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Greener Pastures: Better Ammonia Production for a More Sustainable Future

Drs. Joseph Kwon and Mark Barteau have discovered a way to produce ammonia for fertilizer that is greener and more efficient.

Project RF 2.0: Research for More Sustainability in Particle Accelerators

Research Facility 2.0 (RF 2.0) is an EU-funded research project aimed at making the operation of particle accelerators and other large-scale facilities more resource-efficient.

Sustainable technology to extract critical materials from coal-based resources

Researcher to develop novel technology to extract, recover and enrich rare earth elements from coal-based resources

Renewable energy puts power grids to the test

To transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewables – which are intermittent by nature – we’ll need to rework our entire system of power storage, transmission and distribution.

Solar Cells Made More Efficient Thanks to Silicon Nanoantennas

Researchers from ITMO University have managed to improve the efficacy of perovskite solar cells with the help of silicon nanoantennas, which increase the concentration of light in the material at certain wavelengths.

Light green hydrogen will do

Whether sustainably produced hydrogen needs to be 100 percent green is currently under debate. Using the production of ammonia and artificial fertiliser as examples, researchers have calculated that "nearly sustainable" hydrogen would be better in the end.

Metal Core PCB (MCPCB): Revolutionizing Thermal Management in Electronics

This article delves into the technology behind Metal core PCBs (MCPCBs), recent advancements, practical engineering applications, and the challenges faced in their implementation.

Unlocking Efficiency: Enhancing Power Conversion and Motor Drives with SiC and GaN Power Semiconductors

Supporting the Transition away from Fossil Fuels with the Power of Electronic Components

The bright future of solar energy

Solar energy, which is both abundant and free, is poised to become the world’s leading power source by 2050. That’s thanks largely to technological advances and the unbridled manufacturing of solar cells, which bodes well for a successful energy transition.

Renewable grid: Recovering electricity from heat storage hits 44 percent efficiency

Thermophotovoltaics developed at U-M can recover significantly more energy stored in heat batteries.

Using solar energy to generate heat at high temperatures

Instead of burning coal or oil to produce cement or steel, in the future solar energy could be used for this purpose. Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a thermal trap that can absorb concentrated sunlight and deliver heat at over thousand degrees Celsius.