June 6 (Renewables Now) – German Aviation Centre DRL has put into operation a pilot plant in Lower Saxony to test the production of heat directly from wind power as well as the economic potential and industrial-scale application of the technology.

Zhang Jian’s team at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has developed a highly effective cobaltosic oxide (Co3O4) electrocatalyst for furan upgrading coupled with hydrogen generation. The study was published in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.

The New Zealand Super Fund has teamed up with renewable energy investment giant Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to explore the potential of large-scale wind power generation off the South Taranaki coast.