Cleantech News

RSS

Energy Vault Named Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum as It Offers an Economic Way to Store Clean Energy and Deliver Dispatchable Power

Energy Vault, the creator of products that combine conventional physics with advanced machine vision software to provide utility-scale storage of clean energy, today announced its selection as one of the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers of 2020.

From Energy Vault 17 Jun 2020

Comprehensive Solutions Needed to Combat the Impacts of Extreme Climate Conditions

When extreme climate conditions interact with stressors to social systems, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the consequences could be severe unless experts from diverse backgrounds work together to develop comprehensive solutions to combat their negative impacts.

17 Jun 2020

Soil Conservation can Improve Air and Water Quality

In some ways, farming is like cooking. Cooking would be much easier if we could leave the kitchen after eating and not come back until we make the next meal.

17 Jun 2020

Animal Dung Can Alter Aquatic Ecosystems

In many regions of the world, populations of large mammalian herbivores have been displaced by cattle breeding, for example in Kenya the hippos by large herds of cattle.

17 Jun 2020

Pollution in Tunisia's Coastal Lagoons can have Negative Effects on Carpet Shell Clams

Transitional waters, those situated between land and the sea, such as lagoons and estuaries, are more exposed to human activity and these waters are slowly refreshed, meaning that their ecosystems are more vulnerable to pollution.

17 Jun 2020

Agroforestry can Produce More Food in Environmentally, Sustainable Way

Planting woody plant species alongside crops could double the number of insect pollinators helping farmers produce food, new research has demonstrated for the first time.

17 Jun 2020

Studies Explore Link Between Sea Surface and Carbon Sequestration in Deep Ocean

For 30 years, MBARI ecologist Ken Smith and his colleagues have studied deep-sea communities at a research site called Station M, located 4,000 meters (2.5 miles) below the ocean's surface and 290 kilometers (180 miles) off the coast of Central California.

17 Jun 2020

Study Questions Reliability of Infographics in Preventing Plastics Waste

A majority of the individuals have seen informational posters at aquariums or parks, specifying the lifetime of plastic bottles, bags, and other products in the environment.

16 Jun 2020

CSIRO and Microsoft Partner to Tackle Plastic Waste, Illegal Fishing, and Efficient Farming

Artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital technologies will be harnessed to tackle global challenges including illegal fishing and plastic waste, and to boost farming as part of a new partnership between Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and Microsoft.

16 Jun 2020

Enphase Energy Partners with Excel Power to Deliver Solar Projects in Australia

Enphase Energy, Inc., a global energy technology company and the world’s leading supplier of solar microinverters, today announced that Excel Power, a leading commercial and residential solar company with headquarters in Toowoomba, Australia, is leveraging the safety, reliability, and versatility of Enphase microinverters to build a growing base of commercial solar customers.

16 Jun 2020