Such storage will be crucial if we are to halt climate change, which is already costing us enormous sums of money and causing suffering for humans and animals.
New FME research centre InterPlay (Integrated Hub for Energy System Analyses) officially kicked off yesterday, gathering consortium members and partners in Trondheim to mark the official launch.
When capturing CO2 from industrial sources, a capture agent is used, most often amine solvents. A new report provides guidelines on how industry can choose the right solvent technology.
Insidious bacteria could cause trouble for the sprinkler wave that is now rolling in across Norway if the tiny organisms are not taken seriously.
If electric vehicles were lighter, they would also be more energy efficient. Of course researchers are eager to make that happen. With aluminium.
Far below the earth’s surface is an energy source with huge and perpetual potential: geothermal heat. But the forces in its scorching and inhospitable depths must be tamed. Now scientists know what that will take.
It’s easy to oppose solar parks when you hear that 60 solar plants are equivalent in area to over 5000 football pitches, as recently reported by NRK. This analogy draws attention away from other important aspects of the debate.
A box the size of a refrigerator that supplies a home – and perhaps ten neighbouring houses – with electricity. That’s Ole Martin Løvvik’s dream at SINTEF.
The goal is to eliminate both charging anxiety and environmental concerns. Now researchers have created the “recipe” to do it.