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Magallanes Generate First Electricity to UK Grid at EMEC

Spanish tidal energy developer, Magallanes Renovables, has generated its first electricity into the UK national grid following connection at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).

7 Mar 2019

Energy-X to Develop Economically Sound, Sustainable Energy Conversion Technologies

Discovering ways to sustainably generate chemicals and energy and replace the fossil fuels that are the basis for chemical and energy industry is extremely important due to climate change.

6 Mar 2019

Carbios Produces the First PET-Bottles Made With 100% Recycled Plastic Waste

CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB), a company pioneering new, bioindustrial solutions to reinvent the lifecycle of plastic and textile polymers, has announced that it has successfully produced the first PET-bottles made with 100% Purified Terephthalic Acid (rPTA), through the enzymatic biorecycling of plastic waste.

From CARBIOS 6 Mar 2019

Researchers Develop a Fast Technique to Convert Algae into Biocrude

Biofuel experts have spent quite some time in trying to discover a more economically feasible way to convert algae into biocrude oil in order to power ships, vehicles, and also jets. Researchers from the University of Utah now believe that they have finally arrived at an answer.

5 Mar 2019

JUMEME Breaks Ground on First Phase of Lake Victoria Hybrid Solar Mini-Grid Project

RP Global, an independent renewable energy developer and majority shareholder of JUMEME Rural Power Supply Ltd., announced today that construction of the first phase of its ambitious solar-hybrid mini-grid project in Tanzania was in progress.

From JUMEME Rural Power Supply Ltd. 5 Mar 2019

Researchers Discover an Effective and Safe Biopesticide to Ensure Environmental Sustainability

According to a research team from Cardiff University, in association with the Universities of Warwick and Liverpool and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, a strain of useful bacteria could be repurposed to produce a sustainable, safe, and natural substitute to synthetic chemical pesticides.

5 Mar 2019

A New Cash Flow to Local Farmers

Local farmers’ ability to sell biomass to Iggesund Paperboard’s paperboard mill at Workington will return over 1.5 million pounds annually to the local agricultural industry. The initiative has created a totally new source of income for close to 200 farms in Cumbria and Scotland.

From Holmen AB 5 Mar 2019

Los Angeles’ New Plan to Increase the City’s Water Supply Capacity

Recently, the city officials of Los Angeles have announced that by 2035, the city would recycle 100% of its wastewater by taking initiatives to markedly enhance water conservation and reduce dependency on imported water.

4 Mar 2019

Biome Bioplastics Futamura Collaborate on Compostable Multilayer Plastic Films

Biome Bioplastics and Futamura have partnered to demonstrate a range of bio-based and compostable multilayer films.

From Futamura Chemical Co. Ltd. 1 Mar 2019

Starlinger and PET2PET Collaborate to Boost PET Recycling to Meet Growing Demand

Austrian company PET2PET has collaborated with Starlinger to meet the growing demand for recycled material. The joint efforts of the two have resulted in increasing the output by 20%.

From Starlinger & Co Gmbh 1 Mar 2019

Study Predicts Impact of Population Growth and Climate Change on Future Water Scarcity in the U.S.

A new study, published in the AGU journal Earth’s Future, reports that population growth and climate change are the major issues in some of the regions of the United States that would cause water scarcity by the end of the 21st century.

1 Mar 2019

New Recycling Process to Ensure Profitable Second Lives for Future Plastic Bottles

A new recycling process has been developed by the researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

28 Feb 2019

Negative-Emission Technologies Could Help Remove CO2 from the Atmosphere

Adverse effects of cumulative emissions of greenhouse gases at constant increasing rates have been predicted by climate researchers. The fact that any solution will require sharp decreases in emissions from sources like coal-fueled power plants and automobiles has been accepted by professionals.

28 Feb 2019

Capturing Carbon from the Air

Climate scientists predict disastrous consequences if greenhouse gases continue to accumulate at ever-increasing rates.

28 Feb 2019

Ingeteam Commissioned Over 4GW of Wind Converters in 2018

Ingeteam Power Technology, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion equipment, announced today that it contracted over 4GW of wind energy converters globally in 2018.

From Ingeteam Power Technology S.A. Energy 28 Feb 2019