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Speeding Up the Transition to Electric Vehicles

Researchers from UNSW Sydney have designed a high-speed magnetically driven motor that could reduce the dependency on rare earth materials in EV manufacturing and increase the driving range of EVs.

14 Sep 2022

Employing Biological Materials to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Valuable Products

Assistant Professor Ariel Furst and her colleagues are looking to DNA to help guide the process.

8 Sep 2022

Sustainable Human Exploration of Mars

MIT researchers have devised the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE), which has been generating an oxygen supply and could help answer some of the questions about how to make the most of an atmosphere abundant in carbon dioxide.

1 Sep 2022

Existing Air Conditioners Could Someday Get an Upgrade with a Solid “Greener” Refrigerant

Summer is in full swing in the U.S., and people are turning up their air conditioners to beat the heat. But the hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants in these and other cooling devices are potent greenhouse gases and major drivers of climate change.

23 Aug 2022

A New Method for Treating High-Salinity Nitrogenous Wastewater

Numerous industries produce hypersaline wastewater that contains nitrogen, which poses a serious threat to the aquatic environment.

22 Aug 2022

Could Propane Be the Secret to Greener Air Conditioning?

A recent study led by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, suggests that the secret to greener air conditioning could lie in using propane, a clean-burning alternative fuel, as a refrigerant.

18 Aug 2022

Energy-Saving Cooling Systems for a Warmer World

Air-conditioning needs an energy overhaul--PNNL research provides a roadmap to get there using energy efficient adsorption cooling.

28 Jul 2022

Ground Breaking Trial Returning Cotton Textile Waste to Cotton Fields in Goondiwindi, Queensland Shows Promising Results

A 12 month trial on a cotton farm just outside the rural town of Goondiwindi Queensland in Australia has shown it’s possible to divert large amounts of cotton textile waste at end of life from landfill with no harm done to soil health or cotton yields.

27 Jul 2022

Hallett Group Launches $125m Green Cement Project Across Port Adelaide and Regional SA Today

A green cement project worth $125 million that will reduce Australian carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 300,000 tonnes per annum immediately, growing to approximately one million tonnes per annum in the future, is taking shape across Port Adelaide, Port Augusta, Port Pirie and Whyalla.

12 Jul 2022

Octopus Energy Backs Mega Solar Farm in Morocco to Power 7 Million Heat Pumps with Cheap Green Power

Energy tech pioneer Octopus Energy Group today announces a financial and strategic partnership with Xlinks, the company building the world’s largest subsea power cable to deliver renewable energy from Morocco to the UK.

From Octopus Energy Ltd 13 May 2022