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Climate justice campaigners march from the Shell Centre to Trafalgar Square to demand urgent climate finance and reparations for loss and damage for global south communities on November, 12 2022 in London. The march was organized by the Climate Justice Coalition as part of a Global Day of Action called...

A bathtub ring seen above the waterline around Lake Powell, Utah due to drought that reduced the flow of the Colorado River on April 15, 2023. The flight for aerial photography was provided by LightHawk. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty ImagesThe 'breakthrough' deal follows an unusually wet winter...

The effort to build the 87.8-MW Kakono power plant secured $300 million in funding, paving the way for its engineering, procurement and construction phase to begin....

Despite a unanimous decision that the halted NECEC project's developer has enough cash invested to legally resume construction despite a 2021 state voters' block, it has not said how or when work will restart....

On March 6, 2023, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the addition of a new category for its Patents for Humanity Awards Program: Green Energy. The Green Energy category accepts any U.S. patent or patent application directed to green energy technologies, such as wind, solar, green hydrogen, hydropower,...

01.03.23 - Scientists from EPFL and the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF have developed a program that improves the accuracy of a widely used weather forecasting model by incorporating surface phenomena that weren’t previously taken into account. Given the challenges associated with climate change and the energy...

It’s fairly accepted that the use of fossil fuels is damaging our environment. Moving away from those energy sources and transitioning to renewable, sustainable energy sources is humankind’s best chance at slowing or even reversing the damage already caused. This past year also saw an energy crisis unfold in much...

EBBE kontrastiert die soliden und robusten Formen von Wasserkraftturbinen mit der Zartheit von aufgehängten, reflektierenden Spiegelpaneelen. The post thomas medicus suspended turbine-shaped glass installation at hydropower plant in austria appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine....

As a globally unprecedented 70-day heat wave continues to hold its grip on southern China, with the highest temperature as much as 113°F (45°C), severe droughts and shortages in the hydropower supply are wreaking havoc on the lives of residents. Electric vehicle owners are one group particularly feeling the heat. Since public...

10.06.22 - EPFL’s Platform of Hydraulic Constructions has been commissioned to model a future hydropower plant in Australia. As part of its work, the team has built an outsize replica on campus. In the modeling world, 1:25 is an extremely useful scale factor. It’s what lets you display your favorite...

Steel production is one of the world's largest producers of carbon dioxide. In fact, some estimates say that it produces up to 8% of all carbon emissions. But now a Swedish company called Hybrit (Hydrogen Breakthrough Ironmaking Technology) has produced the first batch of what they say is the world's...

30.08.21 - The interdisciplinary consortium EDGE, which aims to promote decentralized renewable energy production in Swiss cities, midlands and the Alps, started its activities. The consortium is co-directed by two professors from the EPFL and the University of Geneva and has received six years of funding from the Swiss Federal...