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HSBC suspends banker over climate comments: reports
HSBC bank has suspended its head of responsible investing after he hit out at climate change warnings during a recent presentation, media reported Monday.
Oil and Gas
Oman, Iran sign trade deals during president visit
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Oman on Monday as the two countries signed a string of trade deals and as international talks on Tehran's nuclear programme hang in the balance, leaving the Islamic republic under sanctions.
Oil and Gas
Albanese vows to make Australia a renewable energy ‘superpower’
Australia's opposition leader Anthony Albanese vowed Saturday to make the country a renewable energy "superpower", after claiming victory in national elections.
Energy Tech
New thermal management technology for electronic devices reduces bulk while improving cooling
Electronic devices generate heat, and that heat must be dissipated. If it isn't, the high temperatures can compromise device function, or even damage the devices and their surroundings.
Energy Tech
Spin keeps electrons in line in iron-based superconductor
Researchers from PSI's Spectroscopy of Quantum Materials group together with scientists from Beijing Normal University have solved a puzzle at the forefront of research into iron-based superconductors: the origin of FeSe's electronic nematicity.
Energy News
G20 failing to update carbon-cutting pledges: report
Nations in the G20 group of major economies have yet to strengthen greenhouse gas reduction goals despite agreeing to revisit their plans ahead of critical UN climate talks in November, according to an analysis by leading research NGOs seen exclusively by AFP.
Energy Tech
Low-cost battery-like device absorbs CO2 emissions while it charges
Researchers have developed a low-cost device that can selectively capture carbon dioxide gas while it charges.
Wind Daily
400 GW wind, solar power per year to meet 1.5 C Paris Agreement
What will it cost to reach the goal of the Paris Agreement and limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius?
Oil and Gas
Graphene-wrapped zeolite membranes for fast hydrogen separation
The effects of global warming are becoming more serious, and there is a strong demand for technological advances to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Energy Tech
Energy storage critical to deeply decarbonized electricity systems
In deeply decarbonized energy systems utilizing high penetrations of variable renewable energy (VRE), energy storage is needed to keep the lights on and the…
Energy Tech
For plasma with a hot core and cool edges, Super-H mode shows promise
Future fusion reactors have a conundrum: how to maintain a plasma core that is hotter than the surface of the sun without melting the device walls.
Oil and Gas
Russia may cut gas to Finland soon: energy group
Russia may cut gas supplies to Finland soon over the Nordic country's refusal to pay Gazprom in rubles, Finnish state-owned Gasum said on Tuesday.
Oil and Gas
Saudi expects 13 million bpd oil capacity by 2027: minister
Saudi Arabia expects to ramp up its daily oil production capacity by more than one million barrels to exceed 13 million barrels by early 2027, the kingdom's energy minister announced Monday.
Oil and Gas
Engineering piezoelectricity and strain sensitivity in CdS
Damaged ecosystems are sending signals of global climate crisis and energy scarcity to wake human beings up to respond by reducing excessive carbon dioxide and producing green sustainable energy.
Energy Tech
Electric eels inspired the first battery two centuries ago
As the world's need for large amounts of portable energy grows at an ever-increasing pace, many innovators have sought to replace current battery technology with something better.
Oil and Gas
Job fair offers hope to young unemployed in Iraqi province
In an Iraqi province where unemployment is about 40 percent, a lucky few hoped to find work Sunday at a university job fair attended by French firms alongside local companies.