Physical sciences, Earth sciences

An innovative offshore wind platform passes successful first test off the Canary Islands, creating promises for more sustainable and environmentally friendly floating wind farms.

Romanian university inspires others to replace fossil fuels by integrating renewable energy sources in an energy efficient, affordable and reliable way.

An EU-backed project is offering external researchers the chance to use top-quality European pig research installations. The second call for proposals is now open.

Researchers study new combinations of electrolyte solutions and electrode materials for sodium-ion batteries.

Several years ago, the EU-funded Wave Scale project developed a technology that produces clean electricity from sea and ocean waves. The pioneering wave energy conversion technology has now made its way to the shores of the United States (US).

Approach operations at busy airports are set to become more energy efficient and less noisy thanks to an integrated system that will assist pilots in making better configuration management decisions.

What really goes on in a photopolymerisation process? Scientists combined two chemical reaction monitoring methods based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology to find out.

Seven cities throughout Europe are doing their part to tackle climate change by phasing out fossil fuels from heating and cooling in buildings.

Research into the legal and policy implications of autonomous vessels in international shipping has stumbled on an issue related not to law or security, but gender.

Although solar panels look blue, according to Sarah McCormack from the PEDAL project, they actually aren’t. More specifically, the reason they sometimes look blue is because of the material they’re made from.

An advanced energy “aggregator” that flexibly creates virtual power plants from distributed energy resources and storage systems on fast and slow timescales paves the way to an energy system based entirely on renewables.

Major oil firms’ projections are inconsistent with Paris Agreement targets.

Better supply, fewer emissions: An EU-funded smart grid demonstrator set up in New Delhi aims to improve grid resilience and electricity supply security while also increasing the integration of renewable energy sources into the grid.

In October 2020, the Results Pack Social Sciences and Humanities in Energy Research featured PROSEU, a project that empowered ordinary citizens to play a key role in Europe’s transition to clean energy. Did it succeed in helping European prosumers – people who produce and consume their own renewable energy – become main actors in this transition?

As digital technologies transform the energy sector, users can more easily manage and control their appliances and systems. However, there are many solutions and standards to choose from, and not all of these can be combined and work together seamlessly. This complicates consumers’ lives, and it is a barrier to a more rapid uptake of smart appliances and services.

After initial backing for their new wave energy technologies, two developers are validating performance with tank testing and simulation.

Do people reconsider their opinions based on new information or to gain social acceptance? A new study shows how the brain distinguishes between different types of social influence when we change our mind.

In October 2020, the Results Pack Social Sciences and Humanities in Energy Research featured SMARTEES, a project that explored the concept of social energy innovations and how they evolve over time. We find out that the results fed into a novel digital tool to improve policy design and decision-making.

Can we really build computers as energy efficient as the human brain? New research that has succeeded in combining a memory function and a calculation function in one component brings us a step closer to making this a reality.

A report highlights how an innovative battery power solution could support zero-emission voyages for inland waterway vessels.