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Community energy, the Cinderella of net zero

The UK government says it wants more community energy projects. But the complexity of applying for funding and the lack of a guaranteed return have stymied progress. Ros Taylor reports. Ed Miliband & Bridget Phillipson view school solar panels. Credits:…

New podcast: Ørsted’s rights issue | US war on wind

This time on the News Review, we ask our panellists for their views on Danish renewables major Ørsted’s plans for an €8 billion capital raise to shore up its finances amid an increasingly fraught offshore wind market.  Ørsted’s difficulties are being…

zero-waste kitchen-reduce food packaging waste

Image via Dreamstime.comThe kitchen is the heart of the home, but it’s also one of the biggest sources of waste. From plastic wrap and disposable containers to the mountains of packaging that come with groceries, our cooking and eating habits…

Published at International Journal of Hydrogen Energy – Process behavior analysis of a fixed-bed solar reactor for hydrogen generation via two-step thermochemical redox cycling

Abstract:The two-step solar-thermochemical cycle process for water splitting is a promising technology for hydrogen generation with very high theoretical efficiencies. This study investigates the operational behavior of a prototype solar reactor with thermal power of 250 kW. A multi-physical reactor…