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IIASA-led study proposes Underground Gravity Energy Storage as long-term energy storage solution for renewables

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Renewable energy sources are central to the energy transition toward a more sustainable future. However, because sunshine and wind are inherently variable and inconsistent, finding ways to store energy in an accessible and efficient way is crucial. An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Energies.

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BNEF report finds hydrogen promising decarbonization pathway, but carbon prices and emissions policies required

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The report’s findings suggest that renewable hydrogen could be produced for $0.8 This is equivalent to gas priced at $6-12/MMBtu, making it competitive with current natural gas prices in Brazil, China, India, Germany and Scandinavia on an energy-equivalent basis. Renewable energy has paved the way to carbon-free electricity.

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ICL researchers develop new membrane-based system for cheap, efficiently made biofuels

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By combining our ultra-thin membrane with a highly efficient extraction liquid we can significantly reduce the cost of producing biofuels, which is an important step to driving down their overall price. —Co-author Dr Ji Hoon Kim, also of the Department of Chemical Engineering.

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We’re the New Renewables

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But the net-zero target would never have been reachable without innovations in renewable- energy generation that let structures generate power on- site. But with a price tag topping US $1 million each, it is easy to see why there is an urgent push for production innovation to bring the cost way down. Gabriela Hasbun

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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

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BNEF predicts that lithium-ion battery prices, already down by nearly 80% per megawatt-hour since 2010, will continue to tumble as electric vehicle manufacturing builds up through the 2020s. The result will be renewables eating up more and more of the existing market for coal, gas and nuclear. BNEF sees $1.3

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Do Low Gas Prices Hurt Renewable Energy Adoption? Unlikely, Says Analyst

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Gas prices have fallen dramatically in the U.S.--40 40 percent in six months--and it''s assumed by some that this will hurt the renewable-energy industry. With the financial advantage of solar or wind energy curtailed by cheap oil, the logic goes, consumers will be less interested in switching from fossil fuels.

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Opinion: Here’s what will send oil prices back up again

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The question we should be asking ourselves is not if oil prices will recover, but when they will. From June of 2014 until now, the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil has fallen approximately 57 percent. In other words, oil is a volatile market, but prices are in a long term upward trend.