Even the best implement too little climate action
Worldwide, only 24 countries might be called a frontrunner – and the minimum necessary reduction in [...]
Month: November 2021
IRENA’s Energy Transition Support to Strengthen Climate Action
Insight to Impact IRENA is the lead intergovernmental agency working on energy transition through renewables. Renewables [...]
Accelerated renewables-based electrification paves the way for a post-fossil future: study
Cost-slashing innovations are underway in the electric power sector and could give electricity the lead over [...]
The Carbon Budget – Limiting Climate Change
The term “climate change” refers to long-term changes in temperature and weather caused primarily by human [...]
Smart sensors for future fast charging
“SPARTACUS” battery research project has mastered the first milestones The SPARTACUS research project as part of [...]
World record: Almost 30% efficiency for next-generation tandem solar cells
Three HZB teams led by Prof. Christiane Becker, Prof. Bernd Stannowski and Prof. Steve Albrecht have [...]
Antarctic ice-sheet destabilized within a decade
Study by the University of Bonn provides critical insights into ice mass loss in Antarctica After [...]
Northvolt produces first fully recycled battery cell
Northvolt has produced its first battery cell with 100% recycled nickel, manganese and cobalt and now [...]
From Slurry to High-Purity Hydrogen
Hydrogen from real biogas: TU Graz and the start-up Rouge H2 Engineering have scored a world’s [...]
Maximising the power of the sun through new solar cells
Dr Francisco Cabrera and Professor Azizur Rahman are developing a solar cell combining plasmonic and surface [...]
World map of the most important protected areas to avert a climate catastrophe
New research out today from Conservation International maps the places on Earth that humanity must protect [...]
Making Aircraft Fuel From Sunlight and Air
Scientists at ETH Zurich have built a plant that can produce carbon-neutral liquid fuels from sunlight [...]
Africa’s “Green Wall” also makes economic sense
However, a study by the University of Bonn shows that this does not apply to all [...]
Winter important for cereal yield
Weather conditions outside growing season very important The weather conditions in the winter and during the [...]
Photovoltaics: Quantifying Technical Risks Key for Decisions
TÜV Rheinland participates in new report of the Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme of the International Energy [...]
Fraunhofer ISE: Germany’s Tightened Climate Targets Can Be Met by 2045 with Extensive and Rapid Measures
Following the Bundestag’s decision of June 2021 on the Climate Protection Act (KSG), which tightened climate [...]