War is speeding Ukraine’s green energy shift: CEO By Sophie ESTIENNE Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 Russia’s invasion is forcing Ukraine to speed up its green energy transition as a way to secure its electricity supply and infrastructure against attacks, the head of Ukraine’s biggest private electricity provider said. “Building wind farms […]
Scale-up fabrication of perovskite quantum dots by Simon Mansfield Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 24, 2025 Quantum dots, tiny semiconductor nanomaterials known for their color-tunable and highly efficient photoluminescence, have revolutionized display technologies such as liquid crystal displays (LCDs), organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and micro light-emitting diodes (Micro-LEDs). In 2023, the Nobel Prize in […]
Finding better photovoltaic materials faster with AI by Robert Schreiber Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 24, 2025 Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nurnberg (HI ERN) have developed a novel AI-driven workflow that dramatically accelerates the discovery of high-efficiency materials for perovskite solar cells. By synthesizing and testing […]
Global green energy push likely to continue despite Trump climate retreat: UN By Elodie LE MAOU Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 22, 2025 Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement should not slow the global momentum towards renewable energy investments that the deal created, the UN said Wednesday. […]
Solar power surpasses coal in EU for first time by AFP Staff Writers Paris (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 Solar overtook coal in the European Union’s electricity production in 2024, with the share of renewables rising to almost half the bloc’s power sector, according to a report released Thursday. Gas generation, meanwhile, declined for […]
Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 22, 2025 Lesotho’s King Letsie III has embarked on an ambitious mission in snowy Davos, where global powerbrokers have converged, to make a royal pitch: invest in his small African nation’s green transition. The monarch travelled from his landlocked mountain kingdom within South Africa to promote his green energy fund in […]
