Lithium-ion batteries, those marvels of lightweight power that have made possible today’s age of handheld electronics and electric vehicles, have plunged in cost since their introduction three decades ago at a rate similar to the drop in solar panel prices, as documented by a study published last March.

Fly into Orlando, Florida, and you may notice a 22-acre solar power array in the shape of Mickey Mouse’s head in a field just west of Disney World. 

New research led by Mohammad Masnadi, assistant professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, offers a closer look at the relationship between decreasing demand for oil and a resilient, varied oil market–and the carbon footprint associated with both. 

A new electrocatalyst called a-CuTi@Cu converts carbon dioxide (CO2) into liquid fuels. 

At city-scale modelling, they found that photovoltaics could provide 74% of Melbourne’s building consumption needs.

Over the past four decades, the time between tropical storms making landfall in the Gulf Coast has been getting shorter. By the end of the century, Louisiana and Florida could be twice as likely to experience two tropical storms that make landfall within nine days of each other, according to new model estimates.

New Texas A&M research might help design more radiation-tolerant structural parts for safer and more efficient nuclear reactors.

The European Commission has just allocated EUR 1 billion to a total of 73 different projects aimed at contributing to meeting the goals in the European Green Deal.

Different countries face different risks and opportunities as the world switches from fossil fuels to renewable energy, researchers say.

Global carbon emissions in 2021 are set to rebound close to pre-Covid levels, according to the Global Carbon Project.