All Sustainable energy articles – Page 10
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FeatureHarvesting heat
Philip Ball looks at the thermoelectric materials that harness waste heat and turn it into useful energy
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News
Nuclear chief heads back to academia
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s chairman resigns, saying she has achieved her mission of ‘righting the ship’
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News
World’s first carbon capture coal plant opens
A $1.4 billion retrofit of a Canadian power station will mean 1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide is captured per year
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Research
Sawdust cellulose offers alkane pipeline
Biomass alkanes could fit into existing crude oil feedstock infrastructure
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News
Los Alamos lab’s safety lapses faulted for radioactive leak
Audit finds lab’s poor safety likely to be at blame for a transuranic waste leak that closed US’s only permanent nuclear waste repository
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Research
Poplar biofuel has potential to offer substantial environmental savings
New study seeks to alleviate controversies regarding the global adoption of bioethanol
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Research
First ionic liquid made from plant waste
Closed loop recycling could see ionic liquids made from biofuel by-products used to make more biofuel
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Research
Spray-deposition steers perovskite solar cells towards commercialisation
Scientists make headway on scalability hurdles
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Opinion
The energy to fight injustice
Giving the world carbon-free energy means putting nuclear energy back on the agenda, says James Hansen
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News
Australia scraps its carbon tax
The country is unlikely to meet its climate change targets unless some form of carbon pricing is introduced, campaigners claim
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Research
Organic solar cells reach manufacturing milestone
Complete roll-to-roll processing of flexible organic tandem solar cells achieved for the first time
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Podcast
Chemistry World podcast - May 2014
We speak to the ‘sultan of synthesis’, Phil Baran, and Peter James explains how labs can save cash on energy bills
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Business
Bumpy road for Chinese renewable energy
Huge losses at star Chinese renewable energy firms are ringing alarm bells
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Opinion
The future of feedstocks
Where will our chemicals come from when the oil wells run dry? Jose Lopez-Sanchez discusses renewable feedstocks
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News
Stolen radiotherapy unit sparks soul-searching on nuclear security
Recovery of cobalt-60 in Mexico greeted with relief and awkward questions on keeping radioactive materials safe
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Critical isotope threat to two-thirds of US nuclear reactors
Congress’ watchdog says US government needs to do more to secure America’s supply of lithium-7
