Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) May 01, 2021 - Pea sized stones heated to 600?C in large, insulated steel tanks are at the heart of a new innovation project aiming to make a breakthrough in the storage of intermittent wind and solar electricity.
Istanbul (AFP) April 30, 2021 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lambasted Cyprus on Friday after talks with Greek Cypriot leaders in Geneva ended without a breakthrough.
New York (AFP) April 30, 2021 - After a string of losses, ExxonMobil and Chevron on Friday both reported a return to profitability in the first quarter, bolstered by a significant jump in oil prices.
Boston MA (SPX) Apr 30, 2021 - There is no lone genius who solves all the problems. Dennis Whyte, director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), is reflecting on a guiding belief behind his nuclear science and enginee
Beijing (AFP) April 29, 2021 - Around 400 tonnes of oil spilt into the Yellow Sea after a tanker collided with another ship off China's largest crude-receiving port earlier this week, maritime authorities said Thursday.
Karlsruhe, Germany (AFP) April 29, 2021 - Germany's highest court ruled Thursday that the government's flagship climate protection plan was insufficient, a major setback for Angela Merkel's right-left coalition in an election year when environmental issues are expected to take centre stage.
Urbana IL (SPX) Apr 28, 2021 - New studies from the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) shed more light on the economic and environmental costs of mandates in the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), a fed
Saarbrucken, Germany (SPX) Apr 28, 2021 - With an output of around ten megawatts, today's wind turbines on the open sea have enormous dimensions. Their gigantic nacelles - with a generator, rotor and rotor blades spanning more than 100 mete
Oxford UK (SPX) Apr 28, 2021 - The now-familiar sight of traditional propeller wind turbines could be replaced in the future with wind farms containing more compact and efficient vertical turbines. New research from Oxford Brooke
York UK (SPX) Apr 28, 2021 - The discovery of a novel enzyme that releases a valuable chemical from agricultural waste could provide an important breakthrough in the upscaling of renewable fuels and chemicals, a new study shows
Caracas (AFP) April 28, 2021 - Eight Venezuelan soldiers have been killed in clashes with armed groups operating on the Colombian border, doubling the toll since an offensive against the combatants started in March, the defense ministry in Caracas said Wednesday.
Newark DE (SPX) Apr 28, 2021 - Millions of tons of plastic end up in landfills every year. It's a big societal problem and an even larger environmental threat. In the United States, less than 9% of plastic waste is recycled. Inst
Gochang, South Korea (AFP) April 28, 2021 - Resource-poor South Korea wants to spend billions on wind power to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, but its plans are being delayed by fishermen who say the fight against climate change threatens their catches.
Paris (AFP) April 27, 2021 - Ambitious climate policies could reduce extreme poverty in developing countries if governments opted for robust taxes on emitters that were then fairly distributed to help the poor, new research showed Tuesday.
Paris (AFP) April 27, 2021 - Innovation in the clean energy sector has slowed, a report released Tuesday found, a worrying development as plans to meet carbon emissions reductions targets rely on yet-to-be-developed technologies.
Beijing (AFP) April 27, 2021 - A collision between a crude oil tanker and another ship in the Yellow Sea on Tuesday has left an oil spill in waters off China's biggest crude-receiving terminal, vessel managers said.
