How Cleaning up Coolants can Cool the Climate – HFC Phase-Out
By Scott Denning, Colorado State University The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving to eliminate a class of chemicals widely used as coolants in refrigerators, air [...]
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Carbon Capture Technology Faces a Difficult Few Years
By Dr. Michael Dent, IDTechEx Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), or carbon capture and storage (CCS), is a set of technologies used to strip carbon dioxide [...]
Bertrand Piccard: Aviation Can Address the Carbon Challenge, Here’s How
Bertrand Piccard makes no apologies for being an aviation enthusiast, and believes that despite its current woes the industry has been made a scapegoat for carbon emissions, [...]
Technology Offers Fresh Ways to Reduce Food Waste
By Adam Bergman, Ecotech Capital, Guest Contributor With a new wave of COVID-19 spreading through many parts of the US, leading to beach closures and July 4th fireworks being [...]
Put clean energy at the heart of stimulus plans to counter the coronavirus crisis
by Fatih Birol (@ieabirol), executive director, International Energy Agency March 24, 2020 — Editor’s note: This piece is republished with permission from the [...]
Sourcing Sustainably: Green Tech Metals
Green tech metals for renewable energy and other smart technologies need to be sourced sustainably and responsibly. Here’s how. by Roopali Phadke Climate change solutions [...]
Power Grid Electricity Loss – Globally, It’s a Lot
Sarah Marie Jordaan, Johns Hopkins University and Kavita Surana, University of Maryland When it comes to strategies for slowing the effects of climate change, the idea of [...]
Cleantech in Silicon Valley: Not Just Renewables
One of the exciting parts of my job is mentoring young start-ups in the cleantech space, both in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. The activity has allowed me to keep my finger [...]
How to have an all-renewable electric grid
by David Timmons, University of Massachusetts Boston The main solution to climate change is well known – stop burning fossil fuels. How to do this is more complicated, but [...]
Hydrogen fuel cells vie for the future
By Amanda Nelson Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series of guest columns on innovative energy technologies and opinions. Amanda Nelson is a senior technical [...]
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