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Reusing old oil and gas wells may offer green energy storage solution
University Park PA (SPX) Mar 19, 2025 Moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like wind and solar will require better ways to store energy for use when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing. A new study by researchers at Penn State found that taking advantage of natural geothermal heat in depleted oil and gas wells can improve the efficiency of one proposed energy storage solution: compressed-air energy storage (CAES). CAES plants compress air and store it underground when energy demand is low and then extract ... read more |
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Top locations for ocean energy production worldwide revealedBoca Raton FL (SPX) Mar 18, 2025 As global electricity demand grows, traditional energy sources are under strain. Oceans, which cover more than 70% of Earth's surface, offer vast potential for clean energy from renewable resources ... more 
Chinese battery behemoth CATL posts jump in annual profitBeijing (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 Chinese battery giant CATL announced on Friday surging annual profits despite a decline in revenue, as slowing demand for electric vehicles drives down the price of lithium. ... more 
The quest for room-temperature superconductorsLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 11, 2025 The quest for room-temperature superconductors continues to captivate the scientific community, with new findings shedding light on the fundamental limits of superconducting temperature. A recent st ... more 
Developing materials for stellar performance in fusion power plantsBoston MA (SPX) Mar 11, 2025 When Zoe Fisher was in fourth grade, her art teacher asked her to draw her vision of a dream job on paper. At the time, those goals changed like the flavor of the week in an ice cream shop - "zookee ... more |
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China's CALB announces European battery plant in Portugal Lisbon (AFP) Feb 24, 2025 Chinese lithium battery manufacturer CALB announced plans Monday to build its first European plant in Portugal, a two-billion-euro ($2.1-billion) investment it hopes will help it crack the continent's electric car market. ... more 
Geothermal systems drive global clean energy expansionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2025 Geothermal energy production has long depended on specific site conditions. Traditional power plants require hot, permeable rocks along with abundant underground fluids, which has confined their dev ... more 
SLAC to advance fusion target technology through DOE FIRE CollaborativesStanford CA (SPX) Feb 21, 2025 Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory will play a key role in the newly launched Fusion Innovative Research Engine (FIRE) Collaboratives, a DOE initiative de ... more 
New Technology Converts Waste Heat into Electricity and Challenges Thermal Physics LimitsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder's Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering have developed an innovative method to transform waste heat into electricity, defying a key ther ... more 
Princeton Chemistry demonstrates high-performance Sodium-ion cathode towards new battery technologyPrinceton NJ (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 For decades, scientists have sought ways to counter our dependence on lithium-ion batteries. These traditional, rechargeable batteries energize today's most ubiquitous consumer electronics - from la ... more |
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Nuclear fusion milestone: WEST sustains plasma for record 1,337 seconds
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 The WEST tokamak, operated at the CEA Cadarache site in southern France, has set a new benchmark in nuclear fusion research by maintaining a plasma for an unprecedented 1,337 seconds on February 12. This achievement surpasses the previous record, recently established by China's EAST tokamak, by 25%. This breakthrough is a crucial step towards the development of ITER and other next-generation fusion reactors, which aim to sustain plasma for extended periods. A key challenge in fusion research is st ... read more 
Unlocking the secrets of fusion's core with AI-enhanced simulationsBoston MA (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 Creating and sustaining fusion reactions - essentially recreating star-like conditions on Earth - is extremely difficult, and Nathan Howard PhD '12, a principal research scientist at the MIT Plasma ... more |
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France sets new plasma record in hunt for nuclear fusion Paris (AFP) Feb 18, 2025 French scientists on Tuesday announced that they had reached a "crucial milestone" in the long road towards nuclear fusion by managing to maintain raging-hot plasma for a record 22 minutes. ... more 
NRL's Mercury Pulsed Power Facility Celebrates 20 Years of Research ExcellenceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is celebrating two decades of groundbreaking research at its Mercury Pulsed Power Facility, a premier platform that continues to drive progress in flash x-ra ... more 
Toward sustainable computing: Energy-efficient memory innovationBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 10182025 How much energy is consumed each time we upload an image to social media, which relies on data centers and cloud storage? Data centers currently account for about one percent of global energy consum ... more 
In a first, researchers stabilize a promising new class of high-temperature superconductors at room pressureSranford CA (SPX) Feb 10, 2025 Researchers have made a significant step in the study of a new class of high-temperature superconductors: creating superconductors that work at room pressure. ... more 
DGIST Unveils Motion Powered System for Both Electricity and LightTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 DGIST (President Kunwoo Lee) has revealed that a combined research effort by Prof. Kim Hoe Joon (Department of Robotics and Mechatronics), Dr. Jeong Soon Moon (Division of Energy and Environmental T ... more |
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