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Offshore Wind Innovation Hub Introduces Health & Safety Criteria to Its Innovation Roadmaps

For the first time the Offshore Wind Innovation Hub (OWIH) will consider Health & Safety (H&S) criteria as it assesses and prioritises the technology innovation needs of the offshore wind sector.

From ORE Catapult 18 Nov 2019

New Report on Global Clean Technology Market 2019

A new market study, titled "Global Clean Technology Market Report 2019 - Market Size, Share, Price, Trend and Forecast", has been featured on WiseGuyReports.

18 Nov 2019

Current Climate Predictions Do Not Reflect the Impact of Future Rainfall

In recent weeks, communities and homes across the United Kingdom have felt the entire impact of torrential downpours.

15 Nov 2019

Flo Launches Compostable and Biobased Capsules for Perfectly Brewed Coffee

Flo SpA has introduced three new capsule formats in the GEA family that are industrially compostable, fully biobased, and able to provide a brewing experience that is expected of the most popular capsules on the market.

From FLO S.p.a. 15 Nov 2019

Most Efficient Method for Converting Sewage Sludge into Methane

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new method to convert restaurant grease and sewage sludge into methane. To date, this is the most efficient method ever developed.

14 Nov 2019

Climate Impact of Hydropower Varies Widely

Hydropower is broadly considered to be much more environmentally friendly than electricity generated from fossil fuels, and in many cases this is true.

14 Nov 2019

GE’s Haliade-X 12 MW Nacelle, the World’s Most Powerful Offshore Wind Turbine, Arrives in the UK for Testing

A nacelle from GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X 12 MW offshore wind turbine has arrived at the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s testing facility in Blyth, Northumberland, ahead of a rigorous testing programme designed to prepare it for years of operation at sea.

From ORE Catapult 13 Nov 2019

Lower pH of Water in Subarctic Pacific Region has Increased N2O Production

The current increase in CO2 emissions has been altering the pH levels of oceans, pushing them to more acidic levels. The damaging effects of this phenomenon have already been observed in the coral reefs.

13 Nov 2019

New Research on Prokaryotes Could Help Develop More Accurate Climate Models

While adapting to hotter temperatures, bacteria tend to accelerate their respiration rate and emit more carbon, thus possibly speeding up climate change.

13 Nov 2019

New Device for Inexpensively Producing Hydrogen and Potable Water from Seawater

One of the most abundant resources on earth that offers promise as a source of not only hydrogen (preferred as a clean energy source) but also drinking water in arid climates is seawater.

13 Nov 2019

Mountain Gravity Energy Storage as a Solution for Long-Term Energy Storage

Many challenges face the storage of energy for extended periods. According to an IIASA scientist, a combination of Mountain Gravity Energy Storage (MGES) and hydropower could be a solution to overcome this challenge.

13 Nov 2019

Move to Implement Policies that Build Soil Carbon to Mitigate Climate Change

Researchers have expressed increasing interest in the potential for soil carbon to alleviate climate change.

13 Nov 2019

Stockholm Brings Transformative Food Technology to New York

Food tech and clean tech are two of the sectors that are on the cusp of impacting the world far beyond the Swedish capital. Today, Stockholm’s impact companies are present in New York to share their transformative innovations at Sustainology, the business event that discusses the critical shift toward a sustainable food system.

13 Nov 2019

When Wastewater Gives Power to the People

Sustainable purification of wastewater by naturally occurring algae is an outstanding way for regional towns to reuse precious water – and reduce a town’s carbon footprint and power usage at the same time, says environmental health Professor Howard Fallowfield.

13 Nov 2019

Using AI to Split Water Electrochemically in a Cost-Effective, Reliable Way

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have taken a massive stride toward finding an answer to a puzzle that would offer the world a totally renewable, clean energy from which the sole waste product would be water.

11 Nov 2019