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Robotics Vital to the Renewables Expansion Needed to Reach Net Zero

Accelerating the development of robotics and autonomous systems will be a significant enabler to reaching Net Zero, according to new research from the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult.

23 Sep 2021

Maritime Decarbonisation to Cruise Forward in Orkney

Orkney is to be the setting for an ambitious seven-month project demonstrating technologies to enable maritime decarbonisation.

17 Sep 2021

Geothermal Technology Shows Enormous Potential as a Clean Energy Source

Clean, renewable geothermal power—the heat beneath our feet—has huge potential as a clean energy source, even possibly becoming as important as fossil fuels are today, but not without new technologies to make the resource economically viable and available to all.

14 Sep 2021

A Promising Approach for Cheaper Hydrogen Production

Electrolytic hydrogen production powered by renewable energy is seen as an environmentally friendly means to ameliorate global climate and energy problems.

13 Sep 2021

New Chemical Process Turns ‘Sewer Gas’ into Clean Hydrogen Fuel

Scientists have found a new chemical process to turn a stinky, toxic gas into a clean-burning fuel.

13 Sep 2021

New Energy-Saving Semiconductor Technology for Sustainable Energy Future

A new system to transport data with the help of atomically thin semiconductors in an extremely energy-efficient way has been developed by researchers from the Australian National University (ANU).

13 Sep 2021

Mining Waste Could be a Potential Cheaper Catalyst for Hydrogen Fuel Production

Researchers have discovered a way to use mining waste as part of a potential cheaper catalyst for hydrogen fuel production.

9 Sep 2021

Major Advance in MIT-Designed Project Paves the Way for Carbon-Free Power Plants

New superconducting magnet breaks magnetic field strength records, paving the way for practical, commercial, carbon-free power.

9 Sep 2021

Groundbreaking Electro-Hydraulic System Wins Volvo Technology Award

The novel Common Pressure Rail Hybrid system applied to excavators, resulting in?radical improvements in energy-efficiency, has received the Volvo Technology Award 2021.

7 Sep 2021

New Method of Methane Conversion from CO2 Could Make Carbon Capture More Affordable

In their ongoing effort to make carbon capture more affordable, researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a method to convert captured carbon dioxide into methane, the primary component of natural gas.

6 Sep 2021