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Optimized Turbofan Engines to Achieve Cleaner, More Sustainable Air Transport

The SACOC project forms part of the Clean Sky 2 program—an aspiring community initiative to realize air transport that is cleaner and more sustainable.

19 May 2020

Air-Plasma-Based Jet Engine Could Replace Fossil Fuel Jet Engine

At the Institute of Technological Sciences at Wuhan University, a research team has developed a prototype device that makes use of microwave air plasmas for jet propulsion.

6 May 2020

MIT Energy Initiative Report Offers Pathways to Achieving Sustainable Personal Mobility

In our daily lives, we all make choices about how we travel and what type of vehicle we own or use. We consider these choices within the constraints of our current transportation system and weigh concerns including costs, convenience, and — increasingly — carbon emissions.

19 Nov 2019

John Lewis Trucks to Run on Carbon Neutral Cow Manure

8 Nov 2019

Study Promotes Reintroduction of Airships to Help Reduce Carbon Emissions

Reintroducing airships into the global transportation-mix could help reduce the transport sector’s carbon emissions and play a role in forming a sustainable hydrogen-based economy.

5 Aug 2019

Global CNG Vehicles Market Research Report: Adoption of Clean Technology Could Expand CNG Vehicles Industry Size by 2025

The consistent rise in prices of conventional fuels is likely to create incremental opportunities for manufacturers of CNG vehicles over the forecast year.

4 Apr 2019

Effect of Virtual Energy on Global Trade

Oil pipelines, truckloads of coal, and electric wires are the normal images that come to one’s mind while considering meeting the increasing energy needs across the globe.

22 Mar 2019

Impact of Today’s Coal-Fired Power Stations on Rainfall and Climate Change

A novel 15-year global study has shown that present-day coal-fired power stations generate more ultrafine dust particles compared to road vehicles and could also alter and readjust rainfall distributions.

13 Mar 2019

Researcher Exposes Real Costs of Flying

Professor Renate Schubert believes flying is quite cheap. Air tickets would be more expensive if fuel tax, value-added tax (VAT), and CO2 tax were charged. Also, there would be fewer fabricated incentives.

26 Nov 2018

Australian Councils Can Drive Down Transport Pollution: New Report

AUSTRALIA’S LOCAL COUNCILS CAN DRIVE down transport pollution that is causing worsening climate change, according to a new report from the Climate Council’s Cities Power Partnership.

18 Sep 2018