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“Goldilocks” Inspires Cost Cutting of Fuel Cells in Electric Vehicles

A fuel cell working on hydrogen instead of gasoline has been credited for enabling the 2019 Toyota Mirai electric vehicle to produce zero emissions.

22 Feb 2019

EMEC Fall of Warness Tidal Test Site Lease Extended to 2040

Crown Estate Scotland has granted an extension to the European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC) lease for the Fall of Warness tidal energy test site in Orkney until 2040.

22 Feb 2019

Ice-Cream Maker Ben & Jerry's to Phase out Single-Use Plastics in Scoop Shops Worldwide

Ben & Jerry's has announced that it is moving away from single-use plastic. As a first step, the company will no longer offer plastic straws and spoons in any of its more than 600 Scoop Shops worldwide in early 2019.

22 Feb 2019

Nestlé & Danimer Scientific to Produce Biodegradable Water Bottles Made from PHA

Nestlé and Danimer Scientific has announced a global partnership to develop biodegradable bottles. Nestlé and Danimer Scientific will collaborate to design and manufacture bio-based resins for Nestlé’s water business using Danimer Scientific’s PHA polymer Nodax™.

From Danimer Scientific 22 Feb 2019

Researchers Discover a Surprising New Source of Carbon Dioxide Emissions

In a new research from UBC’s Okanagan campus, scientists have found an unexpected new source of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions—bicarbonates concealed in the lake water employed for irrigating local plantations.

22 Feb 2019

Food Industry Waste Can be Profitable for Biogas Production

The waste produced by the food industry can provide significant benefits, especially in the production of biogas, regardless of whether the biogas is utilized in vehicles or used for generating heat and electricity.

22 Feb 2019

New Enzyme-based Polymerization Method Enable Greener PEF Production

Recently, polymer chemists from the University of Groningen, led by Prof. Katja Loos, have described an enzyme-based polymerization method to produce PEF, an alternative to PET, which can be made from bio-based furan molecules.

21 Feb 2019

Large UK Biogas Plant Order for WELTEC BIOPOWER

In winter 2019, the German biogas plant manufacturer WELTEC BIOPOWER has started building a biomethane plant near Pontefract, West Yorkshire, UK. The client is Lanes Farm Energy, a gas-to-grid project developed by Aqua Consultants.

From WELTEC BIOPOWER GmbH 21 Feb 2019

Researchers Develop Novel Method for Detecting Hazardous Wastes in Superfund Sites Across the U.S.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reported that nearly 53 million people in the United States, including approximately 18% of the U.S. children, reside less than three miles from a Superfund site.

21 Feb 2019

ANU at the Forefront of Groundbreaking Solar Research

Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have made a fresh series of breakthroughs that could help further revolutionise solar technology – making it more efficient, and more accessible – following major discoveries last year.

21 Feb 2019

Aircuity Announces Release of Educational Vodcast on the Energy Services Performance Contracting Market

Aircuity, creator of measurably better environments, announces the release of its new educational vodcast. This vodcast analyzes the increasingly competitive energy services performance contracting market and strategies for institutions to achieve higher return on investment.

From Aircuity 21 Feb 2019

Lab-Grown Meat’s Promise for Cutting Climate Warming Depends on an Energy Revolution

Comparison of the greenhouse gases produced by lab-grown and farm-raised beef in the current energy system suggests that the benefits of reducing methane could be outweighed by increased CO2.

20 Feb 2019

EASAC’s Latest Analysis Reveals Increasing Significance of Technologies to Remove CO2

In a new report, the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC), which is the representative of the national science academies of the EU Member States, Norway, and Switzerland, states its latest analysis shows that technologies and methods for eliminating CO2 from the atmosphere are becoming increasingly important with the failure to reverse the burgeoning global emissions.

20 Feb 2019

Trelleborg Introduces New Eccofloat® App at Oceanology International

To meet customer requirements, Trelleborg’s applied technologies operation manufactures various syntactic composite materials for demanding applications in numerous industries.

From Trelleborg AB 19 Feb 2019

Magallanes Install ATIR Tidal Turbine at EMEC

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is delighted to welcome Spanish tidal energy developer Magallanes Renovables to their tidal test site at the Fall of Warness in Orkney, Scotland.

From Magallanes Renovables S.L. 19 Feb 2019