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From our year in review: Renewable integration and AI demand reshaped power grids in 2025
Renewable integration and AI demand reshaped power grids in 2025 - Nature Reviews Clean Technology
The importance of renewable integration into grids came to the forefront in 2025. New challenges in stability, storage, artificial intelligence demand and policy changes defined a year that tested whether power systems can become reliable, flexible and equitable in a net-zero world.
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February 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
From our year in review: Renewable integration and AI demand reshaped power grids in 2025
This recent Review explores recent breakthroughs in solar chemical biosynthesis
Interfacing solar energy with bacterial metabolism for sustainable chemical synthesis - Nature Reviews Clean Technology
Phototrophic bacteria could be used for chemical manufacturing from various carbon sources. This Review discusses the pathways, engineering and potential application of solar chemical biosynthesis.
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February 6, 2026 at 9:35 AM
This recent Review explores recent breakthroughs in solar chemical biosynthesis
From our year in review: Diverging maturity and converging challenges of water and CO₂ electrolysis in 2025
Diverging maturity and converging challenges of water and CO₂ electrolysis in 2025 - Nature Reviews Clean Technology
In 2025, water electrolysis for green hydrogen production continued to progress towards gigawatt-scale deployment worldwide, whereas CO₂ electrolysis for carbon-based fuels and chemicals synthesis saw advances at the cell and catalyst levels and moved towards pilot-scale demonstrations. Although at different stages of technical readiness, the two fields share common future challenges.
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February 5, 2026 at 10:58 AM
From our year in review: Diverging maturity and converging challenges of water and CO₂ electrolysis in 2025
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A year-in-review article in Nature Reviews Clean Technology shows rapid expansion of renewables has thus far mostly covered fast-growing energy demand rather than displacing fossil fuels, but data center growth could reverse energy declines seen in 2024–2025. go.nature.com/4bXzfI5 🔒
February 2, 2026 at 2:01 PM
A year-in-review article in Nature Reviews Clean Technology shows rapid expansion of renewables has thus far mostly covered fast-growing energy demand rather than displacing fossil fuels, but data center growth could reverse energy declines seen in 2024–2025. go.nature.com/4bXzfI5 🔒
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In his latest article in Nature Reviews Clean Technology, HI MS director Prof. Winter describes why the current inconsistencies in #battery funding in Germany are hampering the efforts to build up a German/European strength in battery research and manufacturing.🔋
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German battery research needs a targeted and long-lasting funding strategy - Nature Reviews Clean Technology
Funding for new battery research projects in Germany was reduced drastically for 2024 and 2025, with some funding planned to be restored. Martin Winter argues that the disruption has broad impacts on ...
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February 2, 2026 at 11:54 AM
In his latest article in Nature Reviews Clean Technology, HI MS director Prof. Winter describes why the current inconsistencies in #battery funding in Germany are hampering the efforts to build up a German/European strength in battery research and manufacturing.🔋
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
This recent Perspective article explores the still-unclear position of biodegradable plastics in the plastics industry
The role of biodegradable plastics in the global plastic future - Nature Reviews Clean Technology
Biodegradable plastics could help reduce plastic waste pollution, but their role in the global plastic industry and environmental impacts remains unclear. This Perspective evaluates their contribution to plastic waste accumulation, greenhouse gas emissions, aquatic ecotoxicity, cumulative energy demand and water footprint through 2050.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:58 AM
This recent Perspective article explores the still-unclear position of biodegradable plastics in the plastics industry
From our year in review: Advances in battery technologies for smart grids in 2025
Advances in battery technologies for smart grids in 2025 - Nature Reviews Clean Technology
Battery storage systems with high energy density, safety, cost-effectiveness and wide operating temperatures are needed for smart grid integration. High-energy lithium-ion systems, quasi-solid-state configurations and sodium-ion batteries were among the main strategies pursued in 2025 to achieve that goal.
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February 3, 2026 at 6:56 PM
From our year in review: Advances in battery technologies for smart grids in 2025
From our Year in Review: Energy demand and decarbonization in 2025 and beyond by @dianaurge.bsky.social
Energy demand and decarbonization in 2025 and beyond - Nature Reviews Clean Technology
Rapid expansion of renewables has thus far mostly covered fast-growing energy demand rather than displacing fossil fuels. New demand drivers such as data centres and cooling could reverse declining demand trends from 2024–2025 without further effort.
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February 2, 2026 at 2:33 PM
From our Year in Review: Energy demand and decarbonization in 2025 and beyond by @dianaurge.bsky.social
From last week: Recycled aggregate concrete design, application and challenges http://dlvr.it/TQdVs7
January 29, 2026 at 1:12 PM
From last week: Recycled aggregate concrete design, application and challenges http://dlvr.it/TQdVs7
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January 28, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Interested students should email us at nrct@nature.com with their name and affiliation, the method/instrument, its application in their clean tech research, a <20 word description of why it is needed and <30 words on how it works. The series is for established tools, new methods cannot be proposed.
January 28, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Interested students should email us at nrct@nature.com with their name and affiliation, the method/instrument, its application in their clean tech research, a <20 word description of why it is needed and <30 words on how it works. The series is for established tools, new methods cannot be proposed.
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January 28, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Tools of the Trade articles are single-author articles written by graduate students, about why the tool is needed, a bit about how it works, and what we can learn from its results.
Check out this example here: rdcu.be/e0pQ2
Check out this example here: rdcu.be/e0pQ2
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These are short (<400 words) articles about a tool, method, or instrument related to clean technology research.
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Nature Reviews Clean Technology is looking for proposals for Tools of the Trade articles
These are short (<400 words) articles about a tool, method, or instrument related to clean technology research.
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January 28, 2026 at 4:34 PM
📣🖊️Calling graduate students interested in writing for us!
Nature Reviews Clean Technology is looking for proposals for Tools of the Trade articles
These are short (<400 words) articles about a tool, method, or instrument related to clean technology research.
Read more below 👇
Nature Reviews Clean Technology is looking for proposals for Tools of the Trade articles
These are short (<400 words) articles about a tool, method, or instrument related to clean technology research.
Read more below 👇
From last week: Advancing thermoplastic composites for transportation with low-temperature plasma http://dlvr.it/TQcMdd
January 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM
From last week: Advancing thermoplastic composites for transportation with low-temperature plasma http://dlvr.it/TQcMdd
The scale of the PV industry means that it consumes large quantities of raw materials and energy. This Review explores how to grow the PV industry sustainably
Actions for sustainably scalable multi-terawatt photovoltaics - Nature Reviews Clean Technology
The large-scale deployment of photovoltaics could create new raw material demands and has the potential to create large end-of-life waste management issues in the future. This Review explores methods for device design and recycling to allow the photovoltaic industry to meet expanding energy demands while keeping within planetary bounds.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:58 AM
The scale of the PV industry means that it consumes large quantities of raw materials and energy. This Review explores how to grow the PV industry sustainably
Space heating and hot water are two of the largest energy demands in residential and commercial buildings. This Review explores how thermal energy storage can reduce this demand.
Increasing the sustainability of buildings by using thermal energy storage - Nature Reviews Clean Technology
Building heating and cooling energy demands can be reduced through thermal energy storage. This Review details the economic, environmental and social aspects of the technology.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Space heating and hot water are two of the largest energy demands in residential and commercial buildings. This Review explores how thermal energy storage can reduce this demand.
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Digital services, AI, air conditioner systems, e-cars are causing global #electricity demand to rise faster than electricity production from renewables, warn PIK’s Felix Creutzig and @ipcc.bsky.social vice chair Diana Ürge-Vorsatz in Nature Reviews Clean Technology:
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Energy demand and decarbonization in 2025 and beyond - Nature Reviews Clean Technology
Rapid expansion of renewables has thus far mostly covered fast-growing energy demand rather than displacing fossil fuels. New demand drivers such as data centres and cooling could reverse declining de...
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January 26, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Digital services, AI, air conditioner systems, e-cars are causing global #electricity demand to rise faster than electricity production from renewables, warn PIK’s Felix Creutzig and @ipcc.bsky.social vice chair Diana Ürge-Vorsatz in Nature Reviews Clean Technology:
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...