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More efficient clean fuels could be within reach, thanks to new research that is helping commercialize the process of electrochemical CO2 conversion into clean fuel technologies. The technique is based on a laser that...
Light and small hydrogen storage units made of bamboo could promote the mobile use of fuel cells. Two researchers have developed a special process that enables them to chemically convert bamboo into gas storage....
UN Environment’s District Energy in Cities Initiative, which unlocks private sector finance to cut greenhouse gas emissions from heating and cooling, has been named best partnership in the energy sector at a global summit...
Biofuels will heat more homes and fuel more vehicles, leading the growth in renewable energy worldwide through 2023, according to the International Energy Agency, or IEA. John Dyer reports. The IEA’s Renewables 2018 market...
The UK’s largest producer of low-carbon electricity is partnering with one of the world’s largest car manufacturers to support the adoption of electric vehicles, energy generation and storage solutions. Nissan and EDF Energy signed...
Fast-growing cities in the developing world have a pivotal role to play in limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, finds the latest UN climate change report. According to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on...
A Swiss startup has opened up a facility in Italy that filters CO2 from the air and then converts into methane to fuel natural gas vehicles. Climeworks has developed a technology that it calls...
Recent discoveries are finding new and better ways to derive power from hydrogen oxide, part of a worldwide push to harness the latent power in water and put an end to carbon-based fuels. By...
Senior officials from Beijing, Fuzhou, Qingdao and Shanghai have announced plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings in their cities. The initiative, led by C40 Cities, will develop a range of innovative policies...
Growing and harvesting bioenergy crops – corn for ethanol or trees to fuel power plants, for example – is a poor use of land, which is a precious resource in the fight against climate...
World leaders can and must rethink how they build power plants, highways, water treatment facilities and other infrastructure if they want to make a meaningful dent in the Paris Agreement climate change goals, according...
A new type of lithium-based battery being developed by researchers at MIT could be made partly from carbon dioxide captured from power plants, preventing the greenhouse gas from ever making it to the atmosphere....
Fracking, or the process of drilling into the earth to release gas and oil, has made the USA a net exporter of gas. But the controversial technique also produces radioactive waste, with researchers now...
A new report from the International Institute for Sustainable Development shows how our thirst for green technologies could be fuelling conflicts around the world. Cobalt, which is a key mineral in smartphones, is even...
China is attempting a shift from coal to natural gas in an effort to address the country’s severe air pollution. A new study shows that although such a switch generally has benefits for air...
A new tool using data from Google Maps can calculate a city’s emissions from transportation and buildings, rooftop solar energy potential and even NASA climate forecasts. Its aim is to help cities identify reduction...
Electronics giant Sony has joined RE100, pledging to use 100 per cent renewable electricity for all its business sites by 2040. Sony announced on Monday that it has joined RE100, which consists of companies...
Deforestation is threatening the population of Virunga mountain gorillas in Rwanda with extinction. New, energy-efficient stoves, which reduce firewood consumption, can help protect their habitat. Of the 1,000 mountain gorillas worldwide, some 600 live...
GES first partnership project launched in Drenthe The province of Drenthe in the Netherlands has installed an innovative, environmentally friendly water turbine called Flowconverter near the Ossesluis locks in Hoogeveen. The test phase will...
Origin Energy will supply up to 75 per cent of Sydney Airport’s electricity with wind power from a 37-turbine, 135 MW wind farm. Sydney Airport is Australia’s busiest airport. Located just 8 kilometres south...
