FUTURE FLOW BATTERIES
Flow batteries could store massive amounts of renewable electricity for the grid, but have a high cost and short life.[…]
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EXPANDING WIND POWER
Photo: Nicholas DohertyA new plan will allow commercial offshore wind farms in a 399-square-mile area in Morro Bay along central[…]
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EFFECTIVE EUCALYPTUS TREES
Photo: Frederic Perez Planting eucalyptus trees where cattle graze can turn grassland into land dotted with trees. Around 250-350 trees[…]
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SUPERIOR STEEL
A steel company, mining company and electricity producer partnership have succeeded in producing a form of iron using a nearly[…]
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AMAZING ARTIFICIAL LEAF
MIT researchers have developed a solar cell that can harness the sun, splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen. The so-called[…]
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ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS
The process of turning sunlight directly into usable energy (photosynthesis) may become something we can mimic to harness the sun’s[…]
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GREEN AMMONIA
Photo: phosphonium salts Each metric ton of ammonia produced today contributes to roughly 1.9 metric tons of greenhouse emissions and[…]
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RECYCLING CARBON
Photo: Jose Lebron LanzaTech, a Chicago-based company, produces next-generation climate friendly fuels by recycling waste industrial gases like those produced[…]
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CO2 TURNED INTO PRODUCTS
A new, low-pH system recycles more carbon into valuable products. The electrochemical reactor converts up to 70% of CO2 into[…]
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SALVAGING FOOD WASTE
Fruit and vegetable food scraps can be turned into materials stronger than concrete that’s usable in construction or packing with[…]
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