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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

Biome Bioplastics Futamura Collaborate on Compostable Multilayer Plastic Films

Biome Bioplastics and Futamura have partnered to demonstrate a range of bio-based and compostable multilayer films.

From Futamura Chemical Co. Ltd. 1 Mar 2019

Starlinger and PET2PET Collaborate to Boost PET Recycling to Meet Growing Demand

Austrian company PET2PET has collaborated with Starlinger to meet the growing demand for recycled material. The joint efforts of the two have resulted in increasing the output by 20%.

From Starlinger & Co Gmbh 1 Mar 2019

Study Predicts Impact of Population Growth and Climate Change on Future Water Scarcity in the U.S.

A new study, published in the AGU journal Earth’s Future, reports that population growth and climate change are the major issues in some of the regions of the United States that would cause water scarcity by the end of the 21st century.

1 Mar 2019

New Recycling Process to Ensure Profitable Second Lives for Future Plastic Bottles

A new recycling process has been developed by the researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

28 Feb 2019

Negative-Emission Technologies Could Help Remove CO2 from the Atmosphere

Adverse effects of cumulative emissions of greenhouse gases at constant increasing rates have been predicted by climate researchers. The fact that any solution will require sharp decreases in emissions from sources like coal-fueled power plants and automobiles has been accepted by professionals.

28 Feb 2019

Capturing Carbon from the Air

Climate scientists predict disastrous consequences if greenhouse gases continue to accumulate at ever-increasing rates.

28 Feb 2019

Ingeteam Commissioned Over 4GW of Wind Converters in 2018

Ingeteam Power Technology, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion equipment, announced today that it contracted over 4GW of wind energy converters globally in 2018.

From Ingeteam Power Technology S.A. Energy 28 Feb 2019

Research on Economically Feasible Path to Renewables-Based Hydrogen Production

Today, hydrogen production based on wind power could already be commercially viable. Until recently, there has been a general assumption that this ecologically friendly power-to-gas technology could not be applied profitably.

27 Feb 2019

Researchers Convert Carbon Dioxide Back into Solid Coal Using Liquid Metals

Scientists have converted carbon dioxide back into solid coal using liquid metals, in a first-ever ground-breaking discovery that could revolutionize the approach to carbon capture and storage.

27 Feb 2019

Bio-On and Innova Imagen Collaborate for the Production of Bioplastics in Mexico

Bio-on and Innova Imagen (Himes Group) announce the signing of a new agreement to produce ultra-green PHA biopolymers in Mexico.

27 Feb 2019

SESAME’s New Solar Power Plant Fulfills its Energy Needs

Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) celebrated the formal inauguration ceremony of its solar power plant on February 26th, 2019.

27 Feb 2019

Exposure to Harmful Emissions Could be Minimized at Minimal Operational Costs

Everything deals with location! That wise advice about purchasing real estate can also reduce public exposure to airborne pollutants while providing electricity to customers.

26 Feb 2019

Study Predicts Impact of Climate Change on Forest Ecosystem in the Western United States

Leander Anderegg (Carnegie Institution for Science) and Janneke Hille Ris Lambers (University of Washington) have reported in their new study that climate plays an important role in determining which tree communities will grow under severe conditions on the mountain slopes of the Western United States.

26 Feb 2019