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ABB Wins $60 Million Award from Hydro-Québec to Strengthen Quebec Power Grid

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $60 million from Hydro-Québec, Canada’s leading power utility to replace vital components of its ultra-high voltage transmission system that helps transport clean hydroelectric power from North to South Quebec. The order was booked in the fourth quarter of 2013.

18 Feb 2014

Waste Plastic Shopping Bags can be Converted into Diesel, Other Useful Petroleum Products

Plastic shopping bags, an abundant source of litter on land and at sea, can be converted into diesel, natural gas and other useful petroleum products, researchers report.

13 Feb 2014

Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring Conference 2014 Issues Call for Papers

The organisers of WWEM 2014, theinternational Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring conference, have issued a call for papers in preparation for this year’s event, which will take place on 5thand 6thof November in Telford, UK.

11 Feb 2014

Submissions and Nominations Open for 2015 Zayed Future Energy Prize

Submissions and nominations for the 2015 Zayed Future Energy Prize opened today. The Prize, an annual US$4 million award, recognises individuals, organisations and schools who have made significant strides to advance the fields of renewable energy and sustainability.

3 Feb 2014

Global Report on Waste to Energy

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Worldwide Waste to Energy Report - Incineration Plants" report to their offering.

3 Feb 2014

GBI Awards Three Green Globes to American Forest Foundation’s New Headquarters

The Green Building Initiative™ (GBI) has awarded its second-highest rating of three Green Globes® to the new Washington, DC headquarters of the American Forest Foundation (AFF) for its environmentally-focused design and construction.

31 Jan 2014

Integrated Plan to Turn El Gouna into a Carbon-Neutral City

The Red Sea city of El Gouna witnessed today, 27 January, 2014, the signing of an agreement among the Egyptian Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs, the Italian Ministry of Environment and El-Gouna City in order to help it implement an integrated plan to become a carbon-neutral city. This will make El Gouna turn into the first city of its kind in Egypt and Africa, and one of the leading carbon-neutral cities in the world.

30 Jan 2014

Japanese Environmental Preservation Presents Waste Heat Furnace to National Cheng Kung University

National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) received heat furnace, emulsifying equipment and heat exchangers manufactured by Japanese Environmental Preservation Co. Ltd (JEP) as gifts from the company in an effort to study on hazardless waste treatment and recycling for environmental protection in Taiwan.

28 Jan 2014

Reduction in Empty Running of Vehicles Will Help Prevent 426,000 Tonnes of Carbon Emissions

The Centre for Sustainable Road Freight, a joint collaboration between Heriot-Watt and Cambridge Universities, claims the industry could save £160 million in fuel and prevent 426,000 tonnes of carbon emissions from being released, equivalent to the amount generated by approximately 70,000 cars a year, if they reduce empty running of vehicles.

25 Jan 2014

Food Scraps from Cornell Dining Halls Help Run City’s Wastewater Treatment Facility

Co-digestion of food scraps from Cornell dining halls with wastewater could contribute enough methane to run the city’s wastewater treatment facility, according to a report from a student-based sustainability project.

25 Jan 2014