First transatlantic sustainable aviation fuel flight saved 95 metric tons of CO₂, results show
Findings from the Virgin Atlantic-led Flight100 project, which involved a consortium of experts from Imperial College London, University of Sheffield, Boeing, Rolls-Royce, BP, and others, show that Sustainable Aviation Fuel ...
May 9, 2024
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Why US offshore wind energy is struggling—the good, the bad and the opportunity
America's first large-scale offshore wind farms began sending power to the Northeast in early 2024, but a wave of wind farm project cancellations and rising costs have left many people with doubts about the industry's future ...
May 9, 2024
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How Duluth, Minnesota, is preparing for the EV future
Nearly 33 million electric vehicles (EVs) nationwide—that is the number of vehicles the United States should be prepared to support through a national charging network by the year 2030, researchers at the National Renewable ...
May 9, 2024
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Scientists determine disorder improves lithium-ion battery life
What determines the cycle life of batteries? And, more importantly, how can we extend it? An international research team led by TU Delft has discovered that local disorder in the oxide cathode material increases the number ...
May 8, 2024
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Flexible pseudocapacitor defies climate extremes, packs energy punch
In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, the demand for reliable energy storage solutions has never been greater. With our reliance on electronic devices growing, especially in aviation, space exploration, and ...
Lab's AI work results in increased revenue, decreased land requirements for wind power industry
The wind industry could benefit from the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to design and deploy wind plants, according to an article in Nature Energy written by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable ...
May 8, 2024
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A low-energy process for high-performance solar cells could simplify the manufacturing process
Finding reliable, eco-friendly power sources is crucial as our world grapples with increasing energy needs and the urgent call to combat climate change. Solar energy offers one solution, with scientists devising ever more ...
May 8, 2024
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Chemists present roadmap to a carbon-neutral refinery by 2050
Would it be possible to build a refinery that is completely fossil-free, and thereby significantly contributing to a carbon-neutral society by as early as 2050? According to two chemists from Utrecht University it is. In ...
May 8, 2024
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Researchers identify cause of electron-hole separation in thin-film solar cells to increase solar cell efficiency
A team of researchers have collaborated to characterize electron-hole separation in the light-absorbing layer of kesterite thin-film solar cells. This study is expected to improve the efficiency of solar cells and promote ...
May 8, 2024
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Accelerating the practical application of next-gen batteries that are fire-resistant through dual-layer coating
Professor Hongkyung Lee of DGIST's Energy Science and Engineering collaborated with Dr. Chanhoon Kim's Clean Energy Conversion Group at the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) to introduce a stabilization technology ...
May 8, 2024
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