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07Mar

Converting Liquor Waste into Energy: Baijiu Sediment Repurposed as a Sodium-Ion Battery Anode

Synthesis process of hard carbon and the application of the battery. Credit: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c17922A research team from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, collaborating with baijiu manufacturer Wuliangye, has developed a carbon-based anode for sodium-ion batteries using baijiu sediment. Their study, published in ACS Applied Materials &...

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06Mar

Our Next Energy’s Founder Returns as CEO After New Funding

Image Credits:Our Next EnergyJust over a year after stepping down as CEO of battery startup Our Next Energy (ONE), Mujeeb Ijaz has returned to lead the company. This announcement coincides with the closing of a new funding round led by Crescent Ventures and Trousdale Ventures.ONE has not disclosed the round’s size and did not...

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23Dec

Virginia’s Fusion Power Plant: Advancing Toward Unlimited Energy

A rendering of what the SPARC tokamak would look like inside the ARC power plant Commonwealth Fusion SystemsNo, this isn’t the return of Marvel’s Iron Man. Instead, Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has unveiled plans to construct the world’s first grid-scale fusion power plant near Richmond, Virginia.After scouting over 100 locations worldwide, CFS selected a 100-acre...

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19Nov

First U.S. Onshore Wave Energy Project Receives Green Light

EWP is looking to complete installation of its energy system at the Port of LA site but Q1 2025, which should look and operate similar to the company's pilot setup at Jaffa Port in Israel (shown)Eco Wave PowerIn 2022, Eco Wave Energy (EWP) announced its ambitious plan to relocate its wave energy array from...

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29Jul

World-First Space-Based Energy Grid Outlined by Star Catcher

Credit: PixabayFunding Secured for Ambitious Space-Based Energy GridStar Catcher Industries has secured US$12.25 million in seed funding for its ambitious plan to build the world’s first "space-based energy grid." The idea is that a network of satellites would gather energy from the Sun and beam it at high concentrations to other satellites in orbit.Collecting...

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06Mar

Breakthrough Solution for Cold-Resistant, High-Energy-Density Batteries

a) Schematic: Metal foil inserted for internal heating and fast heat transfer to electrodes and electrolyte. Self-heating activated by switching off the connection between activation terminal and negative terminal. b) Evolution of cell voltage and temperature during activation at Vact = 0.4 V (inset) and subsequent 1C discharge at −20 °C. Battery temperature increases from −20 °C to 0 °C...

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29Feb

Soil-Powered Fuel Cell Harnesses Earth’s Energy

A microbial fuel cell buried in soil and generating powerBill Yen/Northwestern UniversityA groundbreaking innovation from Northwestern University showcases a compact device capable of producing electricity by harnessing the power generated as microbes decompose soil, as long as there is carbon present.This device, about the size of a paperback book, operates on microbial fuel...

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15Dec

Wax tiles Markedly Cut Energy use for Heating and Cooling

UCSB's adaptive roof tiles are actuated by the phase changes of wax, and can passively stabilize room temperature to radically reduce the energy cost of heating and coolingUC Santa BarbaraBy employing a temperature-sensitive "wax motor," scientists have developed a dynamic roofing tile system that maintains a comfortable room temperature of 18 °C (65 °F)....

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19Nov

2022 Will Strike a New Record For Climate Pollution

The earth has nine years to avert climate catastrophe. However, we are still pumping out record levels of pollution.A chimney from the Linden Cogeneration Plant is seen in Linden, New Jersey, on April 22nd, 2022.  Credit: Kena Betancur / VIEWpressThe growing climate catastropheThe globe is rapidly coming close to a current level of climate catastrophe...

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06Nov

More Oil Refinery Emissions Expected in the Near Future

A study (An international stock), revealed that CO2 escapes from oil refineries were as high as, 1.3 Gt in 2018 and could reach 16.5 Gt from 2020 to 2030. From the results, the investigators suggest unique mitigation techniques for such refineries in various regions and ages. The results appear today (20 August 2021) in...

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