Adopting the right mix of sustainable construction practices could allow Canada to meet its housing goals—as many as 5.8 million new homes b...
Offshore wind farms connected by an underwater power grid for transmission could revolutionize East Coast energy
Strong offshore winds have the potential to supply coastlines with massive, consistent flows of clean electricity. One study estimates offsh...
Four ways to make AI algorithms more sustainable and better for consumers
As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies become more embedded into our everyday lives and business operations, their high energy demands...
Digitalization: A blessing for the energy transformation
Many people now work partly or permanently from home. This saves petrol because they no longer have to drive to the office—which is good for...
Researchers pioneer new approach to enhance all-solid-state lithium batteries
Researchers at the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with collabor...
Wind researchers undertake sweeping validation study of a downwind turbine
Most wind turbines face the wind—and there is a good reason for that. Since the 1980s, wind turbine developers have been using what is calle...
Advances in cathode composite design for sulfide-based all-solid-state batteries
Researchers in Korea have united to tackle the challenges in the commercialization of all-solid-state batteries. The work is published in th...
Extreme heat, hurricanes, wildfires: How summer's extremes disrupt the power grid
Every second of every day, utilities monitor the flow of power through the nation's electric grid, monitoring whether power generated ma...
The grid can handle more renewable energy, but it needs some help
The grid needs to change. To electrify everything from vehicles to heating systems to stovetops, the U.S. grid must expand by about 57% and ...
A strategy to design better materials for thermoelectric power generation
In recent years, engineers and scientists worldwide have been working on new technologies for generating electricity from renewable energy s...
A passive, renewable, more efficient way to extract water from the atmosphere
Freshwater scarcity affects over two billion people in the world, primarily in arid and remote regions, as well as islands and coastal areas...
Steel industry's net zero drive could make lower-grade iron ore viable, suggests study
A decarbonized steel industry that includes carbon dioxide removal techniques in its net zero arsenal could use lower-grade iron ore, accord...
Generative AI creates personalized storybooks for the future of child language learning
Researchers have created an innovative system for generating personalized storybooks. This system utilizes generative artificial intelligenc...
Company says manufacturing problem was behind wind turbine blade breaking off Nantucket Island
The maker of a massive wind turbine blade that broke apart off Nantucket Island and washed up on the beaches says a manufacturing problem wa...
A cool solution: Designing a next-generation cooling system to help data centers become more energy efficient
Artificial intelligence (AI) is hot right now. Also hot: the data centers that power the technology. And keeping those centers cool requires...
New hole transport materials for enhancing commercial potential of perovskite solar cells
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are celebrated for their exceptional photovoltaic performance and affordability. However, the high cost of cha...
Q&A: Weather-related power outages are on the rise. Here's why, and what to expect in the future
When Hurricane Beryl swept across Texas in early July, it left more than 3 million homes and businesses without power for days or longer. Lo...
Navigating digital financial inclusion in Africa
As the presence of mobile phones becomes increasingly widespread in Africa, digital services have allowed for more financial inclusion among...
Materials improve hydrogen production from water using microwave radiation
A research team has developed the design of materials that improve the process of obtaining hydrogen from water using microwave radiation. T...
Researchers highlight opportunities for manufacturing perovskite solar panels with a long-term vision
Researchers working at the forefront of an emerging photovoltaic (PV) technology are thinking ahead about how to scale, deploy, and design f...
Researchers create bio-inspired 3D-printed solar steam generators for desalination
Faced with the world's impending freshwater scarcity, a team of researchers in Singapore turned to solar steam generators (SSGs), which ...
Don't look down: fearless trainees propel wind turbine boom
Perched almost 300 feet (90 meters) above the New Mexico plains, strapped to the sheer-edged roof of a wind turbine's generator by a sin...
Enhancing the performance, stability of solid oxide cells via in-situ forming of dual phase strontium lanthanum ferrate
Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is a highly efficient and clean advanced energy conversion technology that converts chemical energy directly in...
New software provides advanced grid simulation capabilities
Power companies and electric grid developers turn to simulation tools as they attempt to understand how modern equipment will be affected by...
Engineers develop safe and long-cyclable lithium metal battery for high temperatures
In recent years, batteries have become ubiquitous in consumers' daily lives. However, existing commercial battery technologies, which us...
Nigeria's chronic power shortages: Mini grids haven't solved the problem—here's why
Electricity is a scarce commodity in Nigeria. With just over 4,000 megawatts supplying nearly 220 million people, the electricity access def...
Sodium-ion batteries are set to spark a renewable energy revolution
The extent to which renewables should dominate Australia's energy grids is a major issue in science and politics. Solar and wind are cle...
Less is more: Efficient hydrogen production with less precious metals
In a step towards sustainable energy, a team of researchers at the University of Twente led by Dr. Marco Altomare has demonstrated a new met...
India has ramped up its wind and solar energy. It now needs to expand places to store it
At a Coca-Cola factory on the outskirts of Chennai in southern India a giant battery powers machinery day and night, replacing a diesel-spew...
Renewable electricity to outstrip coal next year: IEA
The amount of electricity produced from renewable sources worldwide is set to surpass output from coal-fired plants for the first time in 20...
Researchers develop novel electrode for improving flowless zinc-bromine battery
Due to rising environmental concerns, global energy production is shifting from fossil fuels to sustainable and renewable energy systems suc...
Engineers develop advanced solid-state electrolytes for high-performance all-solid-state lithium metal batteries
Researchers at the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have recently developed a new generat...
Social media: How algorithms influence election campaigns
A study published in the journal PNAS Nexus reveals how social media algorithms favor politically sponsored content from certain parties giv...
The Fiber Shredder: Professor's machine could make clothing more recyclable
The textile industry is a major polluter, producing 92 million tons of textile waste globally each year, according to Boston University. f...
Study shows new efficiency standards for heavy trucks could boost energy use
Deliveries are getting faster than ever in the U.S., but the faster movement of goods is undercutting the country's climate progress. ...
Blade collapse, New York launch and New Jersey research show uneven progress of offshore wind
Three events Wednesday highlighted the uneven progress of the offshore wind industry in the Northeast, including the start of a major projec...
In 27 U.S. states, utilities can shut off electricity for nonpayment, even in a heat wave
Coast to coast, millions of Americans are experiencing sweltering temperatures this summer, with seemingly little relief in sight. For peopl...
A strategy to enhance the stability of perovskite solar cells under reverse bias conditions
If an individual solar cell is shaded and other cells in the same module are not, the sunlit cells can try to drive current through the shad...
Even on Instagram, teens mostly feel bored: Researchers offer design recommendations
Concern that social media is driving the teen mental health crisis has risen to such a pitch that the majority of states in the country have...
Water scarcity drove steam power adoption during Industrial Revolution, new research suggests
A new reconstruction of 19th-century Britain's water resources has revealed how limited access to waterpower during the Industrial Revol...
Capturing carbon with energy-efficient sodium carbonate−nanocarbon hybrid material
Industrial emissions are one of the main sources of climate change-inducing carbon dioxide (CO2). While adopting renewable and clean energy ...
Unveiling a new class of synthetic fuels
Researchers from RWTH, the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, and ETH Zurich have made considerable advancements in synthe...
Recycled micro-sized silicon anodes from photovoltaic waste improve lithium-ion battery performance
Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed low...
One-step process simplifies electrode fabrication for water electrolysis
A research team led by Dr. Sung Mook Choi of the Korea Institute of Materials Science has developed a one-step electrode fabrication process...
Electric trucks: How many fast-charging locations are needed in Europe?
A new joint study by Fraunhofer ISI and Amazon provides critical insights as to the optimal number and location of public fast-charging stat...
Smart diagnostics: Possible uses of generative AI to empower nuclear plant operators
Imagine being able not only to detect a fault in a complex system but also to receive a clear, understandable explanation of its cause. Just...
Open-TeleVision allows VR-type control of remote robot
A combined team of roboticists from MIT and the University of California, San Diego, has developed a new type of remote control for robots c...
World's first hydrogen-powered commercial ferry to run on San Francisco Bay, and it's free to ride
The world's first hydrogen-powered commercial passenger ferry will start operating on San Francisco Bay as part of plans to phase out di...
A new approach to boost the efficiency of non-fused ring electron acceptor solar cells
The power-conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of organic solar cells based on compounds known as polymer donors and fused ring electron acceptors...
Library of operating data enables analysis of complex electric grid
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have opened a new virtual library where visitors can check out waveforms instead of books. fr...
Using sodium to make more sustainable batteries
The element lithium is used widely in batteries because it results in long-lasting, stable energy storage. However, it's a finite resour...
User control of video autoplay can alter awareness of online video 'rabbit holes'
The rabbit hole contains madness, according to author Lewis Carroll. Online, that madness manifests in the form of increasingly extreme cont...
DWP ratepayer advocate predicts fee increases, recommends delaying city's 100% clean energy timeline
Los Angeles residents and businesses will face higher electric bills as the Department of Water and Power transitions to 100% clean energy, ...
China building more wind, solar capacity than rest of world combined: report
China is building almost twice as much wind and solar energy capacity as every other country combined, research published Thursday showed. ...
Study proposes framework for 'child-safe AI' following incidents in which kids saw chatbots as quasi-human, trustworthy
Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have frequently shown signs of an "empathy gap" that puts young users at risk of distress or...
Researchers develop intelligent activewear for a dry and comfortable experience
The Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games are just around the corner and a global sports frenzy is underway. However, intense summer workouts ofte...
Single-crystal synthesis technology enhances durability of lithium secondary batteries
A research team has recently demonstrated a single-crystal synthesis technology that significantly extends the lifespan of cathode materials...
Physicists extend lifespan of perovskite solar cells
Silicon dominates the current commercial solar cell industry, offering an attractive combination of low cost, high efficiency and long lifes...
Researchers design nano primary battery system for remediating diverse heavy metal ions
A team led by Prof. Wu Zhengyan and Zhang Jia from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has synthesiz...
Trust, more than knowledge, critical for acceptance of fully autonomous vehicles: Study
While not yet on the market, fully autonomous vehicles are promoted as a way to make road travel dramatically safer, but a recent study foun...
A vehicle-to-grid response: Electric vehicles fed power into Australian grid during blackout, says report
During a major storm event that eventually cut power to tens of thousands of homes, a fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) were able to feed pow...
Making rechargeable batteries more sustainable with fully recyclable components
Rechargeable solid-state lithium batteries are an emerging technology that could someday power cell phones and laptops for days with a singl...
Are solar panels a good investment? New Berkeley study offers an answer
Solar power panels have long seemed an appealing option in California, a state with lots of sunny days that adores its electronic gadgetry a...
New carbon storage technology is fastest of its kind
A new way to store carbon captured from the atmosphere, developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, works much faster tha...
Fusion power could transform how we get our energy—and worsen problems it's intended to solve
Harnessing energy from nuclear fusion—the combining of nuclei, which lie within atoms—could be instrumental in the shift towards a decarboni...
State assesses geothermal, hydrogen power to help make Colorado 100% renewable
Colorado's goal is to get to 100% renewable energy by 2040, and state officials are looking to geothermal and hydrogen power as importan...
New material paves the way to on-chip energy harvesting
Researchers from Germany, Italy, and the UK have achieved a major advance in the development of materials suitable for on-chip energy harves...
Novel smart solar-powered freezer truck unveiled in Hong Kong
The transport sector is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in Hong Kong, accounting for 19% of total emissions. Supportin...
New electrolyte design boosts lithium metal battery range while minimizing fluorine content
A new electrolyte design for lithium metal batteries could significantly boost the range of electric vehicles. Researchers at ETH Zurich hav...
Nuclear power has an advantage not reflected in its average price. It's price stability, and for some users that matters
Much of the debate about nuclear power in the month since the Coalition announced its plan to install reactors in seven states has been abou...
New lithium plant inaugurated in Argentina
French mining group Eramet and China's Tsingshan on Wednesday inaugurated a lithium production plant in Argentina to supply the booming ...
Lab creates world's first anode-free sodium solid-state battery
UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering Prof. Y. Shirley Meng's Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion has created the world's...
Indonesia launches first EV battery plant
Indonesia launched its first electric vehicle battery plant on Wednesday, President Joko Widodo said, as Southeast Asian countries move to g...
Rational layered oxide cathode design achieves low-cobalt, high-performance lithium-ion batteries
Researchers from Hunan University have designed a layered oxide cathode for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that achieves fast-charging p...
Survey shows most people think LLMs such as ChatGPT can experience feelings and memories
Two-thirds of people surveyed think that artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT have some degree of consciousness and can have subj...
New non-fullerene acceptor helps achieve 20.2% efficiency in organic solar cells
In recent years, engineers have introduced a wide range of photovoltaic (PV) solutions that could facilitate the sustainable generation of e...
A five-step plan to support smooth transitions in the hydropower workforce
A new resource is equipping hydropower organizations with tools that can facilitate seamless succession planning and promote robust knowledg...
How the apparel industry could refashion itself
A bit of retail therapy can feel like harmless fun. Yet getting a great deal on a new shirt or pair of shoes may come with a hidden price ta...
Thermal energy storage and phase change materials could enhance home occupant safety during extreme weather
Bitter cold temperatures. Unrelenting heat. Power outages that last for weeks. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers are p...
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