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New Water Electrolysis Technology Helps Lower the Cost of Green Hydrogen Energy Production

In the past few years, considerable attention has been gained to hydrogen as a potential clean energy resource that can serve as an alternative to fossil fuels.

31 Jan 2022

New Restoration Strategies Need to be Considered for Building Resilient Forests, Experts Say

For many, an ideal forest is one that looks the same as it did before European colonizers arrived. As today's forests are hit with disturbances like fire, drought, and insect invasions, restoration efforts often attempt to nudge the landscape back to this 'natural' state. But historical conditions are becoming increasingly hard to achieve in a changing world, according to new research.

31 Jan 2022

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