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Alternative Battery Technologies Crucial for Sustainable Transportation, Says GlobalData

Electric vehicles, which are deemed to be decisive for sustainable transportation, are currently powered by rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that majorly rely on heavy metals like cobalt and nickel.

27 Oct 2020

Students Find Sweet Positives in Carbon-Negative Hydrogen

Final-year chemical engineering students at The University of Queensland are investigating how sugarcane can be used as a clean energy source to create hydrogen.

27 Oct 2020

New Project to Examine the Impacts of Plastic Pollution in Southeast Asia's Marine Ecosystems

Researchers have launched an ambitious project to discover the impacts of plastic pollution in the oceans of Southeast Asia - and how the problem might be tackled.

23 Oct 2020

Aerial Imagery can be Used to Detect Food Security Threats for African Farmers

New research shows how a combination of imagery from mobile phones, drones and satellites can be used to clamp down on banana threats.

23 Oct 2020

Ambitious Goals Need to be Set for Global Biodiversity and Sustainability

Nearly three decades have passed since world leaders agreed to reverse biodiversity loss. It hasn't gone according to plan.

23 Oct 2020

A 'Safety Net' of Multiple, Ambitious Goals Needed to Tackle Nature's Alarming Decline

A "safety net" made up of multiple ambitious and interlinked goals is needed to tackle nature's alarming decline, according to an international team of researchers analyzing the new goals for biodiversity being drafted by the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity.

23 Oct 2020

CCS Offers a Clean Technology Pathway for Rapidly Reducing Emissions from Vital Sectors

Today, the Energy Futures Initiative and Stanford University released "An Action Plan for Carbon Capture and Storage in California: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions," a report providing policymakers with options for near-term actions to deploy carbon capture and storage to meet the state's climate goals.

23 Oct 2020

Improved Forecasting Systems Needed to Prevent Debris Flows After Wildfires

Wildfires continue to be risky even after the flames extinguish. According to a new study by researchers from the University of California, Riverside, even one brief rainfall after a fire can result in a hazardous landslide.

23 Oct 2020

1 GWh of Daily Solar Production is Optimized and Monitored by Tigo Solutions Globally

This summer, Tigo Energy Inc.’s fleet of monitored module-level power electronics crossed a major milestone – more than 1 GWh of daily solar production.

23 Oct 2020

Climeworks Signs Shopify to its Carbon Dioxide Removal Programme

In order to reverse climate change, we need pioneering organizations to take bold actions to support the scale-up of much-needed climate solutions, such as Climeworks’ direct air capture technology.

From Climeworks AG 22 Oct 2020

Revolutionary Mobile Air Purifier Against Global Pandemics, Wildfires and Pollution

A clean air company from Finland, 6GCool, has just launched on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter with a portable high tech air purifier that fits in your pocket.

22 Oct 2020

‘Letters’ Tells Urgent Tale of Bushfire Survival in New Film Supporting Climate Change Act from Photoplay

Photoplay Films has launched the provocative ‘Letters’, a film aiming to raise awareness and mobilise political support for the Climate Change Act.

22 Oct 2020

The Future of SGRE Turbine Performance Tests Offshore and Onshore is the ZX TM Nacelle Lidar

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy statement of testing and approval of nacelle based wind Lidar ‘ZX TM’ from ZX Lidars for the purpose of Power Performance Testing on Siemens Gamesa wind turbines released

22 Oct 2020

£3.5m North of Tyne Programme Seeks Offshore Innovators

A new £3.5m offshore innovation programme has been launched today (20th October), primarily targeting supply chain companies located in the North of Tyne area with opportunities to fund and support technology innovation in the offshore wind and subsea sectors.

22 Oct 2020