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Framework for Assessing Security of Energy System in Transition

According to a new issue brief by a specialist from the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, the use of a framework based on vulnerability, risk, and offsets provides critical insights for assessing the security of an energy system in transition.

29 Nov 2019

Aircuity is an Approved Vendor for NYSERDA’s Real-Time Energy Management Program

Aircuity, creator of measurably better environments, announces it has been named a New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) Qualified Vendor for the Real-Time Energy Management (RTEM) Program.

From Aircuity 27 Nov 2019

Teijin Signs License Agreement with Shanghai Energy to Develop EV Battery Separators

Teijin Limited announced today that it has signed an technical license agreement with Shanghai Energy New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. (SEMCORP) for the manufacture of solvent-based coating separators used in lithium-ion secondary batteries (LIBs) for electric vehicles (EVs).

From Teijin Limited 22 Nov 2019

MIT Energy Initiative Report Offers Pathways to Achieving Sustainable Personal Mobility

In our daily lives, we all make choices about how we travel and what type of vehicle we own or use. We consider these choices within the constraints of our current transportation system and weigh concerns including costs, convenience, and — increasingly — carbon emissions.

19 Nov 2019

New Device for Inexpensively Producing Hydrogen and Potable Water from Seawater

One of the most abundant resources on earth that offers promise as a source of not only hydrogen (preferred as a clean energy source) but also drinking water in arid climates is seawater.

13 Nov 2019

New Photocatalysts for Efficient Hydrogen Conversion by Solar Water-Splitting

Researchers under the guidance of Associate Professor Takashi Tachikawa of Kobe University’s Molecular Photoscience Research Center have successfully developed photocatalysts that are capable of changing an efficie...

4 Nov 2019

Simple, Inexpensive System Provides Cooling Without Electricity

Imagine a device that can sit outside under blazing sunlight on a clear day, and without using any power cool things down by more than 23 degrees Fahrenheit (13 degrees Celsius). It almost sounds like magic, but a new system designed by researchers at MIT and in Chile can do exactly that.

31 Oct 2019

Researchers Develop New Method to Remove Carbon Dioxide from Air

A new way of removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air could provide a significant tool in the battle against climate change. The new system can work on the gas at virtually any concentration level, even down to the roughly 400 parts per million currently found in the atmosphere.

25 Oct 2019

Newly Developed “Artificial Leaf” Effectively Produces Clean Gas

An extensively-used gas that is presently made from fossil fuels can instead be made using an “artificial leaf” that utilizes only sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide, and which could ultimately be used to create a sustainable liquid fuel substitute for petrol.

22 Oct 2019

‘Game-Changing’ Tidal Energy Project Approved for Channel Regions

Interreg France (Channel) England Programme has approved the biggest ever Interreg project that will prove to be game-changing for the European tidal stream energy sector.

17 Oct 2019