This floating solar farm in Huainan, China, is part of the country’s sustained power system Imago / Alamy China, the world’s great emitter of carbon dioxide, has been a slight decrease in these emissions in the last 12 months, even when the demand for power has increased. This is an encouraging sign that the country’s … Read more
Illustration of a nuclear fusion reactor Science Photo Library / Alamy Unlimited power from nuclear fusion can be one step closer to the unintended discovery of a new process to deliver isotope lithium-6, which is important to provide fuel for a sustainable fusion reactor. The least challenging fusion process involves combining two isotopes of hydrogen, … Read more
Pharmacy could be converted into hydrogen fuel Image Bitt/Shutterstock Hydrogen could be manufactured by agricultural waste during a new production process that uses less energy thhan’s existing methods and emits no greenhouse gases. The new process transforms bioethanol into pure hydrogen and acetic acid, a substance found in vinegar used in chemicals, foods and pharmaceutical … Read more
Smoke rises from a fire at Vistra Energy’s Moss Landing battery warehouse in California on January 17 Bloomberg/Getty Images A fire at the world’s largest battery storage facility in California destroyed 300 megawatts of energy storage, forced 1,200 area residents to evacuate and released plumes of smoke that could pose a health threat to humans … Read more