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New Flagship EU Project Focused on Replacing Toxic Solvents with Renewable Alternatives

Biotechnology company Circa Group has announced it is leading the consortium for new EU project ReSolute – a flagship Horizon 2020 project set to develop the first commercial plant to produce Cyrene™ a new, sustainably-sourced, safer alternative to traditional, fossil-based solvents.

From Circa Group Ltd 20 Dec 2019

Mechanical Engineers Rush to Develop Scalable Renewable Energy Solutions

In the early 20th century, just as electric grids were starting to transform daily life, an unlikely advocate for renewable energy voiced his concerns about burning fossil fuels. Thomas Edison expressed dismay over using combustion instead of renewable resources in a 1910 interview for Elbert Hubbard's anthology, "Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great."

19 Dec 2019

Russelectric, A Siemens Business, to Attend Solar Power Northeast Annual Conference

Russelectric, A Siemens Business, a leading manufacturer of power control systems and automatic transfer switches, announces that it will be attending the Solar Power Northeast Annual Conference, to be held February 19-20, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts.

18 Dec 2019

Many Countries Drive Biodiversity Loss Overseas Due to Demand for Electric Power

A new research has revealed the degree to which countries induce biodiversity loss overseas through their demand for electric power. For specific countries, over half of the impact on species is overseas.

6 Dec 2019

UK Renewables Now Generating More Electricity Than Fossil Fuels

Image Credit: Richard Whitcombe/Shutterstock.com A new report has revealed that the UK saw more energy being generated by renewables than by fossil fuels in the third quarter of the year. This is a landmark event, the...

4 Dec 2019

'Magic Crystals' to Enable Our Electric Car Future

CSIRO and Monash University’s Matthew Hill will receive the Solomon Award tonight for developing ‘magic crystals’ with dozens of applications from cleaning gases and liquids to mining and drug production.

29 Nov 2019

Equinor and ORE Catapult Collaborating to Share Hywind Scotland Operational Data

Operational data from the world’s first floating offshore wind farm, Hywind Scotland, is now available to access on a free to use basis for supply chain businesses and academia through the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Platform for Operational Data (POD) service.

From ORE Catapult 29 Nov 2019