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Green Hydrogen in Kenya May Be Most Valuable When Connected to the Grid, Study Finds
A new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University’s Renewable Energy and Equity Worldwide Laboratory (RENEW), together with collaborators with partners…
A Smarter Way to Power Data Centers Could Save Billions
The artificial intelligence revolution is driving up demand for electricity across the PJM Interconnection Region, a regional transmission organization that coordinates…
A New Compass for Clean Energy Competitiveness
As countries race to build clean energy industries, many face the same dilemmas: Where to invest, and how to avoid costly…
Hopkins Researchers Develop Greener Method to Separate Cobalt and Nickel
As demand for lithium-ion batteries, which power everything from electric vehicles to smartphones and grid-scale storage systems, increases, so too does…
Understanding Atmospheric Turbulence: A Grand Challenge for Wind Energy
As wind turbines continue to grow taller and more powerful, spanning great distances across wind farms, researchers are confronting new questions…
DOE-Funded LIGHTS Project Helps States Fast-Track Grid Capacity
As electricity demand surges across the United States, a Johns Hopkins University initiative is helping states move faster—and more affordably—to expand…
Empowering the Future: Renewable Energy and Equity Worldwide Laboratory Secures Funding to Further Work in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Renewable Energy and Equity Worldwide Laboratory (RENEW Lab), led by Dan Kammen, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Energy and…
Advancing Wind Energy Through Better Understanding of the Atmosphere
The following is a thought piece written by Julie Lundquist, the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Wind Energy and…
The Platinum Problem
A team of researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins have developed an artificial intelligence framework that can predict the properties for a certain…
Johns Hopkins Joins DOE’s New AI-Powered Scientific Discovery Institute
Johns Hopkins is part of the new multi-institution Learning Accelerated Domain Sciences (LEADS) Institute, a Department of Energy-funded collaborative initiative focused…
Navigating the Future: Balancing Data Center Growth with Energy Sustainability in Maryland
Abe Silverman, an assistant research scholar with the Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) and attorney, studies and advises academics, industry,…
Researchers Discover how “Messy’ Patterns Create Superior Optical Materials
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering used computer simulations to study how the arrangement of nanoscale metallic discs affects…
Nuclear Plants Too Expensive? China Shows Low-Cost Construction Possible
As countries race to scale up nuclear power to meet climate goals and fuel power-hungry data centers, a longstanding problem persists:…
A State Playbook for Managing Data Center-Driven Load Growth
A report co-authored by Abe Silverman, an assistant research scholar with the Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI), that aims to…
The Streaming Service for Wind Energy: Hopkins Database Powers Wind Farm Research
Johns Hopkins University has recently released a free, comprehensive, public wind farm database developed through the university’s Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy…
The Fast Track to Better Batteries
A team of Hopkins researchers has created an automated platform that could speed up the search for better materials for renewable…
Cracking the Code of Caution
A team led by Johns Hopkins researchers has created a mathematical model that explores how humans make decisions when they are…
Polymer Protection Discovery Could Upgrade Battery Life and Stability
Researchers from Johns Hopkins and Cornell University have discovered that coating zinc-ion batteries’ electrodes with a special polymer extends their life…
Can Regulators Protect Small Customers from Rising Transmission Costs for Big Data Centers?
This story was written by ROSEI’s Abe Silverman, and originally appeared in Utility Dive. Grid operators in the United States are…
Hopkins Engineers Unveil Sustainable Solution for Waste-to-Chemical Conversion
A team led by Hopkins engineers has developed a method to convert organic waste into medium-chain carboxylic acids (MCCAs)—crucial ingredients in…
Machine Learning Method Could Speed Path to Cleaner Energy Solutions
The process of testing new solar cell technologies has traditionally been slow and costly, requiring multiple steps. Led by a fifth-year…
Electrifying Solution to Climate Change
A team led by a Johns Hopkins doctoral candidate has developed a new technique using electricity to drive a chemical process…
The Future of Solid-State Batteries in the Electric Vehicle Industry
MRS Bulletin recently featured a paper co-authored by Regina García-Méndez, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering and core researcher…
Combining Computational Methods and Experimental Techniques to Unlock Floating Offshore Wind Potential
A collaboration between researchers from Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering (WSE) and Portland State University (PSU) aims to help…
Developing Batteries That Work in Frigid Temperatures
Researchers at Johns Hopkins’ Whiting School of Engineering (WSE) and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL) are working to create…
Solar Cells Simplified: New Approach Developed by Undergraduate Student Could Improve Solar Cell Efficiency
An algorithm developed by an undergraduate student in the Whiting School of Engineering’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) could…
Chao Wang Developing High-Density Hydrogen Fuel Cell for Sustainable Transportation
Supported by a new grant from U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), a Johns Hopkins group is developing…
Toward Carbon-Neutral, Farmer-Friendly Fertilizer Production
A team of Johns Hopkins researchers affiliated with the Whiting School of Engineering’s Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) is developing…
Power Struggle: Managing Electricity Scarcity Efficiently Key to Avoiding Grid Outages
Research from the Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) reveals how various pricing strategies in U.S. electricity markets affect the cost…
Greener Skies Ahead: Engineers Piloting Sustainable Jet Fuel Project
Two researchers from the Whiting School of Engineering’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering have teamed up with colleagues at The…
New JHU Center Aims for 100% Renewable Energy Power Grids
The Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI), in collaboration with partners from around the globe, has established a new center focused on helping…
New Lab Tackles Net-Zero Supply Chains and Industrial Policy
China’s efforts in renewable energy, electric vehicles, and batteries have reshaped climate politics, leaving countries such as the United States scrambling…
To Reduce Carbon Emissions, Just Add Water
Water could play a crucial role in reducing global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to Johns Hopkins engineers. A team led…
Solving the Carbon Dioxide Problem, One Atom at a Time
A team led by Chao Wang, associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and core researcher at the Whiting…
Power Struggle: Shedding Light on Why Batteries Degrade
This story was written by Jonathan Deutschman, and was originally featured in the Hub. It’s one of life’s little annoyances: The…
Mission from DARPA: Create Food from Thin Air
For a team of Johns Hopkins researchers, the challenge of feeding people during times of crisis or conflict is an opportunity…
Decision Tool Developed by Ben Hobbs Helps Cities Beat the Heat
Heat waves are deadly and increasingly frequent. They hit urban areas harder than suburban or rural areas because cities have more…
Revealing the Secrets that May Unlock the Potential of Thermoelectric Materials
Disordered thermoelectric materials—which convert heat into electricity—are crucial to the work of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In addition…
Optica Women Scholars Program Honors Dana Kachman for Work on Solar Cells
This story originally appeared in the Hub. Solar energy has yet to reach its full potential in combating greenhouse gas emissions….
From Waste to Windfall: Engineers’ New Method Extracts Valuable Materials from Mining Discards
This story was written by Jonathan Deutschman, and first appeared in the Hub. Ores that contain metals such as nickel, cobalt,…
Ammonia May Unlock Secrets to Cleaner, Greener Energy
This story was written by Jonathan Deutschman, and originally appeared on the Hub. Does the secret to cleaner energy lie in…
New Project will Lay Groundwork for Open Access to Massive Windfarm Simulations
This story originally appeared in the Hub. Wind power produces over 8% of our nation’s electricity, up from less than 2%…
Researchers Aim to Expand Solar Energy Usage
This story was written by Wick Eisenberg, and originally appeared in The Hub. While solar energy is an asset in the…
Countries Missed Opportunity to Address Climate Crisis with Pandemic Stimulus
This story was written by Jill Rosen and originally appeared in The Hub. Click here to read a story about the…
Engineers Aim to Convert Destructive CO2 to More Useful Form of Carbon
This story was written by Wick Eisenberg, and originally appeared in the Hub. Carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels…