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New Global Wind Atlas Released to Accelerate the Development of Sustainable Energy

Wind energy scientists at Cornell University have released a new global wind atlas - a digital compendium filled with documented extreme wind speeds for all parts of the world - to help engineers select the turbines in any given region and accelerate the development of sustainable energy.

4 Feb 2021

Study Reveals Virtual Conferencing Helps Reduce CO2 Emissions

A new study at the University of Michigan (UM) reveals that replacement of huge, in-person gatherings by virtual conferencing due to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant decrease in carbon emissions, but such o...

2 Feb 2021

New Catalyst Efficiently Produces Drinking Water, Hydrogen from Seawater

Seawater constitutes nearly 96% of all water on planet Earth, a fact that makes it an enticing resource to address the world’s ever-increasing demand for carbon-free energy and clean drinking water.

29 Jan 2021

Achieving Carbon-Neutrality by 2050 is Feasible and Affordable

Reaching zero net emissions of carbon dioxide from energy and industry by 2050 can be accomplished by rebuilding U.S. energy infrastructure to run primarily on renewable energy, at a net cost of about $1 per person per day, according to new research published by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), the University of San Francisco (USF), and the consulting firm Evolved Energy Research.

28 Jan 2021

The Ministry of Energy and ACWA Power Achieve Momentous Milestones as Uzbekistan Enhances its Clean Energy Capacity

Following agreements signed in March 2020, cooperation between the Uzbekistan Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, and ACWA Power has led to three major milestones in the development of power projects to enable Uzbekistan’s ambitious energy transformation plan and increase energy capacity by 2500 MW.

27 Jan 2021

Hamburg Power Plant to be Converted into Mega-Electrolyser for Green Hydrogen

The companies Vattenfall, Shell, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), and Hamburg's municipal heat supplier Hamburg Wärme are planning to build one of the world's largest electrolyzers in the Port of Hamburg. The new electrolyzer is to have a capacity of 100 megawatts and be built on the site of the former Moorburg coal-fired power plant. The four companies have now signed a Letter of Intent to this end.

26 Jan 2021

Energy Produced from Footsteps Could Help Address India’s Reliance on Coal

India has been dealing with energy issues in recent years. At present, the country depends heavily on coal, and it is predicted that consumer demand will double by 2040, rendering its green energy goals look out of range.

20 Jan 2021

Blow Those Costs Away: Octopus Energy Launches World’s First Electricity Tariff that Gets Cheaper When it’s Windy

Octopus Energy, UK’s fastest growing energy supplier, moves up the energy supply chain with the acquisition of its first two own-brand wind turbines which will bring cheaper greener power to local communities. The move is accompanied by the launch of the world's first local time-of-use wind tariff.

18 Jan 2021

Researchers Compare Fuel Options to Achieve Carbon-Neutral Flight in Future

It is politically agreed and necessary for climate protection reasons that our entire economy becomes climate-neutral in the coming decades - and that applies to air travel, too.

15 Jan 2021

Yara Marine X Chooses Phoenician Energy’s Aluminum-Air Batteries for the Win

As Yara Marine Technologies expands into new green technology for the maritime industry, their accelerator program for startups lets them tap into the frontiers of green marine technologies.

15 Jan 2021