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Incorporating Used Water into Hydrogen Production to Develop a More Sustainable Energy Source

Monash University researchers, together with national water utility companies, are looking at ways to produce hydrogen energy more sustainably through repurposing wastewater.

19 Aug 2021

New Book Explores How Organized Resistance to New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Affects Climate Action

In The Resistance Dilemma: Place-Based Movements and the Climate Crisis, author George Hoberg explores how organized resistance to new fossil fuel infrastructure became a political force, and how this might affect the transition to renewable energy.

18 Aug 2021

New Prototype Technology can Double the Power Harvested from Ocean Waves

The unused potential of ocean wave energy is abundant. It is predicted that the power of coastal waves across the globe every year is equal to the annual worldwide electricity production.

18 Aug 2021

Massachusetts-Based Startup Seeks to Reinvent Energy Storage from a Chemistry Perspective

Eli Paster SM ’10, PhD '14 is the CEO of PolyJoule, a startup working to reinvent energy storage technology to increase efficiency and reduce costs.

17 Aug 2021

UWA Scientists Recognised in Premier’s Science Awards

A researcher from The University of Western Australia whose work has paved the way for cleaner, sustainable energy production to meet the need of future generations, has been awarded WA Scientist of the Year in the 2021 Premier’s Science Awards.

17 Aug 2021

“Blue” Hydrogen may Harm the Climate More Than Burning Fossil Fuel

"Blue" hydrogen – an energy source that involves a process for making hydrogen by using methane in natural gas – is being lauded as a clean, green energy to help reduce global warming.

13 Aug 2021

Study Finds Hydropower Projects Impact Rivers Globally

According to McGill University scientists, more than 260,000 km of rivers could probably be severed by planned hydroelectric developments.

13 Aug 2021

Researchers Recommend Well-Planned H2 Use to Achieve Clean U.S. Economy

A new study proposes that hydrogen (H2) and its derivatives could be the potential fuel. However, a clean U.S. H2 economy needs a detailed approach and a decade’s plan

12 Aug 2021

Experts Estimate Energy Imbalance Among Eurasian Economic Union Member States

The amount of energy consumption depends on various parameters: GDP, population, income disparities, etc.

11 Aug 2021

New Data Highlights the Value of Gas in Homes

New figures released today highlight the value of natural gas in our homes and the importance of plans to decarbonise gas networks to continue to give customers choice.

30 Jul 2021