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Global experts propose a path forward in generating clean power from waste energy

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Simon Fraser University professor Vincenzo Pecunia has led a team of more than 100 internationally-recognized scientists in creating a comprehensive “roadmap” to guide global efforts to convert waste energy into clean power.

Researchers develop an oxygen-ion battery

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Lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous today, but that does not mean that they are the best solution for all areas of application. TU Wien has now succeeded in developing an oxygen-ion battery that has some important advantages. Although it does not allow for quite as high energy densities as the lithium-ion battery, its storage capacity does not decrease irrevocably over time: it can be regenerated and thus may enable an extremely long service life.

Biodegradable artificial muscles: Going green in the field of soft robotics

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Artificial muscles are a progressing technology that could one day enable robots to function like living organisms. Such muscles open up new possibilities for how robots can shape the world around us; from assistive wearable devices that can redefine our physical abilities at old age, to rescue robots that can navigate rubble in search of the missing. But just because artificial muscles can have a strong societal impact during use, doesn’t mean they have to leave a strong environmental impact after use.

What really matters in multi-story building design?

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The impact of multi-story building design considerations on embodied emissions, cost, and operational energy has been revealed for the first time. Using a model, researchers estimate that 28% to 44% of yearly heating and cooling energy, and six gigatons of cumulative embodied carbon dioxide equivalent from now until 2050, could be saved in new multi-story buildings by employing certain recommendations and using technology available today.

Thin oxide films for development of model materials for semiconductors, sensors and batteries

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One of the first sights greeting visitors to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s (PNNL’s) Energy Sciences Center are windows into busy lab spaces. Filled with equipment and researchers going about their work, the film growth lab looks out onto the lobby. It houses a team that creates extremely thin and precise films of different materials.

Doing the math on a solar-powered future

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Physicist Anders Carlsson, at Washington University in St. Louis, and Sid Redner of the Santa Fe Institute have created a new mathematical model to describe the most reliable, efficient and cost-effective way to harness solar power.

Can the heat from running computers help grow our food? It’s complicated

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Digital technologies are changing how food is produced. And it’s more than harvesting robots that are arriving on the scene. Companies are now pairing data centers with greenhouses, capturing the heat emitted by computing hardware and reusing it to grow crops indoors.

The end of thermal cars: Why electric vehicles aren’t a silver bullet

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On 8 June 2022, the European Parliament voted to ban the sale of new internal-combustion engine cars in Europe in 2035. This measure is part of European objectives to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 55% by 2030 and be carbon neutral by 2050.

Manpower shortage dims solar panel boom in Germany

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Balancing on a sloping tiled roof, apprentice Pascal Ode installs a solar panel under the watchful eye of his trainer.

An integrated approach to cool: How evaporation and radiation can cool the world

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Large-scale, effective, and passive: these descriptions are aptly given to the integrated radiative and evaporative chiller (IREC), designed and tested by researchers at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. The goal of this technology is to come up with an energetically affordable method of cooling to aid in the rising consumption of energy while still minimizing carbon emissions through the process.

Novel heat-transfer medium and air wall increase efficiency of solar thermal tower power plantsMarch 23, 2023
The higher the receiver temperature, the more efficiently a solar thermal power plant will operate. Convective thermal losses also have an important effect on yield. The HelioGLOW collaborative project by Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE and industrial partners is working to address these challenges: The project team investigated a novel ceramic heat-transfer medium including power plant design and air wall for the thermal insulation of the receiver. The trend toward continuously improving production processes is reflected in the development of the Stellio heliostat.
Research team supports isostatic pressing for solid-state battery manufacturingMarch 23, 2023
Following months of promising test results, battery researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are recommending that the solid-state battery industry focus on a technique known as isostatic pressing as it looks to commercialize next-generation batteries.
Current status of our follower case in Linz, Austria – Renewable hydrogen and carbon capture and utilizationMarch 23, 2023
The Linz Follower Case of the CORALIS project focuses on the implementation of industrial symbiosis in the Upper Austrian industrial region of Linz. The project started in 2019 and the follower case has made significant progress since then. One of the first steps in Linz was to conduct a feasibility study to identify the industrial

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Current status of our follower case in Izmit, Turkey-Valorization of spent caustic and CO2March 23, 2023
The Izmit follower case of the CORALIS project is focused on the implementation of industrial symbiosis in the Kocaeli province of Turkey. One of the first steps in the Izmit follower case was to conduct a feasibility study to identify potential barriers and opportunities for industrial symbiosis in the region for valorization of spent caustic

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Current status of our follower case in Basauri, Spain- Waste heat valorizationMarch 23, 2023
The Basauri Follower Case of the CORALIS project is focused on the implementation of industrial symbiosis in the Basauri region of Spain. One of the first steps in Basauri was to conduct a feasibility study to identify potential barriers and opportunities for industrial symbiosis in the region. The study identified several potential areas for waste

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Current status of our lighthouse in Escrombreras Valley, SpainMarch 23, 2023
Escombreras is one of the three demo-sites within the CORALIS project, where CIRCE is the facilitating entity, Fertiberia Group is the demosite leader and the installation site is Quimica del Estroncio (QSr) located in Cartagena, Spain. Two more partners, INCRO and Azcatec, are in charge of the engineering processes. What is expected? Currently, fertilizers such

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Current status of our lighthouse in Frövi, SwedenMarch 23, 2023
The goal of the Swedish demo site of the CORALIS project in Frovi is to make a 10-hectare greenhouse operational while supplied by waste heat and carbon dioxide (CO2) from a nearby industry, thus demonstrating the power of industrial symbiosis in replacing fossil fuels which have been commonly used in greenhouses so far. In addition,

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Current status in our lighthouse in Brescia, ItalyMarch 23, 2023
The District of Brescia is one of the largest in Italy, with over 1,200,000 inhabitants and an area of 4,784.36 km². Brescia stands out for the excellence of its manufacturing processes as well as for the application of the best available technologies for the reduction of environmental impacts. In the CORALIS project, the Brescia industrial

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How the ‘rich man’s energy club’ became a climate championMarch 23, 2023
How do you rebuild an international organization for the climate era? That’s what the Paris-based International Energy Agency has done over the past decade. Founded in 1974 to secure oil supplies for its members, the IEA has become a leading voice on the need to cut emissions. This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi asks Fatih...