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CO2 Mineralization in Geologically Abundant Rocks for Storing Carbon

To prevent the worst effects of climate change, humanity has to change when it comes to lowering carbon emissions. If the world is to adhere to the IPCC’s minimum target of keeping global temperature increases lower than 1.5 °C, every possible path for CO2 remediation must be investigated.

11 Mar 2019

Researchers Use Ozone to Eliminate SOx and NOx from Exhaust Streams

A Japan-based research group headed by Kanazawa University has almost entirely removed SOx and NOx from diesel exhaust gas at a low temperature of 473 K by employing ozone from an atmospheric-pressure non-equilibrium plasma along with the desulfurization catalyst MnO2.

8 Mar 2019

Global Drinkable Water Concerns Drive Growth of Water Purification Technologies

Investorideas.com and its water portal http://www.water-stocks.com, one of the first global investor news source covering the sector, release a snapshot looking at water purification technologies as rising concerns regarding drinkable water become a global theme and anthem.

8 Mar 2019

National Academies of Sciences Representatives Hand Over Recommendations for Improving Marine Conservation

On March 6th, 2019, representatives from the national academies of sciences of the G20 countries delivered recommendations to the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe in Tokyo, Japan, for later consultation at the 2019 G20 summit.

7 Mar 2019

New Model for Increasing Sunlight Trapped by a Solar Cell

A person looking at a cell phone realizes the battery is low, suggesting another long walk into town to pay money and charge the device. By the time the person gets home, it gets dark, and a kerosene lamp is lit, which casts a dim glow across the room.

7 Mar 2019

Converting Cocoa Bean Waste into Bio-Fuel for West African Villages

African farming communities presently with little or no access to grid power may stand a chance to profit from a new green technology that can produce electricity from unwanted cocoa pod husks.

7 Mar 2019

Magallanes Generate First Electricity to UK Grid at EMEC

Spanish tidal energy developer, Magallanes Renovables, has generated its first electricity into the UK national grid following connection at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).

7 Mar 2019

Energy-X to Develop Economically Sound, Sustainable Energy Conversion Technologies

Discovering ways to sustainably generate chemicals and energy and replace the fossil fuels that are the basis for chemical and energy industry is extremely important due to climate change.

6 Mar 2019

Carbios Produces the First PET-Bottles Made With 100% Recycled Plastic Waste

CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB), a company pioneering new, bioindustrial solutions to reinvent the lifecycle of plastic and textile polymers, has announced that it has successfully produced the first PET-bottles made with 100% Purified Terephthalic Acid (rPTA), through the enzymatic biorecycling of plastic waste.

From CARBIOS 6 Mar 2019

Researchers Develop a Fast Technique to Convert Algae into Biocrude

Biofuel experts have spent quite some time in trying to discover a more economically feasible way to convert algae into biocrude oil in order to power ships, vehicles, and also jets. Researchers from the University of Utah now believe that they have finally arrived at an answer.

5 Mar 2019

JUMEME Breaks Ground on First Phase of Lake Victoria Hybrid Solar Mini-Grid Project

RP Global, an independent renewable energy developer and majority shareholder of JUMEME Rural Power Supply Ltd., announced today that construction of the first phase of its ambitious solar-hybrid mini-grid project in Tanzania was in progress.

From JUMEME Rural Power Supply Ltd. 5 Mar 2019

Researchers Discover an Effective and Safe Biopesticide to Ensure Environmental Sustainability

According to a research team from Cardiff University, in association with the Universities of Warwick and Liverpool and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, a strain of useful bacteria could be repurposed to produce a sustainable, safe, and natural substitute to synthetic chemical pesticides.

5 Mar 2019

A New Cash Flow to Local Farmers

Local farmers’ ability to sell biomass to Iggesund Paperboard’s paperboard mill at Workington will return over 1.5 million pounds annually to the local agricultural industry. The initiative has created a totally new source of income for close to 200 farms in Cumbria and Scotland.

From Holmen AB 5 Mar 2019

Los Angeles’ New Plan to Increase the City’s Water Supply Capacity

Recently, the city officials of Los Angeles have announced that by 2035, the city would recycle 100% of its wastewater by taking initiatives to markedly enhance water conservation and reduce dependency on imported water.

4 Mar 2019