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World’s First Hydrogen Cargo Vessel Set for Paris Debut

The European innovation project Flagships will deploy the world’s first commercial cargo transport vessel operating on hydrogen, plying the river Seine in Paris. Commercial operations are set to commence in 2021.

7 Apr 2021

Fish-Oil Based Polyurethane Could Help Meet the Need for Sustainable Plastics

Polyurethanes, a type of plastic, are nearly everywhere -- in shoes, clothes, refrigerators and construction materials. But these highly versatile materials can have a major downside.

6 Apr 2021

Climate Labels on Food Products can Reduce CO2 Footprint

Climate labels that inform people about the carbon footprint of a certain meat product drive many of them to choose other alternatives that are more climate-friendly.

30 Mar 2021

New Method to Synthesize Cyclic Carbonates from Atmospheric CO2

Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) together with their collaborators from the Czech Republic have discovered a new technique to synthesize cyclic carbonates from atmospheric CO2.

22 Mar 2021

New Insulation Takes Heat Off

Waste cooking oil, sulfur and wool offcuts have been put to good use by green chemists at Flinders University to produce a sustainable new kind of housing insulation material.

16 Mar 2021

Big Hydrogen Production Plans of Proton Technologies

Proton Technologies began separating hydrogen again in late February at their project in Saskatchewan, Canada.

From Proton Technologies Canada Inc. 11 Mar 2021

Orange Signs a Major Green Power Purchase Agreement with Total, Which Will Develop 80 MW of Solar Farms in France to Honor it

Orange signed a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA)with Total, through its subsidiary Total Quadran – one of the leaders in renewable energies in France. Total will supply Orange with 100 GWh a year of renewable electricity over a period of 20 years. This agreement will thus enable the development, by 2024, of a dozen new solar power plants spread throughout metropolitan France, with a cumulative capacity of 80 MW.

11 Mar 2021

Capsul’in Pro Launches World’s First Home Compostable Coffee Capsule

Luxembourg-based company Capsul’in Pro has today launched its Zero Impact Nespresso®-compatible coffee capsule, the first of its kind to be 100% biobased, certified home compostable and with a high oxygen barrier that protects the flavour and aroma of the coffee.

9 Mar 2021

Green Hydrogen Systems Gears up for the Rising Demand with Brand New Production Facilities

Green Hydrogen Systems (GHS), a leading provider of efficient electrolysers used in on-site production of hydrogen based on renewable energy, has completed its new modern production facility near Kolding, in Denmark.

From Green Hydrogen Systems 3 Mar 2021