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Methane Extraction from Lakes for Sustainable Energy Production

Lakes store huge amounts of methane. In a new study, environmental scientists at the University of Basel offer suggestions for how it can be extracted and used as an energy source in the form of methanol.

1 Apr 2021

Clean Planet Energy Unveil Two New Ultra-Clean Marine Fuels, Made from Non-Recyclable Plastic Waste

Clean Planet Energy has today released details of two new ultra-clean fuels manufactured to replace fossil fuels in the Marine industry, for use in any ship or vessel.

From Clean Planet Energy 30 Mar 2021

Project to Create System for Large-Scale Synthesis of Clean Hydrogen

Engineers from École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) are participating in PROMETEO—an EU research project to produce hydrogen on a huge scale from renewable sources, as part of a measure to reduce industrial carbon emissions.

26 Mar 2021

Study Illustrates Impact of Coronavirus on the Energy Sector

The partition present between the energy transition frontrunners and laggards is getting deeper due to the COVID-19 crisis.

24 Mar 2021

Big Breakthrough for 'Massless' Energy Storage

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology have produced a structural battery that performs ten times better than all previous versions. It contains carbon fibre that serves simultaneously as an electrode, conductor, and load-bearing material. Their latest research breakthrough paves the way for essentially ’massless’ energy storage in vehicles and other technology.

23 Mar 2021

New Triboelectric Nanogenerator to Efficiently Harness Ocean Wave Energy

A newly developed water-tube-based triboelectric nanogenerator effectively transforms several irregular and low-frequency mechanical energies, such as ocean wave energy, into electricity, opening a new path for developing “blue energy.”

19 Mar 2021

Helsinki Energy Challenge: Four International Award Winners Announced

An international jury has selected four winners from the ten finalists in the Helsinki Energy Challenge. The four winning teams were announced during a virtual event introduced by the Mayor of Helsinki, Jan Vapaavuori, and will each take a share of the €1 million prize fund.

17 Mar 2021

New Study can Help Reduce Carbon Footprint of Power Systems

A study on big droughts in the Greater Mekong region revealed findings that can help reduce the carbon footprint of power systems while providing insights into better designed and more sustainable power plants.

5 Mar 2021

Researchers Find a New Synthetic Path to Produce Biofuel from Biomass

A German-Chinese group of researchers has discovered a new synthetic path to generate biofuel from biomass.

9 Feb 2021

Study Explores COVID-19's Impact on the Energy System and Demand for Electricity

COVID-19 has not only caused a temporary drop in global CO2 emissions, it has also reduced the share of power generated by burning coal - a trend that could in fact outlast the pandemic. This is the key result of a new study by a team of economists based in Potsdam and Berlin that looked at COVID-19's impact on the energy system and demand for electricity.

9 Feb 2021