The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The analysis led by Greenpeace estimated the Burrup Hub expansion could lead to 6.1bn tonnes of CO 2 across the decades ahead if fully developed – roughly 13 times what Australia emits annually. Most of the emissions would be released when the gas was sold and burned overseas. Continue reading.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It won’t be news to regular Charged readers that myths and misconceptions about EVs have taken deep root among the populace. When I tell a new acquaintance that I write about EVs, as often as not their reply is some sound bite that could be a direct quote from an oil industry social media feed.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 15, 2024

Among other improvement, the new measures aim to cut the permitting time by half for exclusive research permits related to geothermal projects. The new measures aim to conduct the different stages of application evaluation in parallel. This delay has significantly slowed down projects of this nature in France.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 21, 2021

Since acquiring Greentech Media in 2016, we have continued to use greentechmedia.com and GTM Squared news subscription service as vehicles to present greentech and renewables news. GTM news and GTM Squared. We have ceased publishing new news content to greentechmedia.com and GTM Squared. Newsletter.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 30, 2021

The fundamental mechanisms that allow tiny pieces of plastic bags and foam packaging at the nanoscale to move through the environment seem to have been described in more detail by researchers at Washington State University. This work is the first fundamental way to look at those mechanisms.” More than 90% of tap water in the U.S.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 22, 2024

At the beginning of April, Repsol announced the creation of a new company, “Repsol Earth Solutions Holding SL” , dedicated to geothermal and hydrogen projects, marking its commitment to the energy transition. Exploration work includes structural analysis, rock sampling and geophysical data acquisition.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 18, 2024

The group of IGCP636 member researchers organized its Annual Meeting in October 2023, in accordance with the guidelines of the UNESCO International Geosciences Program (IGCP). Mafalda Miranda , postdoctoral researcher at INRS (Canada), states that “Planning and organizing this trip was a very rewarding experience.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The project is further designed to test new technologies, such as fiber optics and drill rigs, and to test new workflows for geology and seismology research, providing new knowledge on processing and analysis.

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Charged

OCTOBER 26, 2022

A team of researchers from UC Irvine and four national laboratories has fabricated a cobalt-free cathode for lithium-ion batteries. The researchers relied on doping using HE-LMNO and magnesium, titanium, manganese, molybdenum and niobium inside the structure to fabricate a high-nickel cathode. Source: UCI News.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Nearly half of all businesses (46%) across the UK have ‘recycling food waste’ at the top of their priorities to reduce their organisation’s carbon footprint, according to new research. The research comes as updates to the government’s Environmental Bill are set to come into force in 2023. Using electric vehicles (16%).

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Charged

OCTOBER 31, 2022

A team of researchers has fabricated thick electrodes from two-dimensional materials in order to design an electrode for faster charging and higher energy capacity in lithium-ion batteries. According to the researchers, “This dense and thick electrode is capable of delivering a high volumetric capacity >1,600 mAh cm ?3

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Here, Converge shares both news of the project and details of its ethos and ways of working with entrepreneurs. The Seagrass planting prototype. Seagrass meadows have been called “the lungs of the ocean” and are capable of absorbing carbon dioxide 35 times faster than tropical rainforests.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2023

That’s how a biologist tried to explain people’s hatred for the rodents in a television news feature about rats gnawing electrical cables in parked cars in the southern Swedish town of Malmö. The brown rat, Rattus norvegicus , is one of the species best adapted to modern society. Several studies have shown that rats have powerful empathy.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The geothermal company Hita, a spin-off of the Belgian research organisation Vito reports having discovered Lithium in the water it pumps up from a geothermal well on its project site near Kempen, Belgium. This is reported by local news site De Tijd. ‘That is quite significant,’ says Vito researcher Bart Michielsen.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 18, 2024

The research team, led by NTU’s Associate Professor Alessandro Romagnoli , estimates the temperature to go as high as 200 °C at 4 to 5 kilometers. Source: The Straits Times The post Singapore to start two-year nationwide geothermal exploration survey first appeared on ThinkGeoEnergy - Geothermal Energy News.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 10, 2024

The British Geological Survey (BGS) has announced that construction work has been complete for the Cheshire Observatory, and that the facility is now open for research activities. The Cheshire Observatory is a unique subsurface research facility that will allow for detailed studies related to subsurface energy storage and geothermal heat.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

French geothermal development company TLS Geothermics has been awarded The “Cœur Martinique” geothermal research license – the first exclusive license to research geothermal resources in Martinique. Covering an area of 133 sq. the exploration license was granted via a ministerial decree dated 11 September 2023.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 9, 2024

We intend to use our global news and media platform to highlight the work of the geothermal developers, operators, researchers, service providers, and non-profit organizations in Kenya.” This partnership with GAK is an excellent way for us to continue to show this support.

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Charged

APRIL 19, 2022

Researchers at MIT and the DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a method for stabilizing the interfaces between the electrolyte and cathodes in solid-state batteries during the sintering process. The researchers say their method matches the bonding performance of the best-coated surfaces. “We Source: MIT News.

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Green Living Guy

APRIL 11, 2022

Plants around your house or office might help you feel more relaxed, calm, and natural, according to research published in the Journal of Physiological Anthropology. In addition, researchers examined the physiologic variables linked with stress, such […].

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The European Technology & Innovation Platform on Geothermal (ETIP Geothermal) has announced the publication of the European Geothermal Research & Innovation Search Engine (EGRISE), a search engine that allows the discovery of research products (e.g. The EGRISE can be accessed via this link.

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Charged

MAY 11, 2022

Researchers at Rice University have found that stress between misaligned crystallites in cathodes limits the flow of lithium. In general, we always want a more uniform reaction so we can charge the battery faster,” said Rice University researcher Ming Tang. “In The uniformity of the lithium, in turn, affects battery charging. “In

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 28, 2023

A new ‘Lighthouse Project’ entitled ‘Electricity network planning and implementation under uncertainty for the clean energy transition: The roles of smart distribution grids in energy systems’ is aimed to initiate closer collaboration between the Networks’ six working groups to address smart distribution grids. Have you read?

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 3, 2024

A meeting was recently hosted by the Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH) in Izmir, Türkiye to discuss the structuring of the planned International Geothermal Energy Research and Application Centre (IGERAC) with the support of Izmir Development Agency (IZKA). zmir into an international research hub in the field of geothermal energy.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Japanese automaker Isuzu is planning to invest nearly two billion dollars in electric trucks and batteries, according to EV news outlet Electrive. Isuzu intends to use the battery cells in a new electric version of the Isuzu Elf medium-duty truck , which the company calls its first mass-produced pure EV. ton versions.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Geoscience BC is funding new research into the geothermal heat potential Kootenay Lake area in British Columbia, Canada, focusing on the zones presenting the most likely geothermal prospect.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A research project is ongoing to evaluate the viability of geothermal cooling for agro-industrial buildings at the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT) in Brazil, in partnership with the University of São Paulo (USP). The project is supported by the State Government through the Mato Grosso Research Support Foundation (FAPEMAT).

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 16, 2024

The city utility of Munich, Germany, Stadtwerke München (SWM), has announced a new research project that aims to use AI to optimize the operations of geothermal district heating networks. The project initially involves researching and modeling energy losses.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 10, 2024

Extensive research and testing will then be done at the the well to establish the first platform integrating research, education, and experimentation of deep geothermal in South China. The post Sinopec drills 5200m geothermal research well in Hainan, China first appeared on ThinkGeoEnergy - Geothermal Energy News.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 5, 2024

Most of the funding was provided by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) with a further contribution from the Government’s Public Sector Decarbonization Scheme. “I was really honoured to be asked to break ground on the new geothermal heat pump at the British Geological Survey in Keyworth. . million project.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 1, 2024

Source: Mohammad Aljubran via LinkedIn The post Stanford researchers publish subsurface thermal map for continental US first appeared on ThinkGeoEnergy - Geothermal Energy News. The map can be accessed via a web-based API or ArcGIS. The data can also be accessed via the Geothermal Data Repository.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 23, 2024

The funding massively upscales Canada’s research and development efforts in geothermal power and supports its national commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 to address the climate crisis. The program focuses on deep geothermal systems in hot, dry rock five to 10 kilometers below Earth’s surface. “I Why support ultradeep geothermal?

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 25, 2024

By the early part of summer, the research team expects to have a clear idea of how geothermal heat can be used in the campus and its role it the net zero strategy. By the early part of summer, the research team expects to have a clear idea of how geothermal heat can be used in the campus and its role it the net zero strategy.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 28, 2024

Drilling has started for a geothermal research well at the commune of Gluszyca in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. Test drilling was then started in August 2023, with results from 13 test wells supporting the decision to drill a deeper research well. The project is expected to have a total cost of PLN 17.6

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 4, 2023

A taxpayer-funded drive for ‘blue’ hydrogen is good news for fossil-fuel lobbyists, but bad news for the climate crisis With the impacts of the climate crisis so apparent for all to see, it is becoming ever harder for governments to fob off voters with promises of action tomorrow. than burning coal. than burning coal.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Testing of a large-diameter geothermal research borehole Sd17PN in the Sidirokastro geothermal field in Serres, Greece has indicated temperatures of around 78 °C from a depth of 153.8 Photos from the testing of the geothermal research borehole in Sidirokastro, Greece (source: HSGME) The borehole was drilled to a total depth of 153.80

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Charged

JULY 21, 2022

A research team led by Dr. Hongyi Li and Dr. Tetsu Ichitsubo, both of Tohoku University in Japan, found that a multivalent cation additive can limit dendrite growth in rechargeable batteries by modifying the solvation structures of lithium or sodium ions in electrolyte. Source: Tohoku University Research News.

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