China has an opportunity to massively increase its use of wind power—if it properly integrates wind into its existing power system, according to a newly published MIT study.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 20, 2016
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Global warming could occur more quickly than expected, according to a new model by University of Queensland and Griffith University researchers.
Environment
Mar 10, 2016
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The way oil giant Exxon Mobil sees it, the global energy landscape won't be radically different in 2040 than it is today.
Environment
Jan 25, 2016
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Global energy demand from developed nations has an adverse impact on freshwater resources in less developed nations according to a new study.
Environment
Nov 16, 2015
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Researchers from MIT and Tsinghua University in Beijing are collaborating to bring new insights into how China—now the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2)—can reverse the rising trajectory of its CO2 emissions ...
Environment
Jun 19, 2015
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(Phys.org)—A small team of researchers with members from institutions in the U.S. and Germany has found that the greatest opportunity for reducing predicted energy demands over the next half-century lies with cities that ...
The Asian Development Bank and two U.N. agencies launched a hub Wednesday to mobilize investments and innovation to bring clean energy to the Asia Pacific region, where more than 600 million people lack electricity and 1.8 ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 18, 2014
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The next time your throat is as dry as a bone and the Sun is beating down, take a glass of clean, cool water.
Environment
May 13, 2014
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Surging populations and economies in the developing world will cause a double crunch in demand for water and energy in the coming decades, the UN said Friday.
Environment
Mar 21, 2014
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Yiannis Levendis, Distinguished Professor Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern, keeps a photograph of a burning plastic foam cup tacked to the wall above his desk. Thick black smoke emanates from the receptacle, ...
Materials Science
Dec 5, 2013
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