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SO Modular Moves Closer to Energy Self-Sufficiency with Investment in Biomass Boiler

SO Modular, a Neath-based specialist in timber frame construction, has unveiled a new biomass boiler at its headquarters, the result of a significant investment which moves it closer to becoming completely self-sufficient in terms of its energy and production process.

From Seven Oaks Modular Ltd 26 Sep 2020

Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance can Drive Down Electric Vehicle Prices, Says GlobalData

Prices of electric vehicles are significantly higher than conventional combustion engine powered vehicles.

26 Sep 2020

Total Deal Highlights Importance of Solar and Renewables Integration for Oil Majors’ Transition, Says Globaldata

Following today’s announcement of Total’s deal to develop 3.3GW solar capacity in Spain

25 Sep 2020

Climate Change Increases Risk of Wildfires

The proof that climate change raises the frequency and/or intensity of fire weather in several regions of the world has been strengthened by new scientific publications assessed from January 2020.

25 Sep 2020

Less Complex Models Could be Better for Analyzing Climate Risk

Typically, computer models of climate become more and more complex as researchers strive to capture more details of our Earth's system, but according to a team of Penn State researchers, to assess risks, less complex models, with their ability to better sample uncertainties, may be a better choice.

25 Sep 2020

Marine Heatwaves Like 2015's Pacific "Blob" Increased Due to Climate Change

Severe marine heatwaves, like 2015's Pacific "blob," are far more likely to occur now than before human-induced global warming began, according to a new study.

25 Sep 2020

Climate-Driven Wildfires in Cascade Range Restructure the Forests

In recent years -- and 2020 is no exception -- parts of the Pacific Northwest that are typically too wet to burn are experiencing more frequent, severe and larger wildfires due to changes in climate.

25 Sep 2020

Researchers Explore the Effect of Climate Change on Rainforest Elephants

In collaboration with the Government of Gabon, experts from the University of Stirling, have headed an international study relating to the effect of climate change on the rainforests of Central Africa and the risk posed to elephant populations in the region.

25 Sep 2020

Air Pollution can Increase Electricity Consumption

With the rising levels of air pollution, people are forced to stay inside and consume more electricity, which, in turn, creates even bigger environmental issues by increasing greenhouse gas emissions.

25 Sep 2020

Best Buy, McKinstry, Real Betis, Schneider Electric, and Siemens Sign The Climate Pledge

Today, Amazon and Global Optimism announced that Best Buy, McKinstry, Real Betis, Schneider Electric, and Siemens have joined The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040—a decade ahead of the Paris Accord’s goal of 2050.

25 Sep 2020

There's No Stopping Nidec ASI, Now Supplying a Battery Energy Storage System Worth $30.5 Million

Nidec ASI, the Nidec Industrial Solutions platform belonging to the Nidec Group, has supplied battery energy storage systems for a new important US project.

From Nidec Industrial Solutions 24 Sep 2020

Advance of All-Electric Aircraft Technology Gathers Momentum as Companies Race to Prepare for Zero-Emission Market, Says GlobalData

Following the announcement that Rolls-Royce has completed ground-testing of technology set to power the world’s fastest all-electric plane

24 Sep 2020

Study Shows How Climate Change Affects Freshwater Ecosystems

To understand how climate change may affect different ecosystems, 27 researchers from Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana and Puerto Rico, among other countries, conducted experiments in seven different locations involving the aquatic environment in the tank of bromeliads, a habitat for insect larvae and other small organisms.

24 Sep 2020

Amazonia Moving Closer to Catastrophic Ecological Tipping Point

Amazonia is closer to a catastrophic ecological tipping point than any time in the last 100,000 years, and human activity is the cause.

24 Sep 2020

New Device Captures and Stores Wind Energy from Even Light Breezes

A majority of the wind available on land is too mild to drive commercial wind turbine blades, but this issue can be solved by a novel “tiny wind turbine” developed by scientists in China.

24 Sep 2020