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How Can We Use Carbon Dioxide to Feed Rechargeable Batteries?
. Therefore, the use of renewable energies has continued to increase, and carbon ... we could capture CO2 and use it to charge the batteries? Capturing CO2 and converting it into electricity, rather than into fuels to burn again
Interview with Peter Psarras
This piece originally ran in MIT's The Engine and is republished with ... , focusing on CO2 removal and carbon capture. His research involves techno-economic and life-cycle assessments of CCUS and CO2 removal systems, specifically
Russia-Belarus Energy Relations: Rivalry Attenuated by the West
With the current security crisis and further economic and diplomatic ... re-export duty and supporting Belarus ’economy with low gas prices ... -export of cheap oil, and value-added petroleum products, which account for 16
Research: Penn at COP28
The Penn scholars and members of the Penn COP28 delegation have done ... publications, events, podcasts, and more below. Commentary from Penn COP28 Delegation More research and insights coming soon! Penn
Trump’s Pro-Oil Policies: Driving Climate Instability, Energy Security, or Both?
administration will likely have similar dynamics in energy and climate diplomacy ... withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accords, 2) a reorientation of climate and ... security issues, and 3) a stronger use of energy sanctions as tools of
Why Some Nations Choose Nuclear Power
to 19 percent in the U.S. and 24 percent in Europe (Figs. 1,2). However ... is key, but politics and public perception also play substantial roles ... the containment efforts or work to stabilize the earthquake and tsunami
How Uruguay Went (Almost Completely) Fossil Fuel Free
in government, was appointed Director of Energy for Uruguay and ... sector from its growing reliance on imported oil, and achieved energy ... . Méndez and Noah Gallagher Shannon, a journalist who has written about
Aligning Clean Energy Policy with Grid Reliability
electricity industry insiders. But recently, and this year in particular, grid ... report from the FERC and the nation’s grid reliability regulator NERC warns ... which fossil fuel powerplants, and coal plants in particular, are rapidly
Welcome to the Anthropocene, Our New Biogeophysical Home
, and air will be unlike those experienced in human history. The term ... of humans on earth system processes, and our emerging role as the dominant force shaping Earth’s biologic and geologic systems. Steffen looks
Improving Voltage Quality through Transformer Construction in Accra, Ghana
Novel sources of spatially and temporally high-frequency data—such as satellite imagery, internet-of-things, and mobile phone records—have massively expanded the scope and precision for measuring economic variables. For