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DOE Announces Plan to Provide $110 Million for Biology Studies to Produce Renewable Fuels and Novel Materials

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide up to $110 million for basic research and technology development to design and engineer plants and microbes for the production of advanced biofuels, bioproducts, and biomaterials.

14 Dec 2021

Disabled Households in the EU More Likely to Experience Energy Poverty

A new study reveals that disabled households in the Europe Union currently consume 10% less energy than other households, as well as being 5% more likely to experience energy poverty.

14 Dec 2021

Climate Change Fuels Seagrass Wasting Disease Outbreaks

In an oceanic omen for climate change's intensifying effects, new research shows that seagrass suffers from a lesion-filled wasting disease through large swaths of intertidal meadows in the Pacific Northwest.

14 Dec 2021

New Tools to Help Electric Delivery-Vehicles Navigate Strategically to Save Energy

Range anxiety with electric commercial vehicles is real, since running out of battery can have serious consequences.

14 Dec 2021

Study Shows Link Between Global Energy Change and Demographic Transition

Switching to modern cooking fuels like gas or to electricity can improve the well-being of women in the global South, and eventually be connected to falling birth rates, a new study by researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research shows.

14 Dec 2021

Plastic-degrading Enzymes Increasing in Correlation with Pollution

The number of microbial enzymes with the ability to degrade plastic is growing, in correlation with local levels of plastic pollution.

14 Dec 2021

Protium Harnesses Enapter Technology to Deploy Cutting-edge Electrolytic Hydrogen Electrolyser

Protium, the leading UK-based green hydrogen energy company, has announced that it will deploy its first electrolyser in the UK, sourced from Enapter, the esteemed design and manufacturing brand who have produced the first scalable hydrogen AEM electrolyser.

From Protium 14 Dec 2021

Railcare will Reduce its Fossil Emissions by 40% by 2025

As part of the Group's ongoing sustainability work, Railcare has set a clear goal of reducing the consumption of fossil emissions from its own locomotives and machinery by 40% by 2025.

14 Dec 2021

New Bushfire Spread Prediction Model Keeps Firefighters Ahead of the Fire Front

Australia’s national science agency CSIRO and the NSW Rural Fire Service have released Australia’s most advanced model for predicting the speed and behaviour of eucalypt forest fires, helping to save lives and property during bushfires.

14 Dec 2021

Understanding the Nutrient Response of Plants Could Enhance Global Food Production

Photosynthesis is the complex biochemical process by which green plants and a number of other organisms transform the Sun’s energy into chemical energy. During this process, the captured light energy is used to con...

By David J. Cross 13 Dec 2021

New Tools to Help Electric Delivery Vehicles Navigate Strategically with Minimal Energy

Running out of battery can pose serious impacts, range anxiety with electric commercial vehicles seems to be a real scenario. At the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, scientists have come up with tools to enable electric delivery vehicles to navigate tactically such that as little energy as possible is used.

13 Dec 2021