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...
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...
An aerial image of Castle Hill Hospital's solar farm. Credit: Open Acess.Solar panels, at Eastern Yorkshire hospital are today producing sufficient energy. To fulfill its whole daytime running needs, officials stated.Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham has set up an 11,000-panel solar farm.Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust said. The ₤ 4.2 m grant-funded plan...
Tim Fischer takes over from Klaus Jacob Jensen who will leave in January 2023. Credit: RambollRamboll has appointed Tim Fischer as the new administrator for the engineering consultancy's global wind division.So Fischer (pictured) replaces Klaus Jacob Jensen. Who, in joint administration with Fischer, has led Ramboll's wind company since 2011.Jacob Jensen will remain and...
New method boosts wind farms’ energy output, without new equipment. Credit: MIT.Humans must transition to more sustainable energy sources to slow down climate change and stop its unfavorable effects. Therefore, engineers worldwide have been dealing with various technologies that can transform natural resources, such as sunshine, wind, and water, into electrical energy.Renewable energyWind turbines,...
In June, the initial floating solar panel system located at Banja reservoir suffered damage. Credit: Offshore Energy.The Norway-based Ocean Sun, got the floating solar power project at the Banja reservoir in Albania, back online.. A tornado damaged the 500 kW unit last year simply days after it was commissioned.Floatovoltaics are an exciting name for...
Credit: flight global.Tickets are getting more expensiveAir France-KLM shared Monday that it would include an additional charge of 12 euros ($13,50) to its tickets to counter the expense of using more expensive sustainable aviation fuel.Air France claimed that the fuel fee would be added to tickets from January 10.Passengers in coach will pay around...
Fusion could create more energy than any other process that could be produced on Earth. Credit: ShutterstockThere has been significant excitement about recent results from the Joint European Torus (JET) facility in the UK, suggesting that the dream of nuclear fusion power is inching closer to reality. We know that fusion works-- it is the...
Partial density of states for 2,3-butanediol with accompanying partial charge density images; isosurface of 0.0075 electrons/Bohr3. The gray, red, brown, and pink spheres are Ru, O, C, and H atoms, respectively. Credit: DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2021.781001From Plants to Jet fuelA long-overlooked first step in producing sustainable aviation fuels will start with the ideal arrangement of molecular...
What if surplus renewable energy could be stored as computation instead? that’s the thinking behind “information batteries.” Photo/ISTOCK.A future powered by sustainable energy sources can save the globe from drastic climate change and reduce energy expenses. But the renewable resource has an intermittency issue-- the sun offers no power during the night, while winds...
