London (AFP) March 11, 2020 - The collapse in global oil prices may end up being bad news in the short term for the transition to green energy, as cheaper crude could see more use of cars and aircraft.
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 - An international research team has pioneered and patented a new filtration technique that could one day slash lithium extraction times and change the way the future is powered. The world-first
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 - Plastics are a victim of their own success, so inexpensive, easy to use and versatile that the world is awash in plastic waste. Now researchers from the University of Houston have reported a new met
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 - The greater sage-grouse is an iconic bird that lives in the western United States, and its populations are in decline. A new study published in the Journal of Wildlife Management reveals that energy
Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 - Though not as prevalent in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas. Occurring naturally as well as being manmade, methane is much shorter-lived than CO2, but it
Urbana IL (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 - Dried distiller's grains with solubles (DDGS), a co-product from corn ethanol processing, is commonly used as feed for cattle, swine and poultry. However, DDGS contains more phosphorus than the anim
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 - Cyanobacteria - colloquially also called blue-green algae - can produce oil from water and carbon dioxide with the help of light. This is shown by a recent study by the University of Bonn. The resul
Pullman WA (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 - A breakthrough into splitting water into its parts could help make renewable energy pay off, even when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing. Using solar and wind power when it is a
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 10, 2020 - Researchers are currently working to find, develop and scale the production of possible synthetic replacements for palm oil, but the process could take years.
London, UK (SPX) Mar 09, 2020 - Brexit is official and it will continue to change things in and out of the country. A lot will be more difficult, but the renewable energy industry will likely be impacted the most. Many sectors wil
Paris (AFP) March 6, 2020 - Oil giant ExxonMobil met European Commission officials just weeks before the EU announced its new climate plan, documents showed Friday, in what one monitor described as an attempt to influence the bloc's green agenda.
New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Mar 05, 2020 - Physicists have unraveled a mystery behind the strange behavior of electrons in a ferromagnet, a finding that could eventually help develop high temperature superconductivity. A Rutgers co-aut
University Park PA (SPX) Mar 05, 2020 - A lithium-ion battery that is safe, has high power and can last for 1 million miles has been developed by a team in Penn State's Battery and Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Center. Electric v
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 04, 2020 - Now there's evidence that oil and water do mix. Sort of. Scientists at Rice University's Brown School of Engineering show that microscopic saltwater droplets emulsify crude oil when each has t
Espoo, Finland (SPX) Mar 04, 2020 - Graphene, a single sheet of carbon atoms, has many extreme electrical and mechanical properties. Two years ago, researchers showed how two sheets laid on top of each other and twisted at just the ri
Yeongi-gun, South Korea (SPX) Mar 04, 2020 - Biofuel is often touted as a clean fuel, but the fact that it is made using food sources is a major drawback. To address this issue, there has been continuous research on the development of second-g
