Renewable Energy

EU Launches Net Zero Industry Act and Critical Raw Materials Act The pitch A lot happened in the EU last week with the simultaneous launch of the Net Zero Industry Act and the Critical Raw Materials Act. Both acts reinforce the EU’s goal of going to net zero. What are Net Zero Industry Act and Critical Raw Materials Act? The Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) sets goals for the local production of some green…

Have you ever heard of hydrogen energy? If you haven’t, don’t worry, you’re not alone. But you might be surprised to learn that hydrogen is the universe's most abundant element, making up around 75% of its elemental mass. …

Energy & green technology biweekly vol.45, 7th March — 21st March TL;DR Electrification is seen as having an important role to play in the fossil-free aviation of tomorrow. But electric aviation is battling a trade-off dilemma: the more energy-efficient an electric aircraft is, the noisier it gets. …

The pitch Salgenx announces a technology that allows a saltwater flow battery also to provide desalination. Such tech is helpful in ships and remote locations like military bases. What is a flow battery? In a flow battery, two dissolved elements circulate on two loops that meet in a membrane allowing ion exchange. Figure 1 illustrates the concept.

Here are the key facts of this story, as agreed upon by ¹BBC News, ²CNBC, ³Archive, ⁴World Meteorological Organization, ⁵DW and ⁶France 24. Following a meeting in Switzerland, climate scientists have warned that a key climate goal will go unmet. In response, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)…

Energy transition 🌍 is a critical issue for France 🇫🇷, aiming to reduce energy consumption 🔌 and increase the share of renewable energies ☀️💨 in its energy mix. …

Automatically feed all excess solar energy, and only excess, into existing electric heaters. See Part 1 Grid status reading The automation application needs to know the direction and intensity of the current flowing between the grid and the home, whether the current is drawn from the grid, or exported to the grid. There…