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Massive blackout hits Spain and Portugal
Power went out across all of Spain and Portugal on Monday, cutting cellphone and internet networks, halting trains and trapping people in elevators, officials said.
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Energy & Green Tech
New standard developed for battery-free, AI-enabled IoT devices
A landmark international collaboration led by Newcastle University has developed the world's most efficient integrated light-harvesting and storage system for powering autonomous Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the edge of ...
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Passivation technique reduces defects in kesterite solar cells to achieve 11.51% efficiency
Over the past few decades, solar cells have become increasingly widespread, with a growing number of individuals and businesses worldwide now relying on solar energy to power their homes or operations. Energy engineers worldwide ...
More power grid connectivity in Western US could supercharge clean energy
A new study led by researchers at the University of California San Diego offers a first-of-its-kind look at how deeper coordination among Western U.S. states could lower the cost of decarbonizing the electric grid—and speed ...
Apr 25, 2025
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A green technology for the closed-loop recycling of vat dyed textiles
It is becoming harder and harder to ignore the environmental costs of textiles, and demand is still growing by leaps and bounds each year.
Apr 25, 2025
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Engineering
'Cold' manufacturing approach solves fabrication challenge for solid-state batteries
Lithium-ion batteries have been a staple in device manufacturing for years, but the liquid electrolytes they rely on to function are quite unstable, leading to fire hazards and safety concerns. Now, researchers at Penn State ...
Apr 24, 2025
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Business
High-powered solar cells aim to replace batteries in low-power electronics
The basic technology behind Ambient Photonics's solar cells is so simple that it's routinely assembled as a high school science experiment. In labs across the U.S., students sandwich blackberries' potent pigment between glass ...
Apr 24, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Alaska, rich in petroleum, faces an energy shortage
In the state with the fourth-largest proven reserves of oil and gas in the U.S., there is a looming energy shortage.
Apr 24, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Self-driving vehicles: The road to cheaper, sustainable urban transport in Europe
The future of urban mobility is near. EU-backed trials of driverless cars in public transport could make Europe's city centers affordable, cleaner, safer, more efficient, inclusive and fair.
Apr 24, 2025
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Engineering
From beam to battery: Single-step laser printing supercharges high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries
A research team has developed an innovative single-step laser printing technique to accelerate the manufacturing of lithium-sulfur batteries. Integrating the commonly time-consuming active materials synthesis and cathode ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A crystal clear design for high-performance flexible thermoelectric semiconductors
QUT researchers have identified a new material which could be used as a flexible semiconductor in wearable devices by using a technique that focuses on the manipulation of spaces between atoms in crystals.
Apr 23, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
'Electron sponge' technology enhances durability of fire-safe aqueous zinc-ion batteries
Researchers have developed a novel copper oxide-based electrode material and successfully applied it to aqueous zinc-ion batteries, achieving a threefold improvement in durability. The findings are published in the journal ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
A single molecule boosts perovskite solar cell efficiency and lifespan
A new study in Science shows that the incorporation of a synthetic molecule into the design enhances the energy efficiency and longevity of perovskite solar cells. The benefits of the molecule, known as CPMAC, were found ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Is nuclear power the key to a low-carbon future?
Najmedin Meshkati is professor of civil and environmental engineering, industrial systems engineering and international relations at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. The following is an expanded answer to USC News' ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
'Energy security' is being used to justify more fossil fuels—but this will only make us less secure
The UK government is about to host a summit with the International Energy Agency (IEA) on the future of energy security. It does so as the world grapples with war, geopolitical realignments and trade barriers, against a backdrop ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Indonesia says China's Huayou to replace LGES in EV battery project
China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt is replacing South Korea's LG Energy Solution as a strategic investor in a multibillion-dollar project to build an electric vehicle battery joint venture in Indonesia, officials said on Wednesday.
Apr 23, 2025
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Business
Greens haven't stopped vital lithium project
Nevada is home to the largest known lithium deposit in the United States and one of the largest in the world. Radical greens would prefer the mineral remains buried in the Nevada outback. Thankfully, more rational voices ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Engineering
Sunlight and sugarcane waste power hydrogen production at rate four times higher than commercialization benchmark
A technology for hydrogen (H2) production has been developed by a team of researchers led by Professors Seungho Cho and Kwanyong Seo from the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST, in collaboration with Professor ...
Apr 22, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Trading some corn-ethanol land for solar can triple US solar energy production
In the U.S., 12 million hectares of land—an area about the size of New York state—are currently used to grow corn for ethanol. But strategically converting a small portion of that to solar facilities could vastly increase ...
Apr 22, 2025
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Engineering
Agrivoltaics study reveals potential solution to land competition between agriculture and solar energy
Can agriculture and solar energy work together instead of competing? A study led by Maddalena Curioni, Nikolas Galli, Giampaolo Manzolini and Maria Cristina Rulli, researchers in the Department of Civil and Environmental ...
Apr 22, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
In the US, saving money is top reason to embrace solar power
Financial benefits, such as saving on utility payments and avoiding electricity rate hikes, are a key driver of U.S. adults' willingness to consider installing rooftop solar panels or subscribing to community solar power, ...
Apr 22, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Difficult and costly energy transition projected by experts unless EU invests in biomass
Biomass is currently the EU's largest renewable energy source, but climate strategies often focus on other energy sources. A comprehensive analysis, led by Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, now shows that biomass ...
Apr 22, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Plant leaves inspire design of improved fuel cell
Hydrogen fuel cells convert hydrogen and oxygen into electricity, heat, and water. Because this conversion process doesn't generate any carbon emissions, fuel cells are seen as a valuable source of green energy that could ...
Apr 22, 2025
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Business
South Korea's LG Energy Solution exits from $8.4bn Indonesia project
South Korea's LG Energy Solution said Tuesday it had withdrawn from a multibillion-dollar project to build electric batteries in Indonesia, citing a range of issues including the "investment environment."
Apr 22, 2025
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