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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

Renewlogy’s System Turns Nonrecyclable Plastic into High-Value Fuels

It's been nearly 10 years since Priyanka Bakaya MBA '11 founded Renewlogy to develop a system that converts plastic waste into fuel. Today, that system is being used to profitably turn even nonrecyclable plastic into high-value fuels like diesel, as well as the precursors to new plastics.

10 Oct 2019

NEC Provides Energy Storage Solution to SP Group’s Award-Winning Hybrid Energy Storage Pilot

NEC Energy Solutions and NEC Asia Pacific jointly revealed today that NEC provided its 400 kW, 400 kWh GSS® end-to-end Grid Storage Solution and AEROS® proprietary energy storage controls software as part of SP Group’s innovative hybrid system which recently received the Singapore Minister for National Development’s R&D Merit Award at the 2019 Urban Sustainability R&D Congress.

From NEC Corporation 30 Sep 2019

Study Explores How Green Tax Policies can Work for Low-Income Households

Governments that impose taxes on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions can benefit from a cleaner, more climate-friendly environment and a revenue stream that can be tapped to lower other taxes and create jobs.

26 Sep 2019

Protein Batteries for Environmentally Friendly and Safer Energy Storage

Proteins are essential for building muscle, but their building blocks may also help in creating sustainable organic batteries that could one day be a feasible substitute for conventional lithium-ion batteries, without their environmental and safety issues.

27 Aug 2019