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Solar investment outshines oil: IEA By Catherine Hours and Richard Lein Paris (AFP) May 25, 2023 Investment in solar power is expected to overtake oil for the first time this year as clean energy spending outpaces that for fossil fuels, the IEA said in a report Thursday. While that is a welcome development, […]

Small-scale proton exchange membrane fuel cells by Staff Writers Shenzhen, China (SPX) May 25, 2023 Increasing awareness of emerging environmental and climate change effects has expedited the global commercialization of clean energy. Naturally, the demand for powering up several small-scale and low power devices has increased. However, the small-scale storage of electricity has […]

Jaguar to pick UK over Spain for battery plant: BBC by AFP Staff Writers London (AFP) May 24, 2023 The Indian owner of carmaker Jaguar Land Rover is set to select Britain over Spain to for a giant battery plant employing up to 9,000 people, the BBC reported Wednesday. The broadcaster, citing sources […]

Flexing crystalline structures provide path to a solid energy future by Staff Writers Durham NC (SPX) May 24, 2023 A team of researchers at Duke University and their collaborators have uncovered the atomic mechanisms that make a class of compounds called argyrodites attractive candidates for both solid-state battery electrolytes and thermoelectric energy converters. […]

Researchers develop calcium rechargeable battery with long cycle life by Staff Writers Sendai, Japan (SPX) May 24, 2023 A research group has developed a prototype calcium (Ca) metal rechargeable battery capable of 500 cycles of repeated charge-discharge – the benchmark for practical use. With the use of electric vehicles and grid-scale energy storage […]