Green Energy

Scientists have uncovered new ways for food industry manufacturers to help tackle climate change by altering their cooking techniques to reduce energy consumption. New research carried out by the University of Lincoln, UK, in collaboration with industry partner OAL found that using novel approaches to a process called Steam Infusion can reduce energy consumption by […]

If we are to mitigate climate change, we must find cost-effective and sustainable ways to reduce industrial carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Unfortunately, most well-established methods for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in industrial post-combustion sources bear significant downsides, such as a high cost, environmental toxicity, or durability issues. Against this backdrop, many researchers have focused […]

Members of the consortium running the U.K.’s first hydrogen blended gas project are hailing it as a success. The project, known as HyDeploy, has been running at Keele University, where both university buildings and homes have been heated using hydrogen blended with natural gas. The HyDeploy project led by Cadent came together with partners Progressive […]

As the UK’s National Metrology Institute, NPL has a significant role to play in supporting climate change mitigation action and enabling the innovations which will help industry deliver on their goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Geological storage of carbon has gained a lot of attention, but a more versatile carbon capture solution is required […]

A new transparency-friendly solar cell design could marry high efficiencies with 30-year estimated lifetimes, research led by the University of Michigan has shown. It may pave the way for windows that also provide solar power. “Solar energy is about the cheapest form of energy that mankind has ever produced since the industrial revolution,” said Stephen […]

A Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) research team has gained new insights about heat pump water heaters (HPWHs), an energy-efficient technology that extends the benefits of heat pumps to the task of warming domestic water. In a three-year project launched in 2017, the team studied the operation of HPWHs in Pacific Northwest homes and explored […]

Villagers in Shanxi province are getting closer to realizing their goal of energy self-sufficiency. Residents of Zhuangshang village, Ruicheng county, are installing solar panels on their roofs and using some of the electricity generated. They also use batteries to store power and sell surplus electricity to State Grid Corp of China. In the past 17 […]

Agriculture accounts for about 90% of total water consumption in the western United States and around 80% in the rest of the country. This year, droughts, ferocious wildfires, and extreme heat waves are turning farmlands dusty and ranchlands into grass stubble too short to feed livestock. Without adequate water supplies, farmers and ranchers are suffering, […]

Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a system to transport data using atomically-thin semiconductors in a way that is extremely energy-efficient. The breakthrough could one day help power next-gen computers and smartphones that consume less electricity than current devices. This new and vastly improved level of energy efficiency is achieved by mixing […]

With all the developments in the auto industry you may think your next car will be electric, including a new federal target that would mean half of all new vehicles sold within a decade will have zero emissions. This will be a dramatic shift for car shoppers, and perhaps an unsettling one. With the future […]