In the heart of California, researchers at the University of California, Irvine, are pioneering a technological marvel that could revolutionize environmental monitoring and energy management. Led by Efrain Mendez-Flores from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the team has developed a solar-powered wire-traversing robot, aptly named RaccoonBot, designed to operate autonomously in remote areas for extended periods.

“It’s part of a broader climate-change signal,” says Amir AghaKouchak, [professor of civil and environmental engineering and Earth system science], a climate researcher at the University of California, Irvine.

California’s current energy mix would result in 11 kilograms of carbon emissions for every kilogram of hydrogen produced ...

This is not SoCalGas Co.’s first foray into power-to-gas technology. In partnership with the National Fuel Cell Research Center and the University of California–Irvine, it has already begun developing power-to-gas technology capable of producing green hydrogen. Read More