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Fusion for Energy Signs Contract for Tokamak Complex Construction

Fusion for Energy (F4E), the organisation managing Europe’s contribution to ITER, celebrates a landmark achievement with the signature of one of its largest contracts in the area of the civil engineering works for the construction of the Tokamak complex, the building that will host the ITER Tokamak machine. Other buildings and amenities surrounding the Tokamak complex will also be delivered through this contract.

19 Jan 2013

Jute Works as a Sustainable Reinforcement for Mortar and Concrete

Fashionable people may turn up their noses at jute — the cheap fiber used to make burlap, gunny sacks, twine and other common products — but new research is enhancing jute's appeal as an inexpensive, sustainable reinforcement for mortar and concrete. The study appears in ACS' journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

17 Jan 2013

Fraunhofer, UBC Partner to Improve Efficiency and Reliability of Fuel Cells

The transition from fossil fuels to sustainable and regenerative energy concepts is a challenge that sooner or later all industrial nations will be facing. Mastering this difficult task will require new technologies. Currently the green-energy industries in both Germany and Canada have a globally recognised leadership role.

17 Jan 2013

Second Conference on CO2 as Chemical Feedstock to be Held in Germany in October 2013

A new paradigm for the industrial chemical production has arisen over the last few years: the CO2 economy. According to this vision, CO2 is no longer seen as a waste product with dangerous environmental effects but increasingly as a feedstock for chemicals, fuels or polymers.

16 Jan 2013

Waste Food Becomes Part of Compost Pile in Lehigh Community Garden

Every day in the university’s dining halls, students push their unwanted bites of food into garbage bins. Some of that food becomes part of a compost pile in the Lehigh Community Garden on the Goodman Campus, thanks to the effort of two undergraduate students.

10 Jan 2013

NSF Grant to Study Viability of Algae-Based Biofuel Energy Systems for Homes

The NSF Sustainable Energy Pathways Program has awarded a 1.6 million dollar grant to a team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Architecture and Ohio University. The multi-disciplinary group will be studying the viability and optimization of algae-based biofuel systems to meet the energy needs of homes and communities.

10 Jan 2013

Energy Innovation Hub to Address Material Supply Shortage to Clean Energy Industry

The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that a team led by Ames Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, has been selected for an award of up to $120 million over five years to establish an Energy Innovation Hub that will develop solutions to the domestic shortages of rare earth metals and other materials critical for U.S. energy security.

10 Jan 2013

Klean Industries to Collaborate with Dow to Provide Solutions for End-of-Life Mixed Plastics

Klean Industries Inc. ("Klean") a Canadian Energy Solutions Company announces its intent to collaborate with The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") to recover energy, chemicals and oil from end-of-life waste plastics that would otherwise be sent to landfill.

4 Jan 2013

The Children's Center Supports Sustainability by Going Green for 2013 AutoGlow

The Children's Center supports sustainability by going green for the 2013 AutoGlow, Vive Detroit.

4 Jan 2013

Covanta Energy's Clean World Initiative Enters Fifth Year

Covanta Energy Corporation, a world leader in sustainable waste management and renewable energy, is proud to celebrate the fifth anniversary of its Clean World Initiative (CWI).

4 Jan 2013