Mines researchers discovering new ceramic materials to support the hydrogen economy 7/10/2023

Mines researchers discovering new ceramic materials to support the hydrogen economy Ryan O’Hayre and his team are focused on the development of protonic ceramics, with applications in all sorts of electrochemical energy conversion technologies. Electrolysis...

A new attempt at building a carbon futures market 6/27/2023

A new attempt at building a carbon futures market Payne Institute Sustainable Finance Lab Program Manager Brad Handler writes about how Climate Impact X is the latest operator to try to foster exchange-based trade in voluntary carbon credits.  Singapore-based Climate...

Zimbabwe’s Attack on Carbon Offsets 6/6/2023

Zimbabwe’s attack on carbon offsets Payne Institute Program Manager Brad Handler and Director Morgan Bazilian write about how Zimbabwe’s announcement that it is canceling all carbon offset contracts in its borders and demanding a larger government share of any...

Ensuring Sustainable Supply of Critical Minerals for a Clean, Just and Inclusive Energy Transition 5/22/2023

Ensuring Sustainable Supply of Critical Minerals for a Clean, Just and Inclusive Energy Transition Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian and other researchers write about how the global clean energy transition involves large-scale deployment of a suite of renewable...

Mines researchers explore way to reduce cost of high-efficiency solar cells 8/24/2022

Mines researchers explore way to reduce cost of high-efficiency solar cells Corinne Packard’s team in the Colorado Center for Advanced Ceramics has been working on a fracture process to allow substrate reuse. Researchers at Colorado School of Mines and the U.S....