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British Columbia Advances Mining Sector Towards Net-Zero Impact with pH7's Clean-Tech Solutions

New advanced chemical processes being developed and refined in British Columbia will give the mining industry a way to extract critical minerals with almost no net environmental impact, helping advance B.C.'s transition to a low-carbon economy.

21 Mar 2024

Climatic Factors Linked to the 2023 Canadian Wildfires

Events like wildfires have the potential to significantly affect both human society and ecosystems.

21 Mar 2024

Embodied Carbon: What Is It and How to Reduce It

Reducing materials embodied carbon in construction will advance Australia’s low-carbon future, says a UNSW expert.

21 Mar 2024

New Research Into the Impact of Microplastics and Nanoplastics on Human Health is Urgently Required Due to ‘Significant Threat’ to Human Health

A new metastudy published in Cambridge Prisms: Plastics by Cambridge University Press, has identified a body of evidence demonstrating the negative impact of microplastics and nanoplastics (MPs and NPs) on human health and identifying the limitations of current research.

20 Mar 2024

Plastic Pollution and Global Warming Should be Addressed Together

Researchers from Sweden revealed that although global warming and plastic pollution are often seen as unconnected issues, they are actually entangled in a “vicious circle” where one causes the other.

20 Mar 2024

Partnership Enables Emission-Free Power Production Independent of the Grid

PowerCell Group collaborates with Hitachi Energy, Port of Gothenburg, Skanska, Volvo Group and Linde Gas to enable sustainable power production and demonstrate the next step towards greener port operations.

20 Mar 2024

Lhyfe Receives From the French Government a Grant of up to €149 m for Large-Scale Production of Green Hydrogen Near Le Havre in France

Lhyfe, one of the world’s pioneers in green and renewable hydrogen production, has received confirmation from the French government of a financial support in the form of a grant of up to €149 million for the construction of a green hydrogen production plant with an installed electrolysis capacity of 100 MW near Le Havre.

20 Mar 2024

Two-Faced Solar Panels Can Generate More Power at up to 70% Less Cost

Scientists at the University of Surrey have built a new kind of solar panel with two faces, both of them pretty.

20 Mar 2024

Ampcontrol Powering NSW Sites with Renewable Electricity

Ampcontrol has signed a 10-year Agreement that includes a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with progressive energy provider Flow Power to source renewable electricity that will offset the operating emissions for its NSW sites and support the local renewable energy industry.

20 Mar 2024

Exploring Luminescent Solar Concentrators in Practical Settings

A group of scientists at the Cavendish Laboratory and AMOLF (Amsterdam, NL) discovered that improving solar cell efficiency with more sunlight is more difficult than previously believed.

19 Mar 2024

Novel Way to Remove Toxic Organic Chemicals from Wastewater

Industry and scientists are searching for biocompatible and more sustainable alternatives to preserve the environment as water contamination from dyes used in food, cosmetics, textile, and other production processes is a major ecological problem.

19 Mar 2024

Teesside University Collaborates with Industry Partners to Advance Net Zero Goals

A groundbreaking project being carried out by academics at Teesside University, in collaboration with partners in industry, is investigating the pivotal role of futuristic chemicals in achieving net zero emissions in the UK.

19 Mar 2024

Intelligent Energy, Networked – ADS-TEC Energy Unveils Decentralized Energy Platforms on a Limited Grid at Volta-Xchange

In February 2024, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE and the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI published a study looking at the potential offered by private charging infrastructure at residential and non-residential buildings.

19 Mar 2024

UB-Led Study Warns Against Exploiting Oil Resources to Fulfill Paris Agreement Commitments

To prevent the global average temperature from increasing beyond 1.5 °C, it is crucial to make substantial reductions in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the atmosphere.

18 Mar 2024

Understanding the Shifting Dynamics of Forests

According to a new study, there were notable changes in the carbon stocks and composition of global forests between 2001 and 2020. Utilizing cutting-edge machine learning and change detection methodologies, researchers have delivered the most comprehensive and pioneering analysis to date on the global evolution of forest management practices???????.

18 Mar 2024