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Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Solar Panels Meet Saffron In New Agrivoltaic Project

January 2, 2024

Via: CleanTechnica

The rarefied world of saffron cultivation is about to encounter a solar makeover. About 90% of the global saffron supply comes from Iran, but the allure of raising a spice crop that retails for $5,000 a pound could widen the […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

RWE Buying Offshore Wind Projects from Vattenfall in $1.2 Billion Deal

December 22, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

Germany-based RWE, among the world’s leading companies in development of offshore wind energy, said it will acquire three major projects off the East Anglia coast of the UK from Sweden’s Vattenfall in a $1.2 billion deal. RWE on Dec. 21 […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Major Hydropower Project Moves Forward in Angola

December 19, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

Work continues on what would be the largest hydropower project in Angola, a $5.2 billion run-of-river power station that Angolan officials have said could come online as early as 2026. Technology group Voith on Dec. 19 said it is supplying […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Advanced Energy Storage: Linchpin for a Renewable Energy Future

December 8, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

In an era defined by environmental consciousness and a pressing need to reduce our carbon emissions, renewable energy has emerged as the shining beacon of hope for a sustainable future. As we stand at the crossroads of rapid climate change […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Using AI as a guide for the better manufacturing of perovskite solar cells

November 22, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

Tandem solar cells based on perovskite semiconductors convert sunlight to electricity more efficiently than conventional silicon solar cells. In order to make this technology ready for the market, further improvements with regard to stability and manufacturing processes are required. Researchers […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

New Solar Power & Energy Storage System Uses Former Electric Vehicle Batteries

November 14, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

One of the common myths about electric vehicle batteries is that they are hard to recycle when they are no longer being used or can’t be used in a vehicle. This notion is not true, and to the contrary, some […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Bifacial Solar Panels To Open Floodgates Of Agrivoltaic Potential

November 8, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

The agrivoltaic field is racing along at a rapid clip in some parts of the globe, where farmers are eager to combine renewable energy from solar panels with pollinator habitats, grazing lands, and other agricultural activities. The economic case for […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Deep Decarbonization Scenarios Reveal Importance of Accelerating Zero-Emission Vehicle Adoption

November 2, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

The rapid adoption of zero-emission electric vehicles will move the nation close to an 80% or more drop in transportation greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 from the 2019 level according to researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

California startup to ‘sponge’ CO2 from the atmosphere

October 30, 2023

Via: TechRadar

Scrubbing carbon dioxide from the air is imperative if humanity is to limit global warming, experts say, and a California startup says it can do just that, using limestone as a carbon-sucking sponge. San Francisco-based Heirloom Carbon has become a […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

AI Revolution Could Drive Clean Energy Future

October 18, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a ubiquitous part of our lives, impacting much of what we do at work and home. AI’s growth trajectory is expected to skyrocket, with new potentials identified to help address and solve today’s challenges and […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Scientists Find the Potential Key to Longer-Lasting Sodium Batteries for Electric Vehicles

October 17, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

The Science Lithium-ion batteries are the standard for electric vehicles, but their raw materials are costly and can have unreliable supply chains. Sodium-ion batteries are an alternative that could alleviate some of these challenges. However, the performance of these batteries […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

BOEM Completes Environmental Review of Proposed Wind Project Offshore Virginia

September 26, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

In support of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review of the proposed Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project, […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

New Consortium to Make Batteries for Electric Vehicles More Sustainable

September 18, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

DRX cathodes could provide batteries with higher energy density than conventional lithium-ion battery cathodes made of nickel and cobalt, two metals that are in critically short supply. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has made it a priority to find […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Petra Nova, Pioneering Power Plant Carbon Capture Unit, Is Up and Running Again, says JX Nippon

September 13, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

Petra Nova, one of the world’s only two carbon capture and storage (CCS) retrofits at a commercial power plant, has restarted operations, JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration Corp. announced on Sept. 13. The project, which is designed to remove […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Hydropower Horizons: Pioneering a Pelton Turbine Breakthrough

September 1, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

In the late 1870s, American inventor Lester Allan Pelton devised the Pelton wheel, an impulse-type hydraulic turbine, to enhance energy generation in Western mining operations, which typically used lower-volume mountain streams. The hydraulic turbine employs a straightforward design, oriented horizontally […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

The Growing Importance of Carbon Capture

August 16, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies have long been seen as a tool to tackle climate chaos, but the potential was largely theoretical. Two projects at Sleipner and Snohvit off the coast of Norway have been capturing and safely storing millions […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Models suggest dropping costs of solar and wind power in Africa may make hydro power obsolete

August 14, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

A team of hydrologists and bioengineers affiliated with several institutions across Europe has found, via modeling, that building dams to generate hydroelectricity in Africa may be not be a cost-effective approach in light of falling costs for solar and wind […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Watts to Wheels: Why EV-Battery Innovation is Key to Sparking a Renewable Revolution

August 3, 2023

Via: IRENA

Increasing the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) is a fundamental part of accelerating the renewables-based energy transition and getting us onto the 1.5°C pathway. The uptake of EVs holds the potential to cut emissions by the replacement of fossil fuel […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Climate change may cause disruptions to solar generation in the future, modeling suggests

August 2, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

Climate change may affect the future stability of grid-connected solar power systems—something that needs to be considered in the planning of Australia’s renewable energy transition. Modeling conducted by researchers from UNSW Sydney shows the magnitude, frequency and duration of disruptive […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Al Gore-backed Energy Group Announces $20 Billion Investment in Offshore Wind

July 24, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

A UK-based energy supplier that counts former U.S. Vice President Al Gore among its investors announced it would pour about $20 billion into offshore wind projects by 2030. Octopus Energy Group on July 24 said the investment would come through […]