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Alternative Energy

Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Redefined by Machine Learning

May 17, 2024 at 08:41 | Brian Westenhaus

EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) researchers have used a genetic learning algorithm to identify optimal pitch profiles for the blades of vertical-axis wind turbines.

Saudis Fear Overheating Economy Could Slow Diversification from Oil

May 16, 2024 at 11:18 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The world’s largest crude oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, is looking to prevent its economy from overheating and driving inflation higher as it aims to boost growth in its non-oil sector.…

UAE and Oman Partner for Renewable Energy and Green Tech Projects

May 14, 2024 at 09:12 | Felicity Bradstock

The Middle East is expanding its renewable energy and clean tech sectors at an accelerated pace, as several countries plan for economic diversification beyond oil and gas. While fossil fuels…

Machine Learning Could Make Geothermal Energy More Affordable

May 10, 2024 at 09:34 | Felicity Bradstock

As governments and private companies pump funds into research and development, aiming to achieve the innovation needed to advance renewable energy operations, we are seeing greater progress in the global…

Nuclear Energy: The New Geopolitical Battleground

May 10, 2024 at 09:24 | Haley Zaremba

While the west has had a considerable amount of success imposing energy sanctions on Russia in response to the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russian nuclear sector exports have proven harder…

China Controls 80% of World's Solar Panel Supply Chain

May 09, 2024 at 09:37 | ZeroHedge

In 2023, solar energy accounted for three-quarters of renewable capacity additions worldwide. Most of this growth occurred in Asia, the EU, and the U.S., continuing a trend observed…

Transparent Materials Unlock New Possibilities for Photovoltaics

May 03, 2024 at 10:29 | Brian Westenhaus

Some materials are transparent to light of a certain frequency. When such light is shone on them, electrical currents can still be…

Egypt Eyes Large Role in Green Hydrogen Production

May 02, 2024 at 09:00 | Alan Mammoser

As host of COP27 two years ago, Egypt saw a flurry of announcements for large scale green hydrogen production mostly in the huge Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) that straddles…

UK Needs to Double Clean Energy Deployment to Meet Net Zero Target

May 01, 2024 at 09:38 | Haley Zaremba

  Despite significant advancements in its renewable energy sector, the United Kingdom is lagging way behind where it needs to be in terms of clean energy development. The country needs…

The Stage Is Set for a Resurgence of Nuclear Power in the U.S.

May 01, 2024 at 08:59 | ZeroHedge

The United States is about to experience a resurgence in nuclear energy. The federal government is expected to continue restarting shuttered nuclear power plants in the coming years to meet…

Fossil Fuels Hit All-Time Low in UK Electricity Generation

Apr 24, 2024 at 09:17 | City A.M

Fossil fuels have provided the lowest amount of UK electricity for a one-hour time period on record.

India Emerges as a Major Exporter of Solar Panels

Apr 23, 2024 at 09:39 | Rystad Energy

Rystad Energy’s latest data reveals renewable energy installations in India surged to a record 7.1 gigawatts (GW) in March, more than doubling the previous record of 3.5 GW…

Tech Leaders Big Big On Green Energy Startups

Apr 22, 2024 at 09:27 | ZeroHedge

Sam Altman and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz are betting on solar power and energy storage that can supply a low-carbon future to artificial intelligence data centers. Altman,…

Global Climate Goals Still Unreachable Despite Record Renewable Growth

Apr 19, 2024 at 10:15 | Haley Zaremba

Renewable energy installations reached record highs in 2023, growing at their fastest pace in decades. 510 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy were added worldwide, representing a 50% increase from 2022,…

Could We Power Flights With Human Waste?

Apr 19, 2024 at 10:09 | Felicity Bradstock

Aviation companies worldwide have increasingly been investing in research and development into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to help decarbonise their flights. The aviation sector is considered a hard-to-abate industry, as…

Fusion Energy Gets a Boost With Novel Plasma Control Technique

Apr 19, 2024 at 10:00 | Brian Westenhaus

At Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory’s ongoing quest to develop a range of methods for managing plasma so it can be used to generate electricity in a process…

Geothermal Energy: A Win-Win for Democrats and Republicans?

Apr 18, 2024 at 09:48 | Haley Zaremba

Geothermal energy is at the precipice of a major breakthrough in the United States. As technology rapidly advances, it’s seeming more possible than ever that the once niche energy production…

Europe Moves Forward with Major Hydrogen Projects

Apr 17, 2024 at 09:33 | Alan Mammoser

The net-zero carbon hydrogen industry is moving forward from pilot-scale projects of 10-20 MW of electrolysis capacity to large-scale projects of 100-200 MW and larger. While the discrepancy between the…

China Dominates Global Hydropower Generation

Apr 17, 2024 at 09:22 | ZeroHedge

China is the world’s biggest hydro power producer, having generated an estimated 1,303 terawatt hours of hydropower in 2022, according to data published…

U.S. Attracts Europe’s Beleaguered Solar Companies

Apr 16, 2024 at 17:51 | Alex Kimani

It’s nearly two years since the United States Congress passed the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), with the country’s solar sector expected to be one of its biggest beneficiaries.  According…

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