Article digests in Energy and Earth

Article digests summarize selected articles from high impact journals within Elsevier’s Energy and Earth portfolios.

Energy Technology

• Powering progress: The ongoing success of the lithium-ion battery opens in new tab/window

• How urea might power the future opens in new tab/window

Renewable, Sustainable and Clean Energy

• An in-depth look at green hydrogen’s potential for clean energy opens in new tab/window

• The impact of renewable and nuclear energy on CO2 emissions opens in new tab/window

• Laying the foundations for offshore wind farms opens in new tab/window

• Towards an electric future opens in new tab/window

• Minimising the plastic footprint of COVID-19 opens in new tab/window

• Balancing renewable energy sources in Latin America opens in new tab/window

• Using blockchain in the energy sector opens in new tab/window

• What’s the latest with biodiesel? opens in new tab/window

• Generating low carbon electricity out in the deep opens in new tab/window

• Review of biofuels production from microalgae opens in new tab/window

Energy and Policy

• Examining whether nuclear energy is the solution to climate change opens in new tab/window

• Mapping the potential for onshore wind farms in Europe opens in new tab/window

• Unravelling the impact of foreign direct investment on pollutant emissions opens in new tab/window

• Analysing the air pollution created by hybrid electric vehicles opens in new tab/window

• A blueprint for clean cooking opens in new tab/window

• Modernise or die? The International Energy Agency adapts to a new world opens in new tab/window

• Trillions of gallons and dollars saved by vehicle improvements in the US opens in new tab/window

• The EU has set low carbon targets for 2050 – Will they be met? opens in new tab/window

• What does it mean to be energy poor in England? opens in new tab/window

• Explaining the plummeting cost of solar modules opens in new tab/window

• The problem with talking about renewables opens in new tab/window

Applied Energy

• Investigating the impact of COVID-19 on global energy transition opens in new tab/window

• Setting the cost of clean energy opens in new tab/window

• Life cycle costs of the cars of the future opens in new tab/window

• Comparing the costs of hydrogen production technologies opens in new tab/window

• Wastewater plants could help plug the gaps in renewable energy supply opens in new tab/window

• Turning ocean plastics into fuel opens in new tab/window

• A low carbon way to help hot communities stay cool opens in new tab/window

• A sustainable future for geothermal energy opens in new tab/window

• Balancing electricity supply and demand with artificial intelligence opens in new tab/window

• Comparing neighbourhood decentralised energy storage systems opens in new tab/window

• Offshore power generation with carbon capture and storage opens in new tab/window

• Evaluating critical fuel properties for potential gasoline and diesel biofuel blendstocks opens in new tab/window

Earth Sciences

• Study indicates link between climate fluctuations and mass extinction opens in new tab/window

• Exploring the deep sea as a new source of rare earth elements opens in new tab/window

• Improving understanding of VOCs in cooking oil fumes opens in new tab/window

• How do mega-events impact air quality in host cities opens in new tab/window

• Vegetation and air quality in town parks opens in new tab/window