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Discover how Squatex explores, innovates and shares its knowledge on sustainable energies
Why is Zinc an Essential Micronutrient for Humans and Plants
How does zinc deficiency affect human health and crops? Explore zinc’s biological roles, its availability in soils, and its impact on crop nutrition.
Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS): How Does It Work?
How can hydrogen be stored for weeks or months? Discover how underground hydrogen storage works, its capacity and its role in future energy systems.
CCS, CCUS, DAC, BECCS, mineral carbonation: what sets these carbon capture technologies apart?
An overview of the main CO₂ management technologies, including CCS, CCUS, DAC, BECCS and mineral carbonation.
Thorium: 5 Key Facts About Its Potential in Advanced Nuclear Energy
What role could thorium play in advanced nuclear energy? Discover its fuel cycle, potential applications, molten salt reactors and key challenges.
The Carbon Cycle Explained: Reservoirs, Emissions and Disruption
What is the carbon cycle? Learn how it works, how human activities are disrupting its balance and which solutions are being explored.
Salt caverns: why is salt a strategic material for energy storage?
Low permeability, creep and self-healing help make rock salt suitable for underground energy storage. Learn how salt caverns work.
What Are the Main Types of Hydrogen and How Can You Tell Them Apart?
Learn the main types of hydrogen, what their colors mean and how each pathway is produced, extracted or powered.
Natural Hydrogen and Subsurface Microbiology: How Do Bacteria Influence Geological Accumulations?
Microbial activity can affect hydrogen quantity, gas composition and reservoir properties. Learn why microbiology matters for natural hydrogen.
Critical Minerals: Why Did Prices Rebound in 2025 and 2026?
Why did lithium, cobalt and copper prices rebound? Explore the demand, supply and supply chain factors shaping critical mineral markets.
Deep Drilling: A Shared Infrastructure Across Multiple Energy Sectors
Deep drilling provides access to the subsurface for several applications, including critical mineral exploration, geothermal heat production, natural hydrogen exploration, and the characterization of reservoirs suitable for CO₂ storage.
How Does Underground Energy Storage Work? Comparing CAES, UHS, UGS and UGSF
How is energy stored underground? Explore CAES, UHS and UGS, their operating principles and the geological formations they rely on.
What Is the History of Natural Hydrogen? A Timeline of Discoveries and Exploration
From early observations in Australia to research in 2026, see how natural hydrogen became a growing field of geological exploration.
What Is the Natural State of Hydrogen on Earth?
What form does hydrogen take naturally? Learn why free H₂ is rare in the atmosphere and where natural hydrogen can occur underground.
CO₂, the Subsurface, and Surveillance: Understanding Geological Storage Monitoring
A clear overview of how CO₂ storage sites are monitored using seismic data, well sensors, groundwater chemistry and geomechanical tools.
Natural Hydrogen Regulation: Where Does Exploration Stand Worldwide?
Explore how several jurisdictions are regulating or adapting existing frameworks for natural hydrogen exploration.
Helium-3: Why Is This Rare Isotope Different From Helium-4?
Why is helium-3 so rare? Learn how it differs from helium-4, its unique physical properties and the challenges surrounding its supply.
Thermal Storage: How Heat Becomes a Strategic Energy Resource
Discover how thermal energy storage works, its three main technology families and its role in integrating renewable energy sources.
Geothermal Gradient: What Is It and Why Is It Important for Geothermal Energy?
Learn what the geothermal gradient is, how it is calculated, why it varies across regions, and why it is essential for geothermal energy exploration and development.
Slim hole drilling: a low environmental impact exploration technique
An overview of slim hole drilling, a small-diameter exploration technique used to collect geological data while limiting costs and surface disturbance.

