Renewable Energy

New Method Could Help Get To Cheap Hydrogen

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...

Transparent Solar Panels Windows of the Future

This innovation allows for the absorption of sunlight without compromising the view through these transparent surfaces.Credit: Masood Aslami/ pexels.comA group of scientists from Michigan State University has created a technology capable of transforming see-through surfaces, such as windows in buildings or cell phone screens, into surfaces that can collect solar energy. This innovation allows for...

A New Energy Storage System Can Store Solar Power For Nearly 20 Years

And it releases energy on demand.MOST – Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage Systems. Credit: Chalmers University of TechnologyA press statement discloses that scientists from Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology developed an energy storage system that holds solar power in liquid form for approximately 18 years.With the help of researchers from China's Shanghai Jiao Tong...

Current MIT System Could Cool Buildings Up to 10 ℃– Without Electricity

The system worked 3 times better than today's state-of-the-art passive cooling system.As the world's climate continues to warm up, the world demand for air conditioning is currently skyrocketing. In 2019, the requirement for cooling drew in 8.5% of the globe's total electricity consumption, equating to some one billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions.As more...

‘Wave Energy:’ This Floating Spine-Like Tool Generates Sea Waves Into Electricity

The Waveline Magnet prototype is made up of numerous floating platforms connected to one another to resemble a floating spine. The flexible and modular system is made to allow the energy generator to smoothly follow the motion of the waves. Credit: SWEL/ YouTube via Screenshot.Nevertheless, a firm from Cyprus has created a unique floating...

Offshore Wind: California Winning the Race

Aerial view of wind turbines at the Block Island Wind Farm. Credit: Journal Break.California has established an ambitious target to develop its offshore wind industry. The Golden State aims to achieve 25,000 megawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2045, around as much as entire Europe has today.The target established by the California Energy Commission on Wednesday...

Climate Change: ‘Sand Battery’ Can Fix Environment-Friendly Energy’s Significant Problem

The sand battery has been installed and is functioning well according to the power companyFinnish scientists have set up the globe's first completely working "sand battery," which can save environment-friendly power for months at once.The designers claim this can resolve the trouble of year-round supply, a significant issue for eco-friendly power.Using low-grade sand, the...

New Iron Catalyst Can Make Hydrogen Fuel Cells Affordable

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainFor decades, scientists have been seeking a catalyst that dramatically lowers the price of fabricating hydrogen fuel cells.Such an advance could trigger a green power transformation, with everything from laptops to locomotives running on a fuel whose merely byproduct is water.A new study led by the University at Buffalo indicates that...

Paving the Way for Quicker Computers, Longer-Lasting Batteries

University of Queensland researchers have cracked an issue that's frustrated chemists and physicists for many years, potentially causing a new age of effective, efficient, and environmentally friendly technologiesUtilizing quantum mechanics, Professor Ben Powell from UQ's School of Mathematics and Physics has discovered a recipe that enables molecular switches to function at room temperature."Switches are...

Fund Manager Takes Stakes in South African Solar Trio

Credit: BII.Fund manager African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), with its Ideas Managed Fund, has obtained majority stakes in 3 brand-new solar energy plants in South Africa, totaling 30MW.The projects, which got to a financial close in May, are anticipated to achieve commercial operation in March and April 2023.They will connect through a mixture of...