This article focuses on the improved methods of HyperDSV to determine the specific heat capacity of nanocomposites that have been of tremendous interest in recent years.

Here’s the single biggest change you can make to reduce your home’s energy use.

A new industrial-scale 'sand battery' has been announced for Finland, which packs 1 MW of power and a capacity of up to 100 MWh of thermal energy for use during those cold polar winters. The new ...

Extreme temperatures present a significant challenge to AC systems, which engineers and installers say are really only designed to keep indoor temperatures about 20 degrees cooler than outside.

Commercially available heat pumps currently use around 60 grams of propane per kilowatt of heating capacity, meaning the device beats their refrigerant charge sixfold.

Top U.S. oil refiners will run their plants this quarter at up to 95% of their combined 17.9 million barrel-per-day capacity, according to executives and analysts, defying this summer's extreme ...

For weeks now, a power crunch caused by a record heat wave and accompanying drought has wreaked havoc across Sichuan, a province home to 80 million people in southwestern China. It’s dimmed ...

Properties of urban materials, in particular solar reflectance, thermal emissivity, and heat capacity, also influence urban heat island development, as they determine how the sun’s energy is ...

Heat-storing batteries are scaling up to solve one of climate’s dirtiest problems Starting next year, Antora’s new manufacturing plant will produce modular thermal batteries to help ...

World hits 12 straight months of record-high temperatures — but as warming continues, it'll be "remembered as comparatively cold" ...

Gas prices hit 8-month high as nation's heat wave slows down refineries and OPEC's cuts and sanctions squeeze oil supply. Hurricanes remain wildcard.