Solar Energy

Floating Solar Panels Lead to Higher Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ponds

Karen Simpson — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:02:26 +0000

March

2025

Deploying floating solar panels on ponds can increase the amount of methane released from the water, new research finds.

CEP: News Update

Karen Simpson — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:02:01 +0000

Engineered Heart Muscle Offers Hope for Patients with Heart Failure; Floating Solar Panels Lead to Higher Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ponds; Carbon Cloth Electrodes Could Reduce the Cost of Seawater Desalination; New Method Makes an Economic Case for Recycling Polycotton

March

2025

High Levels of Renewable Power Reduce the Intensity of Blackouts

Karen Simpson — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 16:54:46 +0000

January

2025

A new study finds that renewables actually provide a boost in resilience.

CEP: News Update

Karen Simpson — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 16:54:14 +0000

Contaminants in Wastewater Circulate Between Landfills and Treatment Plants; New Material Enables Carbon Capture at High Temperatures; Fuzzy Accounting Around "Net Zero" Slows Progress on Climate Change; High Levels of Renewable Power Reduce the Intensity of Blackouts;

January

2025

Catalyzing Commercialization: CdTe-Perovskite Tandem Photovoltaics Achieve Record Efficiency

Karen Simpson — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 20:16:25 +0000

Achieving energy sustainability necessitates efficient, cost-effective renewable energy solutions such as photovoltaics.

August

2024

Powering Sustainable Transit in the U.S.

Idell Bryan — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 04:43:19 +0000

April 16, 2024

Electric- and hydrogen-powered vehicles, as well as buses and heavy- and light-rail systems, all hold a part in making U.S. transportation more sustainable.

Scientists Unravel Defect-Free Crystal Growth Courtesy of Dolomite

Karen Simpson — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:36:27 +0000

February

2024

Researchers devised a technique to synthesize dolomite, offering insights into creating crystals for applications such as batteries and solar panels.

Special Section: The Energy Transition

Karen Simpson — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 13:12:07 +0000

Download the complete 24-page special section.

July

2023

Special Section: The Energy Transition: Energy Update

Karen Simpson — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 17:28:33 +0000

Electrifying industrial heat demand is paramount to achieving net-zero emissions in the energy system.

July

2023

Novel Device Captures Solar Energy for Hydrogen Production

Karen Simpson — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 21:29:48 +0000

June

2023

Scientists have piloted a solar fuel device that uses sunlight to convert water into renewable hydrogen, oxygen, and heat.

CEP: News Update

Karen Simpson — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 21:29:40 +0000

Same Looms, New "Smart" Textiles; Lab-Grown Meat Just Got Tastier; Novel Device Captures Solar Energy for Hydrogen Production; Using Nanomotion to Test for Antibiotic Resistance

June

2023

Solar-to-Hydrogen Hits Efficiency Record

Karen Simpson — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 18:11:37 +0000

February

2023

A self-healing platform for producing hydrogen by water-splitting has reached a new efficiency record.

Net-Zero INL: Leading by Example to Change the World’s Energy Future

Derek Ward — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 14:43:23 +0000

Archived Webinar

Thursday, August 4, 2022, 3:00pm EDT

Abstract: Jhansi Kandasamy, director of INL’s Net Zero Program, will present an overview of INL’s strategy to achieve net zero by 2031. The strategy will integrate emissions reductions of many types...

Solar Tower Produces Jet Fuel Sustainability

Karen Simpson — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 15:40:05 +0000

September

2022

A new experimental facility in Spain can produce synthetic kerosene from water and CO2, paving a potential pathway to carbon-neutral aviation.

CEP: News Update

Karen Simpson — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 15:39:53 +0000

Solar Tower Produces Jet Fuel Sustainably; Organ Monitoring Goes Miniature with Ultrasound "Sticker"; Keeping Bacterial Cures Alive in the Gut; New Technique Gives Biologics Better Resistance to Heat.

September

2022