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FeatureCan sustainable aviation fuels give us guilt-free flying?
Angeli Mehta finds out if we can make jet fuel sustainably – and cheaply
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News
World’s first graphene-enabled perovskite solar farm trial up and running
A test bed solar energy system using graphene–perovskite panels has delivered ‘very promising’ early results
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Business
Overcoming hydrogen hype
European strategies set up hydrogen’s potential contribution to lowering carbon emissions
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Research
Photo-rechargeable zinc-ion devices merge solar cell and battery tech
A low cost and stable battery that can recharge itself in sunlight could help make energy more accessible in developing rural areas
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Business
Dramatic job cuts at BP and Johnson Matthey
Coronavirus pandemic catalyses shift away from oil
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Business
Sidestepping the efficiency limits of solar power with Cambridge Photon Technology
Optical layer with quantum dots and organic semiconductors could raise power output by up to 20%
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Research
Mixing industrial byproducts offers greener thermal energy storage
A one-pot synthetic procedure turns lignin and fatty acid waste into a useful phase change material
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Research
Hydrogel boosts power of self-cooling solar panels
Material that sucks water from air increases solar cells’ performance by up to 19%
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Amazing slow motion video catches hydrogen flames going fractal
The clean fuel can combust with potentially devastating beauty in narrow gaps when mixed with air
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Research
Energy harvesting device runs on shadows
Study endorses shadows as an untapped source of renewable energy
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Research
Laser-lit honeycomb polymer boosts bacterial bioelectricity
Technique delivers orders-of-magnitude increase in microbial fuel cell current
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Research
Light-harvesting clusters and titanium dioxide cooperate to fix nitrogen
Atomically precise metal clusters continue to gather momentum by catalysing the production of ammonia
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Research
Chernobyl’s intensely radioactive ‘elephant’s foot’ lava recreated in the lab
Mimic of the lava produced by a reactor meltdown is far safer to work with
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News
Can negative emission technologies overcome climate catastrophe?
Reforestation, carbon capture and storage, direct air capture are among the ‘Nets’ that could remove CO2 from the atmosphere
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Research
Ocean motion turns carbon dioxide into renewable fuel
Bridge rectifiers and a supercapacitor help electrochemical system manage intermittent nature of wave energy
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Research
Study questions benefits of spending on carbon capture
Previous models failed to consider upstream carbon emissions and air pollution
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Research
Tiny holes turn silicon solar cells transparent
South Korean researchers hope their new design for silicon solar cells may one day replace windows
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Large, high-quality perovskite films for solar cells created at record speed
High speed deposition of perovskite films paves the way to commercialisation of promising solar technology
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Research
The dangers of global warming have been understated but so have our options to fight it
Analysis finds rates of decarbonisation significantly higher than thought
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Business
Reclaiming fuel from air
The companies trying to capture atmospheric carbon and transform it to hydrocarbons using green energy
