Modern aeroplanes achieve flight using propellers and turbines powered by the combustion of greenhouse-gas emitting fossil fuels. A new paper published on 21 November in Nature has reported the first
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Dark side of dams: social and environmental costs of hydropower may outweigh the energy benefits
Two papers published on 5 November in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences have shed some new light on the dark side of hydropower. This renewable source of electricity
An updated version of the iconic report to the Club of Rome entitled “The Limits to Growth” was released on 17 October ― the 50th anniversary of the initial predictions
A new paper published on 12 October in the journal Nature Advances presents a novel synthetic catalyst ― epsilon iron carbide ― a catalyst that can be successfully used in the coal-to-liquids (CTL) conversion
A paper published in the journal Joule on 4 October presents the most accurate model yet of how increasing wind power could affect climate change (1). Wind power reduces emissions
European Scientist had the pleasure of interviewing Bernard Durand, former Director of the Geology-Geochemistry Division of the French Institute of Petroleum and New Energies, then of the Ecole nationale supérieure
A new study published on 21 September in Joule has demonstrated a new approach that could potentially combine carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and conversion in a single device (1). The
“A critical flaw” in EU climate policy: renewable energy directive poised to promote global deforestation
A paper published on 12 September in Nature Communications, co-authored by several academics from the US and Europe, has slammed Europe’s latest climate law which will count energy created from
A new study published in Science, a scientific journal, on 7 September suggests installing massive wind and solar installations in the Sahara Desert could increase local rainfall, particularly in the
Renewable energy economics: what is the best approach to a carbon-free electricity grid?
A new study performed by Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology published on 6 September in Joule, a Cell Press journal, suggests that a mixture of carbon-free energy sources may