility for tidal turbine blades, which researchers say can speed up development of marine energy technologies while helping to reduce costs, has opened for business.

17 May 2022

Energy Storage Paired with Renewable Energy can Help Achieve Clean Energy Grids

In deeply decarbonized energy systems utilizing high penetrations of variable renewable energy (VRE), energy storage is needed to keep the lights on and the electricity flowing when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing — when generation from these VRE resources is low or demand is high.

17 May 2022

Adopting Low-Carbon Fuels can Help Address Historical Imbalances in Air Pollution Exposure

Switching to low carbon fuels for transportation, cooking, heating, power generation and other needs would help fight climate change and also reduce racial and ethnic disparities in exposure to air pollution, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis.

16 May 2022

MIT to Expand Fusion Energy Research and Education Under New Agreement with Commonwealth Fusion Systems

New five-year agreement will support SPARC science, increase graduate students and postdocs, and support interdisciplinary work toward fusion power plants.

11 May 2022

Farmlands in Europe Considered to be the Biggest Global Reservoir of Microplastics

A new study has shown that farmlands present throughout Europe are possibly considered the greatest global reservoir of microplastics as a result of the high concentrations found in fertilizers that are derived from sewage sludge.

9 May 2022

New Study Could Help Guide the Development and Marketing of Coral-Safe Sunscreens

A new study performed at Stanford University discloses how a general component of several sunscreens worn by coral reef-exploring tourists might hasten the demise of such endangered ecosystems.

6 May 2022