24/7 Energy News Coverage
November 06, 2025
WOOD PILE
Pay to protect: Brazil pitches new forest fund at COP30



Paris (AFP) Nov 5, 2025
Tropical countries from Cameroon to Colombia could earn tens of millions of dollars a year under a novel approach to protecting the world's rainforests being launched at the COP30 summit in Brazil. The inauguration of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) is expected Thursday as global leaders meet in the Brazilian Amazon, where this year's UN climate negotiations are being held. Brazil is courting $125 billion from governments and private financiers for a global investment fund that prop ... read more

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WATER WORLD
UV light holds promise for energy-efficient desalination
Riverside CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
A team of UC Riverside researchers has uncovered a potential breakthrough in solar desalination that could reduce the need for energy-intensive saltwater treatment. Led by Luat Vuong, an associate p ... more
TECH SPACE
Cooling polymer coating enables energy-free rooftop water collection
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
Researchers from the University of Sydney and Dewpoint Innovations have engineered a nano-porous polymer coating that passively cools building surfaces and enables atmospheric water collection witho ... more
TECH SPACE
Risky gold rush drives young into Ivory Coast nature park
Doropo, Ivory Coast (AFP) Oct 31, 2025
Emmanuel knows only too well the allure of illegal gold prospecting in the protected Comoe National Park for the many young without prospects in Ivory Coast's troubled northeast. ... more
WOOD PILE
Biochar materials engineered from wood demonstrate mechanical strength comparable to steel
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 01, 2025
A team at the University of Toronto has found that the internal structure of wood allows biochar to achieve hardness matching mild steel, depending on how the material is measured. Their research sh ... more
TIME AND SPACE
ALMA achieves unprecedented cosmic microwave background temperature measurement at redshift 0.89
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 01, 2025
A Keio University-led research team, working with the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, has precisely measured the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) temperature at redshift z=0.8 ... more
TECH SPACE
Crystal-free films offer new direction for next-generation mechanoluminescent materials
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University have demonstrated mechanoluminescence in non-crystalline materials, challenging the common belief that cryst ... more
TECH SPACE
Radiation tolerant S-A2300 AI supercomputer completes LEO mission testing with successful results
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2025
Aitech Systems has conducted radiation testing for the S-A2300 AI supercomputer to determine its suitability for low Earth orbit missions. On May 6, 2025, the S-A2300 underwent gamma irradiation usi ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Europe's new Sentinel-4 mission delivers first look at hourly air pollution maps
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 27, 2025
Europe has taken a major step toward real-time air quality monitoring with the release of the first images from the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission. Operating aboard EUMETSAT's Meteosat Third Generati ... more

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ENERGY TECH
Floating hydrovoltaic device enables scalable and land-free raindrop energy harvesting
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 01, 2025
Raindrops carry significant untapped energy beyond their role as a source of fresh water. Researchers have worked for years to extract this energy, facing persistent limitations with conventional dr ... more
ENERGY TECH
Milestone for China as engineers advance artificial sun fusion system
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 06, 2025
Chinese researchers have completed development of the world's largest and highest-load divertor prototype, a key subsystem in the Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology (CRAFT) in Hef ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Cobalt catalyst breakthrough advances photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
Researchers at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics have developed a novel catalyst featuring uniformly dispersed cobalt single atoms with a Co-N4 coordination structure. The team synthesized th ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Ultrablack nanoneedles achieve new benchmarks for solar tower light absorption
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
Concentrated solar power is gaining traction as a future renewable energy source due to its efficient thermal energy storage. Historically more costly and complex than photovoltaic systems, advances ... more
CHIP TECH
Major advance in quantum nanodiamonds enables scalable sensor production
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 30, 2025
An international team spanning three continents, led by Dr. Petr Cigler at IOCB Prague, has demonstrated a method to create quantum centers in nanodiamonds in minutes, rather than weeks. Their Press ... more
CHIP TECH
Giant leap in thin film resistivity change could power future AI electronics
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have engineered a new atomically layered thin film material that exhibits a five order of magnitude drop in resistivity following oxidation. This perform ... more
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TRADE WARS
Asian markets bounce from selloff as US jobs beat forecasts
Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 6, 2025
Asian markets rose on Thursday to claw back some of the previous day's hefty losses as investors tracked a bounce on Wall Street sparked by jobs data that soothed worries about the US economy. ... more
TRADE WARS
China extends suspension of extra tariffs on US goods
Beijing (AFP) Nov 5, 2025
China said on Wednesday it would extend a suspension of additional tariffs on US goods for one year, making official an agreement reached in talks between presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump last week. ... more
CAR TECH
China's robotaxi firms sink on Hong Kong debut
Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 6, 2025
Shares in Chinese self-driving start-ups Pony.AI and WeRide tumbled on their Hong Kong debuts Thursday, after raising more than US$1.1 billion, with experts warning China is not yet ready for a mass rollout of robotaxis. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Hydrogen production made possible with treated wastewater
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
Princeton University engineers have demonstrated that reclaimed wastewater can be used for hydrogen generation, reducing reliance on clean water and lowering water treatment costs for hydrogen fuel ... more
OIL AND GAS
Plugging nanoscopic cracks to make hydrogen cleaner and cheaper
New York NY (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
Columbia researchers are working with industry partners to improve energy conversion efficiency and remove potentially toxic chemicals from a vital industrial process. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Simple answers to tough problems are always wrong
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 5, 2025
Not only have Americans fallen prey to pursuing a seemingly simple answer to a complicated and complex problem, but they also have badly failed. Venezuela is the current poster child for this. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Bloomberg invests $100 million in reducing methane leaks
Washington (AFP) Nov 6, 2025
Billionaire Mike Bloomberg's philanthropic organization announced Thursday a $100 million investment in efforts to cut emissions of methane - a "super pollutant" greenhouse gas that has become an increasing focus of climate change talks. ... more
ENERGY NEWS
China emissions peak likely closer to 2028: expert survey
Bangkok (AFP) Nov 6, 2025
Experts surveyed annually on China's climate goals now believe the world's biggest emitter will not peak its carbon dioxide emissions before the latter half of this decade, data showed Thursday. ... more
ROBO SPACE
Teaching robots to map large environments
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 06, 2025
A new approach developed at MIT could help a search-and-rescue robot navigate an unpredictable environment by rapidly generating an accurate map of its surroundings. ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Post Weld Heat Treatment Agreement Signed for Hinkley Point C Secondary Coolant Welds
London, UK (SPX) Nov 06, 2025
Framatome entered into an agreement with NNB to conduct post weld heat treatments on welds for the main secondary coolant systems in two EPR reactors under construction at Hinkley Point C in the UK. ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Advancing TRISO Fuel Manufacturing for Next Generation Reactors in France
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 06, 2025
Framatome has launched a new pilot line to produce TRISO fuel at its Romans-sur-Isere facility in France. This development increases Framatome's capacity for advanced nuclear fuel manufacturing in E ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Orano and Siteflow expand digital operations for nuclear sector fieldwork
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 06, 2025
Orano and Siteflow have enhanced their partnership to accelerate digital transformation for field operations in the nuclear sector, announced at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris. Since 2020, th ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR
Breakthrough achieved in uranium metal production for advanced reactor fuel
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 05, 2025
Framatome and TerraPower have achieved a key milestone in uranium metallization for advanced reactor fuel commercialization, producing successful elements of uranium metal. These metallic uranium pu ... more
OIL AND GAS
Nuclear waste could help drive clean hydrogen energy transition
London, UK (SPX) Nov 05, 2025
Scientists at the University of Sharjah have published research indicating that nuclear waste may be used for sustainable hydrogen production, potentially offering a path to long-term clean energy. ... more
TRADE WARS
China FM slams Germany's 'microphone diplomacy'; Says backs despite 'protectionism' by others
Beijing (AFP) Nov 4, 2025
China's top diplomat Wang Yi told his German counterpart that Berlin should not engage in "microphone diplomacy", just weeks after his visit to Beijing was postponed. ... more
TRADE WARS
Experts call for global panel to tackle 'inequality crisis'
Cape Town (AFP) Nov 4, 2025
Wealth inequality is a global emergency that threatens democracy and social cohesion, experts warned Tuesday, urging G20 leaders meeting in South Africa this month to establish a panel to tackle the crisis. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Perplexity shopping bot not welcome at Amazon shop
San Francisco, United States (AFP) Nov 5, 2025
Amazon is demanding that artificial intelligence startup Perplexity put a stop to its bot shopping for people at the e-commerce giant's retail platform, the companies said on Tuesday. ... more
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