The planned phase-out of petrol and diesel cars from 2035 is causing controversy in Germany. A new policy brief by research ...

Nuclear energy has traditionally sought economies of scale through massive constructions. This approach, however, has led to high complexity, limited production series, frequent cost and schedule ...

Producing batteries for electric cars requires a complex and globally networked supply chain. In a recent study, researchers from Fraunhofer FFB and the University of Münster analyzed the ownership ...

There is an abundance of green energy worldwide. That is why we are at the beginning of a solar world revolution. It is now a matter of doing the right thing, as many countries are already doing. It ...

The melting ice from glaciers worldwide is leading to an increased loss of regional freshwater resources. And it is causing global sea levels to rise at ever-greater rates. Since the year 2000, ...

Planned wind and solar projects have doubled in just 2 years © Global Energy Monitor The number of future large-scale solar and wind power plants rose by a fifth ...

The successful development of sustainable georesources for the energy transition is a key challenge for humankind in the 21st century. Hydrogen gas (H 2) has great potential to replace current fossil ...

A new way of creating hydrogen, which eliminates direct CO₂ emissions at source, has been developed by an international team of scientists. The process reacts hydrogen-rich and sustainably sourced ...

Increase in electricity consumption through 2027 expected to average around 4% annually, driven by growing use for industry, air conditioning, electrification and data centres. The world’s electricity ...

The tiny ice in­hab­it­ants darken the gla­cier sur­face and can thus ac­cel­er­ate its melt­ing. Tiny algae darken the surface of glaciers and thus accelerate their melting. This is the case, for ...

There is an abundance of green energy worldwide. That is why we are at the beginning [...] ...