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

• How urea might power the future

Renewable, Sustainable and Clean Energy

• An in-depth look at green hydrogen’s potential for clean energy

• The impact of renewable and nuclear energy on CO2 emissions

• Laying the foundations for offshore wind farms

• Towards an electric future

• Minimising the plastic footprint of COVID-19

• Balancing renewable energy sources in Latin America

• Using blockchain in the energy sector

• What’s the latest with biodiesel?

• Generating low carbon electricity out in the deep

• Review of biofuels production from microalgae

Energy and Policy

• Examining whether nuclear energy is the solution to climate change

• Mapping the potential for onshore wind farms in Europe

• Unravelling the impact of foreign direct investment on pollutant emissions

• Analysing the air pollution created by hybrid electric vehicles

• A blueprint for clean cooking

• Modernise or die? The International Energy Agency adapts to a new world

• Trillions of gallons and dollars saved by vehicle improvements in the US

• The EU has set low carbon targets for 2050 – Will they be met?

• What does it mean to be energy poor in England?

• Explaining the plummeting cost of solar modules

• The problem with talking about renewables

Applied Energy

• Investigating the impact of COVID-19 on global energy transition

• Setting the cost of clean energy

• Life cycle costs of the cars of the future

• Comparing the costs of hydrogen production technologies

• Wastewater plants could help plug the gaps in renewable energy supply

• Turning ocean plastics into fuel

• A low carbon way to help hot communities stay cool

• A sustainable future for geothermal energy

• Balancing electricity supply and demand with artificial intelligence

• Comparing neighbourhood decentralised energy storage systems

• Offshore power generation with carbon capture and storage

• Evaluating critical fuel properties for potential gasoline and diesel biofuel blendstocks

Earth Sciences

• Study indicates link between climate fluctuations and mass extinction

• Exploring the deep sea as a new source of rare earth elements

• Improving understanding of VOCs in cooking oil fumes

• How do mega-events impact air quality in host cities

• Vegetation and air quality in town parks