Energy Storage & Infrastructure

Solar-to-Jet-Fuel System Readies for Takeoff

IEEE Spectrum: As climate change edges from crisis to emergency, the aviation sector looks set to miss its 2050 goal of net-zero emissions. In the five years preceding the pandemic, the top four U.S. airlines—American, Delta, Southwest, and United—saw a 15…

More Energy on Less Land: The Drive to Shrink Solar’s Footprint

Yale Environment 360: From the ground, the new solar farm shimmers like a mirage oasis on a hot summer day. Instead of row after slanting row of shiny panels stretching taller than corn, this array, mounted directly on the earth, lies flat…

Fuel cells show greatest promise in aviation

Financial Times: On land, sea and air, proponents of fuel cells are promoting their favoured zero-carbon energy source. Cars and commercial vehicles, boats and aircraft are today generating propulsive power by passing hydrogen through electrochemical cells to generate electricity — with…

Nuclear waste energy could power the US for a century, scientist says

E&T Magazine: There is enough energy in the nuclear waste in the United States to power the entire country for 100 years with clean energy, according to Jess C. Gehin from the Idaho National Laboratory. Scientists have long known the potential…