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Researchers Work on Methods to Stop Global Marine Life Conflict

Across the globe, there has been an increase in the conflict between the recovering seal and sea lion population and fishing communities. A new study offers an exclusive outline of this conflict, specifically from the perspective of fishermen. It also offers a solution relevant to several fishing communities worldwide.

15 Sep 2021

Moray East Celebrates Final Turbine Installation

Scotland’s largest windfarm, Moray East, today announced that it had installed the last of its 100 Vestas V164-9.5 MW turbines at sea. The windfarm began generating when its first few turbines came online in June and has been gradually increasing output as more turbines are firstly installed, then commissioned.

15 Sep 2021

Tech Nation Welcomes 32 Revolutionary Climate Tech Companies to Its Second Net Zero Programme

Tech Nation, the UK’s leading growth platform for tech scaleups, today announces the 32 climate tech companies who have been accepted into Net Zero 2.0 - the second iteration of the Net Zero programme.

15 Sep 2021

UK's Largest Clean-Up Operation with Mindful Chef & Ben Fogle

Mindful Chef, the UK’s favourite healthy recipe box service (source: Trustpilot), is pleased to announce that it has partnered with UN Patron of the Wilderness Ben Fogle for its third annual Coast Clean, taking place 17th-19th September 2021.

15 Sep 2021

RES, ZX Lidars and KK Wind Solutions Develop Product to Upgrade Performance of Existing Wind Farms

RES, the world’s leading renewable energy company, alongside ZX Lidars and KK Wind Solutions, has developed a Retrofit Lidar Assisted wind farm Control System (ReLACS) which will improve the performance of existing wind farms.

From ZX Lidars 15 Sep 2021

NGO Research Warns Plastic Pollution is Jeopardising Sea’s Crucial Role in Fighting Climate Change

Whales and dolphins are suffocating on the sheer volume of plastic entering our seas, with the picture worse than previously understood, according to latest research by a leading marine charity.

15 Sep 2021

The Net Zero Technology Centre and TNO Launch Flagship Database to Share North Sea Resources

The Net Zero Technology Centre and TNO have today (date) launched a flagship report which analyses the significant opportunity that closer collaboration in the North Sea can bring.

15 Sep 2021

UCF Steers DOE-Funded Grant to Advance Hydrogen Fuel Research

With a new $800,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy to promote research on hydrogen fuel, the University of Central Florida (UCF) is at the forefront of the country’s charge of achieving 100% clean electricity by the year 2035.

14 Sep 2021

Achieving Environmental Targets for Nitrogen Without Worsening Food Security

Environmental targets to limit excess nitrogen require the large-scale deployment of dedicated nitrogen mitigation strategies to avoid a strong increase in the risk of food insecurity.

14 Sep 2021

Study Could Help Identify the Primary Food Sectors Contributing to Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A new, location-specific agricultural greenhouse gas emission study is the first to account for net carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions from all subsectors related to food production and consumption.

14 Sep 2021

Geothermal Technology Shows Enormous Potential as a Clean Energy Source

Clean, renewable geothermal power—the heat beneath our feet—has huge potential as a clean energy source, even possibly becoming as important as fossil fuels are today, but not without new technologies to make the resource economically viable and available to all.

14 Sep 2021

New Model Shows Increase in Heatwaves Across Europe over the Past Century

Researchers have used a 100-year observational dataset and the most advanced methods to model climate extremes, demonstrating the evolving dynamics of heatwaves throughout Europe under the impact of climate change.

14 Sep 2021

Sulzer Schmid and ENERTRAG Improve Blade Inspections with New Drone-Based Lightning Protection Testing Solution

Sulzer Schmid, and ENERTRAG Betrieb have teamed up to provide a new wind turbine blade inspection solution that integrates ENERTRAG Betrieb’s innovative lightning protection systems (LPS) testing solution with Sulzer Schmid’s UAV technology and digital inspection platform.

From ENERTRAG Betrieb 14 Sep 2021

$7 Million for Recycling in Regional and Remote Australia

The Morrison Government has announced $7 million for recycling in regional and remote Australia as it continues to create jobs and help our environment by turbocharging Australia’s waste and recycling industry.

14 Sep 2021

New Ocean Temperature Data Help Scientists Make Their Hot Predictions

So many climate models, so little time … A new way of measuring ocean temperatures helps scientists sort the likely from unlikely scenarios of global warming.

14 Sep 2021