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Study Highlights Barriers to Household Solar Adoption in South Africa

In a recent literature review published in Heliyon, researchers thoroughly investigated the barriers hindering household solar photovoltaic (PV) adoption in South Africa.

By Muhammad Osama 11 Jun 2024

Scientists Propose Converting Natural Gas Into Hydrogen Directly in Gas Fields

Skoltech researchers have found a way to produce hydrogen from natural gas with 45 % efficiency right in the gas field by injecting steam and a catalyst into a well and adding oxygen to ignite the gas.

From Skoltech 11 Jun 2024

MIT Students Explore the Best Path Forward to Achieve Decarbonization Goals

A number of emerging technologies hold promise for helping organizations move away from fossil fuels and achieve deep decarbonization.

10 Jun 2024

Soil Power: UK Startup Bactery is Generating Sustainable Energy from the Earth

A new startup company is leading the charge to a new form of sustainable power, by creating a battery that recharges itself when placed in soil.

From University of Bath 8 Jun 2024

Engineered Bacteria for Sustainable Biorefining from Sorghum Biomass

Lignin is a major part of plant cells that makes them strong and rigid. It is made of compounds known as aromatics strung together in chains.

7 Jun 2024

Cepsa Begins Construction of a Plant to Produce 80,000 mt of Isopropyl Alcohol in Spain

Cepsa is boosting its chemical business with the development of a new industrial activity that represents an advance and improvement in the diversification of its products The company has started work on a new isopropyl alcohol (IPA) plant, a product that is not only found in hydroalcoholic gels due to its biocidal properties, but also in cleaning products for both household and industry.

From Cepsa 7 Jun 2024

The LIFE eGymer Project Successfully Tested Different Kinds of Chemical-Free Traps to Control the Gypsy Moth in Southern Europe Forests

The gypsy moth is an indigenous species that infects oak forests in Central and Southern Europe, Asia and Africa. The larvae’s voracious appetite poses a major environmental problem because the species can completely defoliate trees and cause health problems to humans and animals in the form of allergies and skin irritation such as dermatitis and hives, as is widely reported after contact with caterpillars.

From AIMPLAS 7 Jun 2024

Using Clean-Burning Hydrogen in Long-Haul Trucks

People around the world rely on trucks to deliver the goods they need, and so-called long-haul trucks play a critical role in those supply chains. In the United States, long-haul trucks moved 71 percent of all freight in 2022.

6 Jun 2024

Eggshell Waste Recovers REEs Needed for Green Energy

According to a study published in ACS Omega, researchers from Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences and iCRAG, the Science Foundation Ireland research center in applied geosciences, discovered that humble eggshell waste could recover REES from water, providing a new, environmentally friendly method for their extraction.

6 Jun 2024

Report Warns of Rapidly Approaching Climate Tipping Point

According to the University of Leeds' second annual Indicators of Global Climate Change study, human-induced warming has increased to 1.19 °C during the past ten years (2014–2023), up from 1.14 °C seen in 2013–2022 (detailed in the previous year’s report).

5 Jun 2024

New Efficient EV Charging System with Solar Integration

Researchers at the National Institute of Technology Silchar have created a novel scheduling system for electric vehicles (EVs) that improves power grid efficiency and takes into account the increasing amount of solar energy in response to the growing demand for sustainable transportation solutions.

5 Jun 2024

Innovative Strategies to Reduce Resource Consumption and Fossil Fuel Emissions

Alessio Mastrucci, Charlie Wilson, Volker Krey, and Felix Creutzig of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) in Berlin, along with numerous collaborators from the IIASA-led CircEUlar and EDITS research projects, led a perspective piece published in Nature Climate Change that details novel approaches that drastically cut down on resource consumption and fossil fuel emissions.

5 Jun 2024

UAV-based Thermal Monitoring for Solar Farm Efficiency Analysis

Researchers have explored the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with thermal imaging sensors to analyze the efficiency of solar farms.

By Muhammad Osama 5 Jun 2024

Trillium Renewable Chemicals Selects INEOS Green Lake for World’s First Demonstration Plant for Sustainable Acrylonitrile Production

Trillium Renewable Chemicals (Trillium) today announced the selection of INEOS Nitriles’ Green Lake facility in Port Lavaca, Texas to establish the world’s first demonstration plant for converting plant-based glycerol into acrylonitrile. The demonstration plant is named “Project Falcon.”

From INEOS 5 Jun 2024

Five Projects Will Receive Funding to Advance Understanding of Ocean Systems in a Changing Climate

Five global science and technology projects have been selected to join the Ocean Biogeochemistry Virtual Institute (OBVI) addressing gaps in ocean data and modeling efforts by improving the breadth of research in the field and expanding capacity to understand ocean resources.

From Schmidt Sciences 4 Jun 2024