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Efficient Process Design Produces Renewable Fuels from Waste PPE

As the severity of an extended pandemic is on the rise, the world determines an increasing and never-ending waste stream of utilized plastic face shields, surgical masks, gowns, and medical gloves. Currently, engineers from Cornell University provide a solution to bearably reroute the thrown away material.

28 Jan 2022

New, Cost-Effective Artificial Leaf can Capture 100 Times More Carbon than Current Systems

Engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago have built a cost-effective artificial leaf that can capture carbon dioxide at rates 100 times better than current systems. Unlike other carbon capture systems, which work in labs with pure carbon dioxide from pressurized tanks, this artificial leaf works in the real world.

28 Jan 2022

AWS Wave Energy Converter Arrives in Orkney for EMEC Demo

A new wave energy converter, developed by Inverness-based AWS Ocean Energy, has arrived in Orkney ahead of its imminent deployment at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).

From European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd. 28 Jan 2022

SMC Global Power Holdings and Fluence’s First Battery Project of 470 MW Portfolio Begins Commercial Operation in the Philippines

Fluence, a leading energy storage technology and digital applications provider enabling the global clean energy transition, announced today that the first 20-megawatt (MW) / 20-megawatt hour (MWh) battery-based energy storage system in the 470 MW / 470 MWh portfolio the company is deploying for SMC Global Power Holdings Corp. (SMCGPH) has entered commercial service.

From Fluence 27 Jan 2022

VARO Energy and GPS Group Announce the Completion of an Integrated Biofuels Facility in the Port of Amsterdam

VARO Energy Group, a leading European energy transition company and GPS Group, a growing storage and logistics provider today have announced the successful completion of a new railway line and ethanol storage tanks, which will be operated as of 1st February 2022.

25 Jan 2022

New Flexible Thermoelectric Generator Wraps Around Hot Pipes to Convert Wasted Heat to Electricity

Energy systems not only fuel people’s daily lives but also generate wasted heat—such as heat that emits off exhaust pipes on vehicles and hot water pipes in buildings.

24 Jan 2022

Researchers Develop Lithium-Air Battery with an Energy Density Over 500Wh/kg

NIMS and Softbank Corp. have developed a lithium-air battery with an energy density over 500 Wh/kg-;significantly higher than currently lithium ion batteries.

21 Jan 2022

New Technology Offers a Pathway for Instantly Converting CO2 to Solid Carbon

Australian researchers have developed a smart and super-efficient new way of capturing carbon dioxide and converting it to solid carbon, to help advance the decarbonisation of heavy industries.

20 Jan 2022

SSE Acquires First Solar Project in its Role as the UK’s National Clean Energy Champion

SSE has announced details of its first solar project that will deliver 30 MW of clean energy as part of its ambitious £12.5bn investment programme to power change towards net zero.

From SSE Renewables 20 Jan 2022

Successful MW-Scale Demonstration of sCO2 Technology for a Concentrated Solar Power Plant

Southwest Research Institute worked with government and commercial collaborators to successfully develop and demonstrate full-scale turbomachinery for one of the world's first supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) power systems for a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant.

18 Jan 2022