Real-time, interactive monitoring of forest health
Interactive online platform uses satellite images to display status of European forests. The output is based [...]
Year: 2021
Coal power’s sharp rebound is taking it to a new record in 2021, threatening net zero goals
Rapid economic recovery is driving global coal power generation to a record this year and overall [...]
New solar materials developed by Stanford scientists could usher in ultrathin, lightweight solar panel
New, ultrathin photovoltaic materials could eventually be used in mobile applications, from self-powered wearable devices and [...]
Widespread plants displace rarer species across habitats
New study shows: Europe’s grasslands, forests and mountain summits are becoming increasingly similar in species composition [...]
Plants Buy Us Time to Slow Climate Change – But Not Enough to Stop It
New research from Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley shows that plants are photosynthesizing more in response [...]
A tool to speed development of new solar cells
A new computational simulator can help predict whether changes to materials or design will improve performance [...]
EU prepares way for 0% VAT on several goods, solar panels for residential use now on proposed list
The European Council has approved a proposal to amend the EU rules on rates of value-added [...]
Battery ‘Dream Technology’ a Step Closer to Reality with New Discovery
A sodium-sulfur battery created by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin solves one of [...]
EWI quantifies the coalition agreement’s impact on the energy sector
The news targets for the electricity sector defined in the coalition agreement re-quire a faster expansion [...]
Too dry, too hot, or too wet: Increasing Weather Persistence in European Summer
Global warming makes long lasting weather situations in the Northern hemisphere‘s summer months more likely – [...]
World Soil Day: Artificial humic matter: a salvation for our soils
Soils are the basis of life and climate protectors at the same time – but things [...]
Battery Pack Prices Fall to an Average of $132/kWh, But Rising Commodity Prices Start to Bite
BloombergNEF’s annual battery price survey finds prices fell 6% from 2020 to 2021 Lithium-ion battery pack [...]
Renewable electricity growth is accelerating faster than ever worldwide, supporting the emergence of the new global energy economy
The growth of the world’s capacity to generate electricity from solar panels, wind turbines and other [...]
Climate protection and poverty reduction are well compatible
The fight against global heating and the alleviation of poverty around the world are compatible, even [...]
Don’t risk temperature overshoot, climate science reaffirms
A new international study shows how near-term mitigation can help to prevent an overshoot in global [...]
Quality of life increases when we live, eat and travel energy-efficiently
In a comprehensive research project a global team of experts explores the connection between “demand-side climate [...]