Aenert. Research Laboratory newsIn the endeavour to find new materials to advance energy and industrial production, different approaches are being examined, some of them including completely new technologies, others relying on known materials. Carbenes are one such molecule. They were first discovered in the 1830s when scientists unsuccessfully tried to dehydrate methanol to methylene. But it...
Aenert. Research Laboratory newsOver the years, fossil fuels have drawn more and more negative attention owing to the fact that production methods as well as further processing of hydrocarbons release a lot of pollutants into the atmosphere. To mitigate the negative impacts of fossil fuels on the environment, biofuels from renewable sources have been researched extensively in order to provide a...
Aenert. Research Laboratory newsHydrogen is considered as clean and sustainable energy carrier that can be used to power a wide range of applications, such as internal combustion engines and fuel cells. It has the benefit of producing no toxic gas and few by-products. Therefore, it is small wonder that governments, companies and scientists are taking great pains to develop methods which can...
Aenert news. Industrial toursElectric motorcycles, as well as electric cars, are invoked to ensure the full transition of the human community to the use of ecologically clean transport. This requires rethinking many established consumption standards, solving a long list of technical and administrative problems, and significant financial investments. Nevertheless, the global market for electric...
Aenert news. Energy Market & Energy StatisticsElectric cars are taking an increasingly important place in the global vehicle market. Over the past three years, there has been a real breakthrough in this sector. The year 2021 was particularly successful in this respect, with an increase in sales of more than 100%, according to Global EV Sales for 2022. In 2022, according to the same source, sales increased...
Aenert news. Energy resources and infrastructureThe rapid growth in sales of various types of electric vehicles in 2021 and 2022 has caused a high demand for lithium from lithium-ion battery manufacturers. According to the USGS, batteries accounted for 65% of the global end-use markets for lithium in 2020. Now, according to some sources, this share may be as high as 80%. This seems quite obvious when taking into...
Aenert news. Energy Exhibitions & ConferencesDuring this weekend eCarExpo has organized in Stockholm a trade fair focused on: - both the electrified car and all conceivable three- and two-wheeled electric vehicles - the entire infrastructure behind the electrification, for the tech industry that supplies the vehicles with charging and the energy companies that ensure electricity from...
Electric vehicles offer huge potential for the decarbonisation of transport, as an important part of the energy transition. The international trade in hybrid (both plug-in and non-plug-in) and electrical cars is on the rise, according to the latest statistics published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. The updated data shows the dynamics of imports and exports as well as the EU's main trading partners in...
Organic photochemistry is a scientific area encompassing processes which play an important role in enabling life on our planet. These processes have recently been afforded renewed scientific interest as it enables scientists to cheaply and effectively create new molecules. Gaining greater insights into already known processes can sometimes lead to incredible results and help design better materials than such that can be created by...
Scientists have always been looking for ways to improve our daily lives. One of their focus areas undoubtedly is materials engineering, where they are trying, among other tasks, to improve or develop new devices which can be used for harvesting energy. Superconductors are one group of such devices, which have zero electrical resistance and thus allow electrons to flow unimpeded. It also means that they do not lose energy or create...
