Physical sciences, Earth sciences

Renewable liquid transportation fuel produced in a novel solar fuel plant in Spain promises an eco-friendly future for aviation.

A novel electrolyte may just be the solution to room-temperature rechargeable calcium (Ca) batteries. EU-funded researchers explain how.

How can people be motivated to improve their energy use? An EU-funded cross-cultural study looks into how people interact with building technologies to control their indoor environment.

At the 2019 International Water Association Resource Recovery (IWARR) Conference, over 300 experts and practitioners will present ideas and innovations to help the environment. The main focus will be on recovering resources from urban and agricultural wastewater.

An EU initiative is utilising gamification and other strategies to change energy consumption habits in buildings.

An EU initiative helps citizens engage in electricity grid expansion processes to smooth the way towards a greener economy.

What weighs 23 000 tonnes and has a potential temperature of 150 million °C? Literally, it’s the new star of the energy world, the ITER reactor.

An EU initiative will lay the foundations of a more flexible and efficient system to facilitate the smooth integration of large amounts of renewable energy into the electricity network.

An EU-funded initiative is supporting knowledge sharing between regional and European power grid projects to help Europe reach its energy targets. One of these projects is looking at a new, smarter way of implementing local energy markets.

An EU initiative will lay the foundations of a more flexible and efficient system to facilitate the smooth integration of large amounts of renewable energy into the electricity network.

What weighs 23 000 tonnes and has a potential temperature of 150 million °C? Literally, it’s the new star of the energy world, the ITER reactor.

An EU initiative helps citizens engage in electricity grid expansion processes to smooth the way towards a greener economy.

An EU initiative is utilising gamification and other strategies to change energy consumption habits in buildings.

What do you do if you are a smaller country without the resources to fully exploit the next generation of nuclear energy? As one project has discovered, the answer could lie in smart regional collaboration.

European engineers have developed a novel generator that could be used to power thousands of homes.

Researchers are developing tools to substantially reduce the operations and maintenance costs of wind farms. The novel tools will be tested on three European wind farms in 2020.

The European Commission is supporting the World Alliance for Efficient Solutions. The Solar Impulse Foundation (Switzerland) backs the World Alliance and its commitment: collecting 1 000 Efficient Solutions addressing five Sustainable Development goals - Clean Water Clean Energy Sustainable Cities Responsible Consumption & Production and Industry & Infrastructure. The portfolio of 1 000 Efficient Solutions aims to encourage decisionmakers to adopt ambitious environmental targets innovative regulations and sound policies.

Scientists have uncovered eccentric quantum properties of a new class of hybrid materials. Their study could open up a range of novel device applications.

Wastewater treatment is no longer just about making water reusable. Researchers show how energy, nutrients and added value by-products can be extracted from wastewater.

Pollution is a serious issue in many parts of the world, especially in urban areas. Using novel graphene-based materials, researchers from the Graphene Flagship Functional Foams and Coatings Work Package have provided solutions to tackle environmental contamination, among other applications.