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Green and Sustainable Method to Derive Chitin from Food Waste

At Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore, researchers have designed a green method to produce chitin, which involves fermenting two forms of food waste—discarded fruit and prawn shells.

11 May 2020

Plans Unveiled for 24/7 Zero Net Emissions Baseload Power for NSW - Interviews and B-ROLL Available

Hunter Energy today announced its plan to recommission the 151 MW Redbank Power plant in the NSW Hunter Valley to operate on 100 per cent biomass fuels and turn it into Australia’s largest biomass green, baseload power station.

30 Apr 2020

WorldGBC and GRESB Join Forces to Drive ? Net Zero Carbon Buildings

World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) and GRESB have announced a collaboration that will see companies who commit to making their portfolios 'Paris Proof' by signing WorldGBC’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment (the Commitment) recognised.

30 Apr 2020

Hydrothermal Synthetic Processes Alternatives to Produce Organic Plastics

Several materials used in day-to-day life are not lasting. A few of them are hazardous to plants or animals, and the remaining ones consist of rare elements that will not always be as readily available as they are at present.

22 Apr 2020

New Photodegradable Polymer Could Promise Cleaner Seas

To address plastic pollution plaguing the world's seas and waterways, Cornell University chemists have developed a new polymer that can degrade by ultraviolet radiation, according to research published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

21 Apr 2020

Solar Device Generates Cooling Load Without Electricity

Heating and cooling of space is a standard requirement in a majority of the inhabited regions. Europe’s energy consumption on air conditioning is increasing, and this situation is likely to become worse in the days to come because of the rise in temperature in different parts of the world.

24 Mar 2020

New Model can Pave Way for Cleaner, More Efficient Transport Fuels

Researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have developed a simple, economical, and fast technique for modeling the combustion properties of gasoline.

10 Mar 2020

Scientists Examine the Effect of Palm-Oil Biodiesel on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Despite the rising controversy over the sustainability of vegetable oil biofuels, these products are increasingly being utilized as a substitute for fossil fuels.

28 Feb 2020

Novel Method Improves Production of Chemicals from Biomass

A team of researchers, which included doctoral student FUJIWARA Ryosuke, Associate Professor TANAKA Tsutomu (both from the Graduate School of Engineering of Kobe University) and Research Scientist NODA Shuhei (from RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science), has successfully improved the production of target chemicals from biomass.

26 Feb 2020

Kipp & Zonen ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited Calibration Service

We are proud to announce that the radiometric calibration laboratory at our factory in Delft, the Netherlands has been accredited to the EN ISO/IEC 17025 quality management standard for the sensitivity calibration of our pyranometers and pyrheliometers.

From Kipp & Zonen 14 Feb 2020