In 2021, wind and solar power accounted for ten percent of the world's electricity supply for the first time, according to figures from the non-profit organization Ember.At the same time, energy consumption in the world increased by five percent in 2021, and 29...
Researchers at the Australian company Hysata have developed a method that will make it much more efficient to extract hydrogen using electrolysis, The Guardian reports.Previous methods have at best had an efficiency of 75 percent, but the new method reaches as much as...
Deserts are a great place to build large solar panel arrays. The sun shines brightly, it's rarely cloudy, no trees shade, and it doesn't take up valuable arable land. But there are some challenges. One of these is that the wind carries sand, which lands on...
Solar power will be by far the largest source of new electricity in 2022, according to a report from the US Energy Information Administration, EIA. A total of 46.1 GW of new electricity production will be taken into use in 2022, and 21.5 of these GW will come from...
California has major problems with droughts. The state has been hit by a dry spell that has lasted for two years and the last two months have been the driest since the measurements began.Saving water in every possible way is therefore very important. Project Nexus is...
The Australian energy company Origin Energy planned to close down the Eraring coal power plant, Australia's largest coal-fired power plant, in 2032. But now the company has decided to close it seven years earlier and decommission already in 2025.The reason is...