Javier Niño

Javier Niño has been a Spanish National Police officer since 2017 and a journalist specialising in employment, labour law and Social Security, with more than seven years of writing experience. At ECOnews he covers environment, energy and sustainability news, focusing on how new regulations and court rulings affect people in their everyday lives.
Perovskite solar panels

UNSW researchers report 13.2% efficiency for a kesterite solar cell made of copper, zinc, tin and sulfur and treated with hydrogen

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May 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
NEOM green hydrogen project

Saudi Arabia’s NEOM green hydrogen plant is designed to produce up to 1.2 million tonnes of green ammonia a year, with output expected in 2027

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May 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Solar canals renewable energy

California tests solar panels over irrigation canals in a $20 million pilot, and researchers estimate the full network could add 13 GW

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April 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Solar tree innovation

Bristol’s Energy Tree, a sculpture with 36 solar panels, offered free phone charging and Wi-Fi in Millennium Square from 2015

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March 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Tesla FSD, Elon Musk

Musk said some Tesla drivers switch to manual to check texts and avoid Full Self-Driving warnings, calling it less safe

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February 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Great Solar Wall

China’s Great Solar Wall in the Kubuqi Desert is planned to span 400 km and reach 100 GW of solar capacity by 2030

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January 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Solar Panels

Stanford prototype solar cell generates 50 milliwatts per square meter at night by capturing heat radiated to the sky

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December 26, 2024 at 7:50 AM
toyota hydrogen

Toyota shows a concept that reuses boil-off gas from liquid hydrogen vehicle tanks to cut wasted fuel and is seeking development partners

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November 30, 2024 at 9:50 AM
energy, white hydrogen

MIT Researchers Study How to Produce Hydrogen From Iron-Rich Rocks With a $1.3 Million US Energy Department Grant

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November 20, 2024 at 3:35 PM
China

US regulators are checking whether Tesla’s Full Self-Driving notices when sun glare or fog blinds its cameras, in a probe covering 3.2 million cars and nine crashes

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November 11, 2024 at 11:50 AM
hydrogen engine

MAHLE wins series order from DEUTZ to supply parts for hydrogen engines, while Tesla has announced no hydrogen car

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October 20, 2024 at 11:50 AM
wind turbine

China’s Mingyang installs a 20 MW prototype wind turbine in Hainan with a rotor up to 958 feet, plus a 16.6 MW floating platform

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October 10, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Ferrari hydrogen engine

Ferrari patents an upside-down hydrogen engine for a hybrid car, with hydrogen tanks on either side of the engine

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October 2, 2024 at 9:50 AM
solar panels, energy

California to test floating solar panels over the Delta-Mendota Canal with $15 million in federal funding

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October 1, 2024 at 7:50 AM
engine, stainless engine

Magnesium that corrodes less: a 2013 Monash University study found that adding a little arsenic slows corrosion in this very light metal

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September 3, 2024 at 11:50 AM
engine, biofuel engine

Terragia Biofuel raised $6 million to make ethanol from plant biomass with heat-loving bacteria, targeting aviation, shipping and trucking

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August 31, 2024 at 11:50 AM
teleporting

Physicists in Barcelona teleported a photon’s quantum state into a crystal memory over 1 kilometer of lab fiber, without breaking the speed of light

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August 11, 2024 at 8:50 AM
reverse microwave

The “reverse microwave” isn’t a kitchen gadget: it’s electrocaloric cooling, and a lab prototype published in Science reached a 37.6°F temperature span

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April 2, 2024 at 9:00 AM

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