Plants and algae make their fuel from sunlight. Perhaps we could do the same using semiconductors. A team of scientists at ...

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Chemical recycler Plastic Energy, London, and TotalEnergies, an energy company based in Paris, have announced the startup of their joint chemical plastics recycling plant at TotalEnergies’ zero-crude ...

When the sun goes down, solar panels stop working. This is the fundamental hurdle of renewable energy: how to save the sun's power for a rainy day—or a cold night. Chemists at UC Santa Barbara have ...

Investment in Europe’s chemicals sector has collapsed while capacity closures and job losses accelerate. High energy prices and stringent climate regulations are eroding competitiveness against China ...

BASF’s gargantuan site in Ludwigshafen symbolizes the German chemical industry’s stature. The site, which started commercial operations in 1873, is the world’s largest integrated chemical complex. It ...

But in experiments, chemists only found inefficient reactions. The FSU research, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, shows why: The molecule quickly moves into a less energetic ...

The U.S. Energy Dept. has withdrawn its federal definition of zero-emissions buildings and ended related technical assistance that many states and owners used as a benchmark. December 5, 2025 The U.S.

U.S. Department of Energy Headquarters, the Forrestal Building, in Washington, D.C. (Payton Chung/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) DOE added that the definition established in 2024 was not a regulatory ...

Nonrenewable energy sources like fossil fuels are being depleted and will eventually run out. 91% of U.S. energy in 2023 came from nonrenewable sources including petroleum and natural gas. Despite ...