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AusNet Services to Trial New Solar-Friendly Technologies

Innovative technology aimed at dynamically managing the network impact of Australia’s rapidly growing home solar take-up, and thus facilitating more solar panel installations, will be trialled by AusNet Services, in a new $2.2 million project.

12 Feb 2019

Domestic Policies of Large Nations Can Influence the Global Supply of Ecosystem Values

A new article reported in Conservation Biology suggests that the ability for big countries to contribute to environmental protection is being ignored.

11 Feb 2019

Study Analyzes How the Earth’s Atmosphere is Affected by Organic Reactions

Although volatile organic compounds are present in air, they can be found everywhere. An array of sources, ranging from plants and household cleaners to cooking fuels, releases these compounds directly. In addition, volatile organic compounds can be formed in the atmosphere via an intricate network of photochemical reactions.

11 Feb 2019

ComSos Project Brings Advantages of Zero Emissions and Fuel Cell Technology to Commercial Sector

Concerns about warmer average temperatures, climate change, and international campaigns about environmental problems, from plastic pollution in the oceans to CO2 emissions, have brought up a new sensitivity on the environment as an important factor for development.

8 Feb 2019

Unleashing Perovskites’ Potential for Solar Cells

Perovskites — a broad category of compounds that share a certain crystal structure — have attracted a great deal of attention as potential new solar-cell materials because of their low cost, flexibility, and relatively easy manufacturing process.

8 Feb 2019

Study Reveals Wind Energy Delivers Three Quarters of Projected Electrical Energy

A new record has been achieved in Germany with regards to energy transformation. In 2018, nearly 40% of the produced energy was from renewable sources, 17% of which was derived from wind energy.

8 Feb 2019

Study Shows Perceptions of Residents Play a Significant Role in the Outcomes of Wind Turbines

According to a study conducted by the University of Michigan, perceptions of local residents play an important role in how they feel about wind energy.

8 Feb 2019

IPE Researchers Develop Energy-Efficient, Effective Water Purification Technique Using Graphitic Carbon Nitride Sheets

Scientists at the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and Yangzhou University (YZU) in Jiangsu have developed an effective and energy-efficient technique for purifying water by using graphitic carbon nitride sheets.

8 Feb 2019

Researchers to Develop “Chemical Noses” to Remove Industrial Pollutants from the Environment

Researchers from five European countries have come together to create next-generation “chemical noses” to eliminate industrial pollutants from the environment.

7 Feb 2019

New Technology Platform Could Enable More Efficient Evaluation of Chemicals and Environmental Samples

Within the UFZ thematic scope of “Chemicals in the Environment,” studies focus on gaining a better insight into the fate processes like biodegradation, transformation, and the impacts of chemicals under actual environmental conditions, and also on devising novel ideas for assessing environmental chemicals.

7 Feb 2019

Innovative Chemical Conversion Technology to Convert World’s Plastic Waste into Clean Fuels, Other Products

Annually, over 8 million tons of plastics enter the oceans according to United Nations estimates. A new chemical conversion process could change the world’s polyolefin waste, a form of plastic, into beneficial products, for instance, clean fuels.

7 Feb 2019

Sulzer Schmid’s New Technology Platform Slashes Cost of Drone-Based Rotor Blade Inspections

Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories AG, a Swiss company pioneering next-generation technology for the inspection of wind turbine rotor blades, announced today that it has launched a new highly competitive inspection platform.

From Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories AG 7 Feb 2019

Study Emphasizes the Need to Significantly Ramp Up Efforts to Protect World’s Inland Waters

According to new research by the JRC, around 15% of the world’s inland surface water areas come under protected areas.

6 Feb 2019

A New Method to Quickly Estimate Solar Energy Potential in Urban Settings

Scientists at TU Delft have developed a new method for calculating solar energy potential of surfaces in the urban setting in a fast and accurate manner.

5 Feb 2019

EDP Renewables Signs a Build & Transfer Agreement for a 102 MW Wind Farm Project in the U.S.

EDP Renewables, a global leader in the renewable energy sector and one of the world’s largest wind energy producers, through its fully owned subsidiary EDP Renewables North America LLC, has signed a Build & Transfer Agreement with Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC.

5 Feb 2019