US broke record on energy storage deployment in Q4-2020
Over 2,000 megawatt-hours of new energy storage systems were brought online in Q4-2020 in the United States.
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Green revolution gets more expensive as copper price surges
Copper is a vital part of green infrastructure from grids to wind turbines, and a recent price surge threatens to make decarbonization more costly.
New lead battery technology could be lower-cost solution to store solar energy
Engineers are working to incorporate a bipolar technology that uses silicon wafers in traditional lead batteries.
New sensor promises low-cost detection of methane emissions, leaks
The ICLED-based sensor is able to detect methane concentrations as low as 0.1 parts per million.
World’s two largest asset managers have invested $170bn in coal
The figure pales in comparison to the $1 trillion in coal investments held by almost 4,500 institutions globally as of January this year.
A new commodities supercycle could be powering up after a long freeze
JPMorgan analyst thinks commodities have finally turned after a 12-year down cycle.
Germany launches fuel cell fabrication lab
ZSW’s HyFaB initiative received 10.5 million euros in funding and is aimed at accelerating the transition from small-scale to mass manufacturing of fuel cells.
Adding copper salts to coal may increase combustion efficiency – study
Russian researchers found that adding copper salts to coal reduces the content of unburnt carbon in ash residue by 3.1 times and CO content by 40%.
India’s coal power use may have already peaked – report
The share of the dirtiest fossil fuel in India’s power mix fell for the second year in a row in 2020.
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