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Trying to Build Norway’s Failed Osmosis Power Plant
A DIY scientist attempts to replicate a failed Norwegian power plant by building his own osmotic generator to see if energy can truly be harvested by mixing salt and fresh water.
MIT study reveals secrets to solar’s 99% cost drop
A new MIT study details how a diverse network of innovations, many from outside the solar sector, fueled the dramatic 99% cost reduction in photovoltaic systems.
Solar trees can save 99% of forests, study finds
New research published in Scientific Reports demonstrates that innovative solar trees can generate as much power as conventional solar farms while saving 99 percent of forest ecosystems from destruction.
There’s enough natural hydrogen in the Earth’s crust to help power the green energy transition
Omid Haeri Ardakani, University of Calgary; Barbara Sherwood Lollar, University of Toronto, and Chris Ballentine, University of Oxford…
Earth is heading for 2.7°C warming this century. We may avoid the worst climate scenarios – but the outlook is still dire
Aliraza Khatri’s Photography/Getty Sven Teske, University of Technology Sydney Is climate action a lost cause? The United States…
What’s so special about Ukraine’s minerals? A geologist explains
Hard rock spodumene ore, a commercially important source of lithium. BJP7images/Shutterstock Munira Raji, University of Plymouth Ukraine’s minerals…