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Engineering Firm Gears Up Waste Management Wake Up in the UK

A leading UK engineering firm has its sights firmly set on transforming the nation’s approach to waste management in 2021.

11 Dec 2020

Renewable Electricity Used for Widespread, Distributed Hydrogen Fuel Production

Researchers at Northwestern University have formulated a very effective, eco-friendly method for turning ammonia into hydrogen.

19 Nov 2020

CSIRO Signs New Agreement with US Partners for a Transformational Power Generation Technology

CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has signed an agreement with US-based GTI, a leader in the development and deployment of technology solutions to address energy and environmental challenges, to join a Joint Industry Program on the development of a supercritical CO2 (sCO2) power plant that could assist mining companies to reach large renewable energy targets.

18 Nov 2020

The Volvo Group Launches Green Finance Framework

Volvo Group launches a Green Finance Framework for the financing of investments and projects in the area of clean transportation.

5 Nov 2020

OWGP Unveils Latest £1.5M Funding Call for Transformative Supply Chain Projects

The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership has launched its next grant funding programme for offshore wind supply chain companies to improve competitiveness, increase capability and achieve a step-change in growth.

2 Nov 2020

Scientists Map Freshwater Transport in the Arctic Ocean

The Ob, Yenisei, and Lena rivers flow into the Kara and Laptev seas and account for about half of the total freshwater runoff to the Arctic Ocean.

11 Sep 2020

Evs Pushing Battery Prices Down and Ess to Pave Way for Next Phase of Energy Transition

Energy storage systems installations linked to the electricity grid and ancillary services will witness rapid growth in the coming two to three years because of their increasing number of applications and the falling cost of systems due to electric vehicle development.

10 Sep 2020

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