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Study Shows how Recovery from Pandemic, Climate Policies may Impact Access to Clean Fuels

The replacement of polluting cooking fuels with clean ones could help save lives and decrease the effect on the environment.

29 Oct 2021

University of Toronto Committed to Divest from Investments in Fossil Fuel Companies

The University of Toronto is committing to divest from investments in fossil fuel companies in its $4.0-billion endowment fund beginning immediately.

28 Oct 2021

New Thermoelectric Generator Shows Ten Times More Efficiency than Its Analogues

Researchers from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) in collaboration with an industrial partner elaborated thermoelectric generator of new generation, which is ten times more efficient than its analogues currently available on the market.

28 Oct 2021

New Net-Zero Microgrid Program to Research Carbon-Free Clean Energy Solutions

The Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity has financially supported Idaho National Laboratory for launching a new Net-Zero Microgrid (NZM) program.

28 Oct 2021

MITEI Awards Seed Fund Grants to Seven Novel Energy Research Projects

Awards support research to improve the efficiency, scalability, and adoption of clean energy technologies.

27 Oct 2021

Exponential Power Acquires Dry Creek Enterprises

Exponential Power, Inc., a leading provider of stored power solutions, announced that it has joined forces with Bakersfield, California-based Dry Creek Enterprises.

26 Oct 2021

Hybrid Thermoelectrochemical-Concentration Cell Efficiently Converts Waste Heat into Energy

Thanks to the ongoing digital revolution, we are on the verge of transitioning to a hyper-connected world. However, the Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices and remote sensors that promise such a reality require energy.

26 Oct 2021

Policies and Changes Needed to Achieve UK's Target of Net-Zero Emissions from Electricity

CO2 emissions from electricity in the UK fell by two thirds in the last decade due to several factors working together, rather than a single panacea.

25 Oct 2021

High-Resolution Model to Find Pathway Toward Carbon-Neutral Electrical Systems in China

There are many uncertainties about pathways to mid-century carbon neutrality in China and other major emitting nations

25 Oct 2021

Study Shows No Precedent for Rate of Coal Decline Needed to Realize Paris Climate Agreement

A study of decadal episodes of drop in fossil fuel across 105 countries between the years 1960 and 2018 reveals that limiting climate change to the 1.5°C target fixed by the Paris Climate Agreement will probably necessitate coal and gas power use to decrease at rates that are unparalleled for any large country.

25 Oct 2021