Aleh Cherp, Central European University; Jessica Jewell, Chalmers University of Technology, and Tsimafei Kazlou, University of Bergen Just 1% of the world’s coastal waters could, in theory, generate enough offshore wind and solar power to provide a third of the world’s electricity by 2050. That’s the promise highlighted in a new study by
Renewable energy provides about 20% of U.S. electricity. AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez James Morton Turner, Wellesley College Panasonic’s new US$4 billion battery factory in De Soto, Kansas, is designed to be a model of sustainability – it’s an all-electric factory with no need for a smokestack. When finished, it will cover the size
Introductory Chapter: A Glimpse into What Lies Ahead The incessant dynamism of our world sketches an impressive outline of Africa’s energy potential, resonant with promise and replete with prospects. Endowed with a wealth of natural resources and an expanding power demand, the continent stands as a pioneering force for eco-friendly energy solutions. This
A research team led by the University of Tokyo won a €5 million European Union prize this month for coming up with a novel way to make abundant and cheap fuel from sunlight. In the scramble to find alternatives to fossil fuels, the EU competition aimed to accelerate development of one of the
Lane V. Erickson/Shutterstock Mathieu Blondeel, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick The burning of fossil fuels caused 86% of all CO₂ emissions during the past ten years. Despite being the primary culprits of global heating, coal, oil and gas were barely mentioned in the official texts of previous UN climate change summits. That
This paper presents an experimental platform for regulating the DC motor angular speed powered by photovoltaic cells. The experimental platform comprises an Eco Green Energy EGE-260P-60 solar panel, DC/DC SEPIC converter, DC bus, DC/DC buck converter, DC motor and Nexys 4 board with an Artix-7 100T FPGA. The DC/DC SEPIC converter is used
China plans to peak its coal consumption by 2025 but, amid economic recovery, imports of the fuel from Colombia increased 150% last year. Can the new trade last? Back in late 2020, Colombia’s stated hope of saving its floundering coal industry by boosting exports to China seemed remote at best. Yet, in 2021