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U.S. Climate Law: A Broad & Rapidly Growing Field

Legal Planet

Investment and incentives for clean technologies under the Inflation Reduction Act. Energy efficiency standards for new appliances and lighting sources. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rules bearing on electricity transmission E. FERC rules for wholesale markets that impact renewable energy. Geo-engineering A.

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Thermophotovoltaic cells top 40 percent efficiency

Physics World

The first thermophotovoltaic cells with an efficiency of more than 40% – higher than any existing solid-state heat engine, and exceeding even the average efficiency of turbine-based power generation – have been fabricated by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

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Tajikistan eyes large-scale hydrogen production and energy diversification

A Greener Life

This would be for domestic use, but with such high production levels, there would be more than enough to export to neighbouring countries, according to Tajikistan’s Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Daler Juma.

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Morocco targets 80% renewables by 2050?

A Greener Life

The North African country Morocco is positioning itself to become the leading country on the African continent for the deployment of renewable energy. Against a backdrop of new solar and wind projects, the country has increased its renewable energy target to 52% by 2030, 70% by 2040 and 80% by 2050. GW during last year.

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Why we need to tackle renewable energy’s storage problem

Physics World

On 16 September 1910 the Canadian inventor Reginald A Fessenden, who is best known for his work on radio technology, published an article in the journal The Electrician about energy storage. The energy of the sources must first be charged so as to be suitable in form, it must next be stored so as to be available in time.”.

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Efficient optical rectenna could generate power from waste heat

Physics World

Devices known as optical rectennas show considerable promise for renewable energy because they can harvest energy from heat and convert it into electricity. More ambitiously, the researchers say that it might, in principle, be possible to capture the energy radiating from Earth itself using rectennas mounted on airships.

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Major US and European labs join forces to tackle climate change

Physics World

. “Science has a key role to play, and in particular at big-science facilities, where we are constantly pushing forwards the frontiers of knowledge and technology to the highest levels of excellence and inventiveness,” the statement notes. Leading by example: going green in the lab.