Since Southeast Asia primarily uses coal and natural gas to generate electricity, emission reduction may not be currently comparable to that of regions using more renewable energy. Additionally, EV adoption does also generate concerns around dealing with the used solar panels and EV batteries safely,...
LOY SNEARY: “We’ve got more electricity that could be generated than all of the coal-fired power plants, natural gas fired power plants and nuclear power plants in the world. That’s what the potential is.” Deep underground, the earth is hot. If you drive a drill down into hard ro...
Researchers are using lasers to turn petroleum byproducts into useful stuff. Tar and pitch, usually burned as waste, could be studied for more uses.
At Keystone, we are pioneering a patented process that transforms coal mine waste into valuable metals and rare earth elements, offering a sustainable solution to a growing environmental issue. Our innovative approach not only reduces waste but also generates clean energy and creates new revenue strea...
According to the International Energy Agency, 29% of electricity produced worldwide in 2020 came from renewable sources like wind and solar, up 2% from the previous year [3]. But other statistics are less encouraging. Renewable sources only meet roughly 11% of total energy demand, ...
Electricity demand is outpacing supply, as power plants, particularly those that run on coal, are retired faster than new capacity is built, grid operator PJM Interconnection warned in July. PJM operates the grid in Pennsylvania and 12 other states. ...
Initially, the 5-Mw photovoltaic power plant was made up of 33,500 solar modules feeding directly into the German electricity grid. A similar project nearby is the 3.4-Mw Borna ...
s solar power could soon hit 400 gigawatts (GW). Wind power is doing great, too. The reason they’re booming is that they’re now cheaper than old-school energy like coal and oil. Brand-new wind farms on land and huge solar parks can now make electricity without costing an arm and ...
What's key is that ahydroelectric plantcan be used to back up solar or wind power when they can't generate electricity. "The Norwegian system has more than 1,000 dams. And in that dam, we have a lot of water. And that water when it is in the dam, it's a battery. And that ba...
A lot of our energy doesn’t create power; it is wasted as heat. In the U.S., at least,half of the gas, oil, coal, and other fuels that we burn ends up dumped into the atmosphere without having powered anything. Inefficient technologies means the global figure is far higher. ...