South Africa's power crisis will persist until 2025, with blackouts phasing out in 5 years. South Africa is facing a severe electricity crisis with increasing enforced power cuts, leaving people without electricity for up to 10 hours a day. The root cause is the frequent breakdowns in the country's aging coal power plants, which...
Oil and gas industry. Credit: Unsplash.The first global review of methane policies, conducted by our research team, reveals that stringent policies to eliminate methane emissions still need to be improved, despite the global focus on reducing methane emissions.While over 100 countries signed the Global Methane Pledge to cut emissions by 30% compared to 2020...
The Liza Unity, the first FPSO built under SBM’s Fast4Ward concept. Photo: KEPPEL CORPORATION.Floating production, storage, and offloading vessels (FPSOs) have long been favored for offshore development, and this trend is expected to continue in the coming years. However, the projected growth in FPSOs also means a significant increase in greenhouse gas emissions, posing...
A ground-breaking innovation created by Rice University engineers has the potential to drastically lower the price of carbon dioxide capture from various emission sources.According to their work published in Nature, this novel method directly removes carbon dioxide from flue gas and even the atmosphere by inducing a water and oxygen electrochemical reaction. By transforming...
Credit: Pexels.A group of scientists comprising chemists and engineers from multiple institutions in China has discovered a promising alternative method for synthesizing high-entropy alloy nanoparticles (HEA-NPs) by utilizing liquid metal. The team's study, published in the prestigious journal Nature, focused on creating various HEA-NPs using liquid metals. Nature's editors have also published a Research...
Credit: Unsplash.Engineers at Washington State University have drawn inspiration from the intricate structure of trees and bones to devise a technique that enables the 3D printing of two different types of steel within a single circular layer. This groundbreaking approach results in the creation of a bimetallic material that exhibits a remarkable strength increase...
The HiLo structure has been successfully installed on the rooftop of the pre-existing NEST research building located in Dubendorf, Switzerland. Credit: Roman Keller.Recognizing the significant carbon dioxide emissions generated by the construction industry on a global scale, a group of researchers and scientists from ETH Zurich has been developing innovative construction methods to address...
Hossein Alijani, one of the co-lead authors of a research paper, examines a MXene membrane. Credit: at RMIT University.Scientists have recently developed a technique to significantly extend the durability of MXene, a nanomaterial promoted as a swifter-charging substitute for lithium in batteries. This advancement enhances the feasibility of MXene as a long-lasting option for...
Assistant Professor Edison Ang from Nanyang Technological University, seen on the left, displays samples of both fruit waste and molybdenum carbide. One of his colleagues demonstrates a solar still containing a black sheet made of the aforementioned material. Credit: Nanyang Technological University.Solar stills offer an ingenious and uncomplicated method for purifying contaminated or saline...
Using a PEM electrolyzer, the researchers create hydrogen in the laboratory. Credit: Eduardo GraciaResearchers at Umeå University have made a breakthrough that could make hydrogen, a carbon dioxide (CO2)-free fuel, more affordable. The team has created a new method to increase the production of hydrogen gas from water and electricity, a process critical to...
