New Process Enables Lithium Mining in Germany

Originally published on The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Whether grid energy storage, electromobility or wearable electronics – lithium-ion batteries have become an integral part of our lives. Millions of tons of lithium are mined in places […]

Post Lockdown Traffic Getting Back to Normal but Air remains Cleaner as Congestion is Down, New Research Suggests

Originally published on University of York Air pollution is lower than expected in some of the UK’s towns and cities, despite a return to almost normal traffic levels, new research shows. Findings by the University of […]

Nonfossil Sources accounted for 20% of U.S. Energy Consumption in 2019

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review Overall energy consumption in the United States totaled 100 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) in 2019, only slightly less than the record set in 2018 and the third-highest level […]

CleanSpark, Inc. & ReJoule Awarded $2.9 Million Dollar Second-Life EV Battery Grant with Support from Ford Motor Company

CleanSpark, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLSK), a diversified software and services company, and ReJoule, a battery diagnostics and optimization company announced that they have been awarded a grant from the California Energy Commission. The grant is approximately $2.9 million and is slated […]

New Study shows Global Temperature Responds slowly to Emissions cuts

Originally published on the CICERO, Center for International Climate Research, By ISELIN EKELI RØNNINGSBAKK CICERO is Norway’s foremost institute for interdisciplinary climate research. Although large emissions cuts are urgently needed if we are to achieve the […]

City e-Truck Charging can Cut Road Freight Emissions by a Fifth – Study

The EU could slash truck carbon pollution by over a fifth (22%) in a decade by requiring its main cities to have electric truck charging infrastructure. That’s according to an analysis of truck flows data which identifies 173 […]

Breakthrough Machine Learning Approach Quickly Produces 50X Higher-Resolution Climate Data

Originally published on the NREL July 7, 2020,  Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a novel machine learning approach to quickly enhance the resolution of wind velocity […]

Advanced Light-Receiving Technology from Toshiba Enables Solid-State LiDAR Free from Reliance on Mechanical Components

–Compact, low-cost and simple to install solution is suitable for wide variety of vehicle types- TOKYO—Addressing the ongoing migration towards autonomous driving, Toshiba (TOKYO: 6502) has announced the introduction of a high-resolution, long-range light-receiving technology for […]

Serpentine Optical Phased Arrays for Scalable Integrated Photonic Lidar Beam Steering

The University of Colorado, Boulder’s news, Leap in lidar could improve safety, security of new technology, by Kelsey Simpkins discusses a new work, a new study published in The Optical Society, by Nathan Dostart, Bohan Zhang, Anatol […]

DOE Awards $100 Million for Energy Frontier Research Centers

Originally published on ENERGY.GOV WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced $100 million in funding for 10 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build a twenty-first-century energy […]

First Lightyear Research Vehicles Hit the Road

High-tech company Lightyear releases two Lightyear Research Vehicles to test its integrated solar technology on the road, preparing for the production of Lightyear’s exclusive series, expected by the end of 2021. With the research vehicles hitting […]