Cranfield University is to develop a waterless, hygienic toilet with the potential to transform the lives of the 2.5 billion people worldwide without access to basic sanitation, thanks to $800,000 funding from the ‘Reinvent the Toilet Challenge’ of the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation Water, Sanitation and Hygiene initiative.
For the first time, engineers at the University of New South Wales have demonstrated that hydrogen can be released and reabsorbed from a promising storage material, overcoming a major hurdle to its use as an alternative fuel source.
Being ‘unreservedly committed’ to a green economy, the UK government has declared a £100 M-worth investment, focused on driving domestic as well as foreign investment in non-domestic energy efficiency projects.
The Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank of United States has approved a US $32.1 million loan guarantee for export of wind turbine blades produced by LM Wind Power Blades to wind turbine manufacturer, Wind Power Energia based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The loan guarantee is in compliance with the congressional mandate to augment support for export of renewable energy.
Construction of the first 400 MW offshore wind farm, dubbed Global Tech I and initiated by Windreich, commenced as stipulated. The project work was carried out effectively by Tim Kittelhake.
MEED will be hosting its inaugural Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Renewable Energy Conference from 18 to 19 September at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Dubai. The conference will focus on factors such as innovation and technologies and government strategies that drive the growth of the MENA renewable energy market.
The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, in a statement on the limits and chances of using bioenergy, has concluded that bioenergy plays a secondary role in Germany's transition to renewable energy sources at present and this aspect is likely to remain the same in the future.
Global Blade Technology (GBT) has announced that it has collaborated with Flessak Energia Eolica Ltd (FEEL) of Francisco Beltrão, Brazil and has started a new company named - GBT do Brasil Equipamentos Eolicos (GBTB). A new plant is to be built in Brazil near Toledo.
Valentin Software has introduced PV*SOL basic 6.0, a new planning program for effectively designing photovoltaic (PV) plants.
Air Liquide has inked a long-term deal with Zhejiang Huafon Spandex (Huafon) for hydrogen supply to Huafon’s cyclohexanone project with a 120,000-ton annual production capacity in Liaoyang Aromatics and Fine Chemical Park, Liaoyang city, Liaoning province, China. Cyclohexanone is a critical material used in the production of nylon.
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