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To replace the heat used by fossil fuels in industrial processes, researchers test solar thermal reactor designs at the PROMES.testing lab at Odeillo in the French Pyranees, capable of temperatures of up to 3,000°C IMAGE @ Sascha Burkhardt Renewable energy researchers have been looking into how to cut CO2 emissions from processing industrial minerals like cement …
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IMAGE @ Guiseppe Franchini and Antonio Perdichizzi Instead of running air conditioners on fossil-fueled electricity, University of Bergamo researchers Guiseppe Franchini and Antonio Perdichizzi propose an alternative cooling technology; using a thermal form of solar energy to provide solar district cooling in the Saudi Kingdom. Their study of the economics of solar district cooling was …
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Wildfires in California IMAGE@Wikipedia California is a global leader in climate policy, and its goal of 100% clean energy by 2045 is now law in the 5th largest economy after China, the US, Japan and Germany. While the state has had a cap and trade program in place since 2013, it has been the simplicity …
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Spain’s Gemasolar, the world’s first utility-scale tower CSP with storage for all night operation IMAGE@Wikipedia The time is right to consider what went wrong and what went right with Spain’s previous CSP policy – because an election in June put the renewable-friendly coalition that developed it back in power. Spain’s socialist-led coalition government jumpstarted virtually …
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Morocco’s secret: MASEN (the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy) is actually a renewable energy “one stop shop” – from climate policy to completed projects IMAGE @MASEN An interview reveals Morocco’s secret: MASEN (the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy) is actually a renewable energy “one stop shop” – starting with climate policy, through needs assessment, planning, …
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A New Paper Describes a Solar Thermal Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide with Amino Acids A solar field of parabolic troughs like these would provide the solar heat required for the chemical process described in a new paper from ORNL: Direct air capture of CO2 via aqueous-phase absorption and crystalline-phase release using concentrated solar power Concentrated …