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An ACWA Power-led Consortium and Oman Power and Water Procurement Company Inaugurate Ibri 2 PV IPP, Oman’s Largest Utility-scale Renewable Energy Project

Under the patronage of His Excellency Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal al Busaidi, Omani Minister of Interior, and in the presence of His Excellency Eng. Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, Saudi Minister of Investment, a consortium consisting of ACWA Power - a leading developer, investor and operator of power generation, desalinated water and green hydrogen plants - Gulf Investment Corporation (“GIC”), and Alternative Energy Projects Co. (“AEPC”), today inaugurated Ibri 2, the first solar independent power project (IPP) to be launched under the country’s national renewable energy programme and connected to the main national grid.

25 Jan 2022

WVU Researchers Seek to Increase the Recycling Rate of Single-Use Plastics

Despite efforts to promote recycling and reuse of plastic materials, the plastic problem continues to be a global problem. West Virginia University engineers hope to debottleneck the remaining challenges for recycling of single-use plastic packaging by upcycling them into petrochemicals.

19 Jan 2022

The Importance of Maximizing Blue, Green and Grey Water Usage

One of the most valuable resources on earth is decreasing, and its depletion impacts the lives of all living beings on earth. Its shortage is costly in biological, economical, and ecological terms. It is not oil, but a resource even more valuable – water.

18 Jan 2022

Study Shows How Circular Waste Management Systems can Help Curb Emissions

The increasing amounts of municipal solid waste and ineffective waste management systems threaten the environment and contribute to climate warming, yet the waste sector is often neglected in discussions about climate change and air pollution.

11 Jan 2022

Schneider Electric Reveals First Home Energy Solutions Made from Recycled Ocean Plastics at CES 2022 to Make Homes More Sustainable

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, and the world’s most sustainable corporation 2021 as ranked by Corporate Knights, today unveiled the first home energy solutions made from ocean plastics.

From Schneider Electric 4 Jan 2022

Three Full-Scale Trials Announced to Help Boost Farm Waste Digestion

Three full-scale industrial trials have been announced at farm sites in Scotland and the East Midlands aimed at unlocking what has been described as the “enormous potential” of anaerobic digestion in tackling farm waste and climate change, and giving the industry confidence to grow.

20 Dec 2021

Plastic-degrading Enzymes Increasing in Correlation with Pollution

The number of microbial enzymes with the ability to degrade plastic is growing, in correlation with local levels of plastic pollution.

14 Dec 2021

CDU Joins Project to Recycle Bromine and Antimony from Plastics

Charles Darwin University (CDU) is joining with The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) North American Flame Retardant Alliance (NAFRA) and the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) in Al Ain to develop new processes for recovering and recycling bromine and antimony from flame-retarded plastics.

8 Dec 2021

Leading Renewable Energy Projects Crowned at Scottish Green Energy Awards

A pioneering energy storage system which has been developed using the simple principle of gravity has been handed a top award by Scotland’s renewable energy industry tonight (Dec 2).

3 Dec 2021

PPPL Receives New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Recycling Leadership Award

The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has a lot to celebrate this America Recycles Day after recently receiving the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Recycling Leadership Award for recycling 52 percent of solid waste and 82 percent of construction waste in 2020.

29 Nov 2021