Global demand for batteries is going to grow from 580 gigawatt hours (GWh) in 2021 to 9 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2030, according to Rystad Energy research. The segment of passenger electric vehicles, where demand will increase from 373 GWh to 4.9 TWh in this period, will come as the growth driver.
Scientists from Kazan Federal University have developed a substance capable of dissolving plugs that form in wells during underwater gas production. According to the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, the development is completely safe for marine fish and animals.
Submissions for the Global Energy Prize will close in exactly ten days, on 20th March 2022.
According to the information of the official portal of the American Geophysical Union, the Columbia University researchers have proposed to inject CO2 into rock minerals. The process, called Carbon Mineralization, must become an alternative to the CO2 underground storage which is gradually gaining popularity abroad.
The scientists of the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IGIS RAS) have proposed a new technology for synthesis and deposition of nickel oxide layers, the semiconductor material used in photovoltaics, electronics and gas sensors because of its optical, electrophysical and catalytic properties. As the press service of the Russian Science Foundation informs, the results of the study are published in the Applied Surface Science journal.
Mosquitoes can carry plastic from water to land. This was reported by researchers from Tomsk State University after completing a long experiment.
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