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Public Support Hydrogen and Biofuels to Decarbonize Global Shipping

July 6, 2023 — New research into public attitudes towards alternative shipping fuels shows public backing for biofuel and hydrogen. The study also found that nuclear was preferred to the heavy fuel oil (HFO) currently used in the global shipping industry, although both were perceived negatively. Ammonia had the ...

Nanosheet Technology Developed to Boost Energy Storage Dielectric Capacitors

July 4, 2023 — A research group has used nanosheet technology to develop a dielectric capacitor for advanced electronic and electrical power systems. Innovations in energy storage technology are vital for the effective use of renewable energy and the mass ...

Electrochemical Device Captures Carbon Dioxide at the Flick of a Switch

June 28, 2023 — New carbon capture technology can generate a continuous, high-purity carbon dioxide stream from diluted, or low-concentration, gas streams using only electricity and a water-and-oxygen-based ...

Worse Than Diesel and Gasoline? Bioenergy as Bad as Fossils If There Is No Pricing of CO2 Emissions from Land-Use Change, Experts Argue

June 26, 2023 — Demand for modern biofuels is expected to grow substantially in order to mitigate climate emissions. However, they are far from being a climate neutral alternative to gasoline and diesel. A new study shows that under current land-use regulations, ...

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Perovskite Solar Cells Set New Record for Power Conversion Efficiency

June 22, 2023 — Perovskite solar cells have attained now attained the extremely high efficiency rate of 24.35% with an active area of 1 cm2. This ground-breaking achievement in maximizing power generation from ...

How Tidal Range Electricity Generation Could Meet Future Demand and Storage Problems

June 21, 2023 — Tidal range schemes are financially viable and could lower energy bills say researchers. Research combined a tidal range power generation model with ...

Clean, Sustainable Fuels Made 'from Thin Air' and Plastic Waste

June 19, 2023 — Researchers have demonstrated how carbon dioxide can be captured from industrial processes -- or even directly from the air -- and transformed into clean, sustainable fuels using just the energy from ...

A Baking Soda Solution for Clean Hydrogen Storage

June 12, 2023 — Scientists investigate the promising properties of a common, Earth-abundant ...

Proposed Design Could Double the Efficiency of Lightweight Solar Cells for Space-Based Applications

June 6, 2023 — When it comes to supplying energy for space exploration and settlements, commonly available solar cells made of silicon or gallium arsenide are still ...

Record 19.31% Efficiency With Organic Solar Cells

June 1, 2023 — Researchers have achieved a breakthrough power-conversion efficiency (PCE) of 19.31% with organic solar cells (OSCs), also known as polymer solar cells. This remarkable binary OSC efficiency will ...

New Catalyst Lowers Cost for Producing Environmentally Sustainable Hydrogen from Water

May 30, 2023 — A team has developed a new catalyst composed of elements abundant in the Earth. It could make possible the low-cost and energy-efficient production ...

The Next Generation of Solar Energy Collectors Could Be Rocks

May 30, 2023 — The next generation of sustainable energy technology might be built from some low-tech materials: rocks and the sun. Using a new approach known as concentrated solar power, heat from the sun is ...

Hydrogen Battery: Storing Hydrogen in Coal May Help Power Clean Energy Economy

May 26, 2023 — The quest to develop hydrogen as a clean energy source that could curb our dependence on fossil fuels may lead to an unexpected place -- coal. ...

Researchers Examine Cooling Power Plants With Brackish Groundwater

May 23, 2023 — Nontraditional water sources can be deployed to help cope with climate-induced water risks and tackle the increasing water demand for decarbonization of fossil fuel-fired power plants, but that could ...