Collaborate Disseminate
Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed an unusual way to harvest wave power, with a gently rolling cylinder designed around the triboelectric effect that causes static shocks after you walk on certain carpets.Con… Continue reading Fur-lined double-barrel generator harvests energy from slow waves
Before plant material can be turned into biofuel to power things like giant jets and speedy motorcycles, a significant amount of moisture must be removed from it, which often requires both mechanical pressing and thermal drying. Researchers from Japan … Continue reading New heat-free plant press yields biofuel and antivirals
Australian company 5B has developed a hinged, folding solar array for ridiculously quick and easy installation at industrial scale. In May, 5B showed just how quick: a team of 10 covered the area of a soccer field with a 1.1-MW array in a single day.Co… Continue reading Rapid-deployment solar arrays cut energy cost up to 20%, says 5B
Russia is the only country that sells the HALEU fuel that some next-generation nuclear plants will rely on, and with sanctions now in place due to the war in Ukraine, TerraPower has now conceded its demo timeline will blow out by at least two years.Con… Continue reading Minimum two-year setback for TerraPower’s advanced nuclear demonstrator
Sweden’s Eco Wave Power has been proving its relatively simple, jetty-mounted wave energy devices for at least 10 years now, and has now inked a conditional deal for a 77-megawatt installation in Turkey – the world’s largest wave power plant.Continue R… Continue reading Eco Wave Power signs concession for world’s largest wave power station
Floating wind turbines are crucial to the future of offshore wind, and to bring energy costs down to a competitive level, they require radically different thinking. French company Eolink is starting to build a full-scale demonstrator of its innovative … Continue reading Full-scale 5-MW floating “pyramid” wind turbine will be put to the test
Floating wind turbines are crucial to the future of offshore wind, and to bring energy costs down to a competitive level, they require radically different thinking. French company Eolink is starting to build a full-scale demonstrator of its innovative … Continue reading Full-scale 5-MW floating “pyramid” wind turbine will be put to the test
If all the major green ammonia projects on our shortlist are completed on schedule, their combined production total will be more than half of today’s global ammonia industry by the mid-2030s – eliminating nearly 1% of global carbon dioxide emissions.Co… Continue reading World’s largest green ammonia projects could clean up half the market
Denmark’s Hyme Energy wants to save decommissioned fossil-fuel heat and power plants by repurposing them as super-cheap renewable energy storage and release facilities, using cutting-edge molten salt technology borrowed from the advanced nuclear sector… Continue reading Swords to ploughshares: Hyme re-jigs old power plants for clean energy
Caltech’s wildly ambitious space solar project, buoyed by a massive hundred-million-dollar donation, is preparing to launch its first prototypes into orbit. These cutting-edge ultralight structures will collect, convert and wirelessly send energy.Conti… Continue reading Caltech’s space solar project prepares for its first orbital prototype