"If Modern Electron’s tech becomes mainstream, and the trend away from oil and coal continues, it could make natural gas a much cleaner and more viable complement (and one already with a heavy global presence) to renewables like solar and wind."
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A roadway will charge your EV while you’re driving
"Wireless EV charging systems use magnetic frequency to transfer power from coils buried underground to a receiver pad attached to the car's underbelly."
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Verdox Captures $80M to Develop Novel Electric Carbon Removal Technology
"Verdox, an electric carbon capture and removal company, launched today and announced $80M in committed capital from a syndicate including Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), Prelude Ventures, and Lowercarbon Capital. The investment will be leveraged to develop and deploy the company’s novel electrochemical carbon capture technology."
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These EVs are cheaper to own than their gas-powered counterparts
"The real cost advantage happens over time, since charging the truck costs less than buying gas, and maintenance will also be less expensive because EVs have fewer moving parts. The same is true for other EVs."
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Scientists count the world’s tree species (spoiler: it’s a bunch)
"Researchers on Monday unveiled the world's largest forest data base, comprising more than 44 million individual trees at more than 100,000 sites in 90 countries - helping them to calculate that Earth boasts roughly 73,300 tree species."
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Offshore wind farms could help capture carbon from air and store it long-term – using energy that would otherwise go to waste
"Replacing fossil fuel-based energy with clean energy like wind power is essential to holding off the worsening effects of climate change. But that transition isn’t happening fast enough to stop global warming. Human activities have pumped so much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere that we will also have to remove carbon dioxide from the air and lock it away permanently."
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Tons of used face masks to be turned into energy
"First the masks are disinfected with ultrasound, then dipped in 'ink' made of graphene, which saturates the mask. Then the material is pressed under pressure and heated to 140 degrees Celsius (conventional supercapacitor batteries require very high temperatures for pyrolysis-carbonation, up to 1000–1300 degrees Celsius, while the new technology reduces energy consumption by a factor of 10). A separator (also made of mask material) with insulating properties is then placed between the two electrodes made of the new material."
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Climate change: Key crops face major shifts as world warms
"Coffee is the most susceptible crop to high temperatures. In those countries accounting for the majority of the world's production of Arabica - the dominant coffee variety - suitability for growing the crop will decrease by around half by 2050 - a 'drastic' reduction, according to the report."
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Researchers achieve milestone on path toward nuclear fusion energy
"U.S. government scientists said on Wednesday they have taken an important step in the long trek toward making nuclear fusion - the very process that powers stars - a viable energy source for humankind."
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Vistra Adding More Storage to Moss Landing, World’s Largest BESS
"The additional storage will complement the existing 400-MW/1,600-MWh of storage already at Moss Landing. Vistra on Monday said it has entered into a 15-year resource adequacy agreement with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) for the new capacity. Vistra in a Jan. 21 filing asked the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to approve the contract."