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Aluminium Foil Batteries could deliver Safety and Performance
Aluminium Foil Batteries could deliver Safety and Performance A good battery needs two things: high energy density to power devices, and stability, so it can be safely and reliably recharged thousands of times. For the past three decades, lithium-ion batteries have reigned supreme — proving their pe...
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The Potential of a Pedestrianised London
The Potential of a Pedestrianised London With ULEZ scheduled to expand to Greater London on August 29th, garnering panic for the 700,000 car-owners who do not have a ULEZ compliant vehicle, in addition to TfL fares rising by a staggering 5.9% – forms of public and personal transport are becomi...
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BigBlue portable Solar Charger the Perfect Companion for every Jobsite
BigBlue portable Solar Charger the Perfect Companion for every Jobsite USB solar charger are coming in to their own, offering a tiny power plant that can generate power for phones and small electronics when the sun is out, and even to recharge power banks large and small, to save that energy for lat...
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Research find affordable and sustainable alternative to Lithium-Ion Batteries
Research find affordable and sustainable alternative to Lithium-Ion Batteries Concerns regarding scarcity, high prices, and safety regarding the long-term use of lithium-ion batteries has prompted a team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to propose a greener, more efficient, and l...
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Daigas onsite Hydrogen Generation Technology goes global with Hyundai Rotem
Daigas onsite Hydrogen Generation Technology goes global with Hyundai Rotem Daigas Gas and Power Solution Co., Ltd., a 100% subsidiary of Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., has established an expanded business collaboration for onsite hydrogen generator technology with Hyundai Rotem Company, an affiliate of Hyund...
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EIB supporting Croatia in green sustainable transport projects
EIB supporting Croatia in green sustainable transport projects The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Croatia agreed to expand their cooperation on the development and financing of key green, sustainable transport projects in t...
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Researchers double upon up on techniques for better Solar Cells
Researchers double upon up on techniques for better Solar Cells A new material can make solar cells a thousand times thinner than today’s silicon solar cells. This material is a hybrid organic–inorganic crystal called halide perovskite. Now, a novel approach allows scientists to watch changes in the...
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The Tenet Group recaps on the success of Reset Connect London 2022
The Tenet Group recaps on the success of Reset Connect London 2022 The Tenet Group, were one of the main sponsors of the UK’s leading Sustainability and Net-Zero Event, Reset Connect London 2022, which was established to bridge the gap between sustainability change-makers, business leaders, governme...
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Innovative SmartFlower Solar Solution helps GomunoInaki with Sustainable Development
Innovative SmartFlower Solar Solution helps GomunoInaki with Sustainable Development GomunoInaki, a Japanese global trading company with R&D functions that specializes in supplying rubber/plastic goods to automotive, housing, home appliances, office infrastructure, and medical industries, instal...
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Study finds impact of Lithium Brine Mining depends on how old the water is
Study finds impact of Lithium Brine Mining depends on how old the water is A ground-breaking new study recently published in the journal Earth’s Future and led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in collaboration with the University of Alaska Anchorage, is the first to comprehe...
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Toyota and Woven Planet develop a Portable Hydrogen Cartridge Prototype
Toyota and Woven Planet develop a Portable Hydrogen Cartridge Prototype Toyota Motor Corporation and its subsidiary, Woven Planet Holdings, Inc., have developed a working prototype of its portable hydrogen cartridge. This cartridge design will facilitate the everyday transport and supply of hydrogen...
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Light could turn Methane into Methanol
Light could turn Methane into Methanol An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of Manchester, has developed a fast and economical method of converting methane, or natural gas, into liquid methanol at ambient temperature and pressure. The method takes place under con...
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Steel Decarbonisation needs more high-grade Iron Ore
Steel Decarbonisation needs more high-grade Iron Ore Decarbonising the steel industry will require an increase in high grade iron ore production and improved beneficiation techniques, finds a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). To reach net zero emissio...
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Electrogenic introduces Drop-in Electric Drive Kit for Land Rover Defenders
Electrogenic introduces Drop-in Electric Drive Kit for Land Rover Defenders Electrogenic has announced the launch of a revolutionary ‘drop in’ kit to convert working Land Rover Defenders to fully-electric power. The conversion kit, aimed at the agricultural sector and landowners, has been in develop...
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Finance and business professionals to unite at Reset Connect London
Finance and business professionals to unite at Reset Connect London Thousands of financial and business professionals are set to showcase the valuable role the finance and investment sector can play in the fight against climate change at leading UK sustainability event, Reset Connect London. Taking...
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Novel fusion process could bring the Sun’s energy home
Novel fusion process could bring the Sun’s energy home Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory have uncovered critical new details about fusion facilities that use lasers to compress the fuel that produces fusion energy. The new data could help lead to the i...
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Advent Methanol-based Fuel Cell enables World Record for Electric and Hydrogen Cars
Advent Methanol-based Fuel Cell enables World Record for Electric and Hydrogen Cars Advent Technologies Holdings, an innovation-driven leader in the fuel cell and hydrogen technology space, has announced its contribution to the new world record for the longest distance ever covered by a hydrogen veh...
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Energy Dome launches world’s first CO2 Battery long-duration Energy Storage Plant
Energy Dome launches world’s first CO2 Battery long-duration Energy Storage Plant Energy Dome, a leading provider of utility-scale long-duration energy storage, today announced the successful launch of its first CO2 Battery facility in Sardinia, Italy. This milestone marks the final de-risking of th...
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Reset Connect explores incentivising Rural Drivers to go Green
Reset Connect explores incentivising Rural Drivers to go Green The number of vehicles on UK roads have been steadily increasing in recent years, with 39.2 million licensed vehicles recorded in 2021 alone. With car emissions a major source of air pollution, cities across the UK have started to introd...
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KINETIC 7™ Clean Gas breakthrough promises global Gas independence
KINETIC 7™ Clean Gas breakthrough promises global Gas independence A disruptive technology company has today confirmed it has made a major breakthrough in its search to innovate a ground-breaking “clean gas” energy source that will not only provide an alternative supply to natural gas, but al...
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Southampton reducing Air Pollution with Living Walls
Southampton reducing Air Pollution with Living Walls Air pollution from motor vehicles is an invisible danger that is a serious threat to our health and wellbeing. Richard Sabin, Managing Director of Biotecture, looks at how living walls can provide an innovative solution to the issue. Air pollution...
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Revitalizing technique could bring dead lithium batteries back to life
Revitalizing technique could bring dead lithium batteries back to life Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University may have found a way to revitalize rechargeable lithium batteries, potentially boosting the range of electric vehicles and bat...
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FedEx takes delivery of their first Electric Delivery Vehicles from BrightDrop
FedEx takes delivery of their first Electric Delivery Vehicles from BrightDrop FedEx Corp. today received its first five of an order of 500 electric Light Commercial Vehicles (eLCVs) from BrightDrop, the new electric delivery and logistics business from General Motors (GM). The introduction of Brigh...
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MIT computational simulator speeds up development of new solar cells
MIT computational simulator speeds up development of new solar cells In the ongoing race to develop ever-better materials and configurations for solar cells, there are many variables that can be adjusted to try to improve performance, including material type, thickness, and geometric arrangement. De...
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Eaton technology helping Truck manufacturers meet new Chinese Emissions Regulations
Eaton technology helping Truck manufacturers meet new Chinese Emissions Regulations Power management company Eaton today announced its Vehicle Group has introduced a complete portfolio of variable valve actuation (VVA) technologies to help commercial vehicle manufacturers meet forthcoming emissions...
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Researchers gain insights into using molten salt for heat transfer in energy technologies
Researchers gain insights into using molten salt for heat transfer in energy technologies Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge, Brookhaven and Idaho national laboratories and Stony Brook University have developed a novel approach to gain fundamental insights into molten salts, a heat...
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Ultrabright X-rays can give ultrathin solar cells a boost
Ultrabright X-rays can give ultrathin solar cells a boost Using the Advanced Photon Source’s ultrabright X-rays, researchers have determined that sunlight itself can improve the efficiency of 2D materials used to collect solar energy. A team of researchers led by Rice University has achieved a new b...
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Yunex Traffic to install Zephyr air quality sensors across Liverpool
Yunex Traffic to install Zephyr air quality sensors across Liverpool Liverpool City Region (LCR) Combined Authority has awarded a contract to Yunex Traffic to supply and install 37 Zephyr® air quality monitors, and to maintain them for a period of five years. The monitors will be installed in 37 exi...
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Chemical researchers invent petroleum-like liquids from plants
Chemical researchers invent petroleum-like liquids from plants A team of researchers from the U.S. National Science Foundation Center for Sustainable Polymers based at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have developed a chemical technology of combined fermentation and chemical refining that can...
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Giga Carbon Neutrality preparing to launch zero-emission Commercial Vehicles
Giga Carbon Neutrality preparing to launch zero-emission Commercial Vehicles Giga Carbon Neutrality will launch 21 different battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicles by the end of 2023. Giga Carbon Neutrality’s portfolio is configurable to a wide range of commercial use cases and inc...
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Vivacity Labs and Vaisala to improve travel sustainability with Data Insights
Vivacity Labs and Vaisala to improve travel sustainability with Data Insights Vivacity Labs, the London-based transport technology scaleup, and Vaisala, a global leader in weather, environmental, and industrial measurements, have partnered to drive sustainability in the travel industry. Vivacity’s s...
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Geotab Sustainability Report charts path to Net-Zero
Geotab Sustainability Report charts path to Net-Zero Acknowledging the pivotal role it plays as an enabler of low-carbon fleets and supporting infrastructure, Geotab Inc., a global leader in IoT and connected transportation, today announced its commitments to helping fight climate change via its ina...
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300km Arctic challenge for 14 tonne iron ore Volvo Electric Trucks
300km Arctic challenge for 14 tonne iron ore Volvo Electric Trucks Trucks and buses account for a large part of CO² emissions from the transport sector in Europe. Reducing emissions is one of the major challenges if the Paris Agreement target is to be met, and most agree that electrification is one...
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Bloom Energy and SK ecoplant expand Hydrogen Power Generation partnership
Bloom Energy and SK ecoplant expand Hydrogen Power Generation partnership Bloom Energy, a leading energy company, and SK ecoplant, an affiliate of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, today announced the companies are expanding their existing partnership to fortify their market leadership in power ge...
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Infinitum Electric air-core motor wins Green Tech Awards
Infinitum Electric air-core motor wins Green Tech Awards Infinitum Electric, creator of the breakthrough air-core motor, today announced it has won two prestigious 2021 R&D 100 Awards, which celebrate the top 100 revolutionary technologies of the past year. Infinitum Electric’s air-core motor wa...
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Williams Racing reveals sustainability strategy to be climate positive by 2030
Williams Racing reveals sustainability strategy to be climate positive by 2030 Williams Racing, one of the most successful teams in Formula One history, commits to a far-reaching climate change target. Building on the progress the global motorsport industry has made on sustainability in recent year...
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eLNO Nickel-rich battery material technology to debut at COP26
eLNO Nickel-rich battery material technology to debut at COP26 The first full size lithium-ion battery cells featuring Johnson Matthey’s advanced eLNO cathode technology are being installed in a unique high performance race car. eLNO is a family of nickel-rich cathode materials that safely enables b...
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European Alternative Fuels Infrastructure gets boost from EIB and European Commission
European Alternative Fuels Infrastructure gets boost from EIB and European Commission Today, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Commission signed an agreement that will make it possible to combine EU grants and long-term EIB financing for alternative fuels infrastructure projects. T...
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Sweden and Germany lead the way in development of electric roads
Sweden and Germany lead the way in development of electric roads Germany and Sweden have made themselves world leaders when it comes to real-world studies on electric roads. On Gotland, the world’s first wireless e-road has been finished. Electric roads are one of the studied technologies in t...
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Hyundai Motor Group sets out 2040 vision for a global hydrogen society
Hyundai Motor Group sets out 2040 vision for a global hydrogen society At the Hydrogen Wave global online forum held today, Hyundai presented its plans to popularize hydrogen by 2040 through the introduction of new technologies and mobility solutions in transportation and other industrial sectors. F...
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Acklea introduces 7.2t Traffic Management Trucks with recycled plastic bodies
Acklea introduces 7.2t Traffic Management Trucks with recycled plastic bodies Traffic management vehicle specialist Acklea is increasing production of its plastic-bodied 7.2t commercial vehicles as demand for more lightweight, fuel-efficient and lower-emission vehicles increases among highways and i...
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Balancing sustainability and performance with biodegradable lubricants
Balancing sustainability and performance with biodegradable lubricants With the construction industry under pressure to maximise its recovery and act on climate change, Shell has introduced its refreshed portfolio of Shell Naturelle biodegradable lubricants to help companies improve their environmen...
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Mexico drives to reduce Freight Emissions
Mexico drives to reduce Freight Emissions Experts from global energy and environment consultancy Ricardo are leading an international consortium to support the Mexican Government’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the freight sector. Over the next 12 months, specialists in sustainabl...
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Department for Transport gives green light for the first Electric Motorway in the UK
Department for Transport gives green light for the first Electric Motorway in the UK The Department for Transport has awarded funding through Innovate UK to a consortium to lead the UK’s first ever study on the electrification of long range trucks with dynamic charging, using overhead wires on motor...
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H2Accelerate whitepaper sets out the need for hydrogen trucking
H2Accelerate whitepaper sets out the need for hydrogen trucking A new whitepaper on the ‘Need for hydrogen trucking’ sets out the underlying arguments in favour of the use of hydrogen to decarbonise long-haul trucks. The evidence for two key aspects of the case for hydrogen are discussed within the...
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Homes are driving the Green Transition and Electric Vehicle revolution
Homes are driving the Green Transition and Electric Vehicle revolution Electric vehicles are driving the UK’s green transition, helping the nation on its journey towards sustainability and net zero emissions by 2050. To achieve this goal, the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned after 2...
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Hydrogen-reduced iron sponge developed by HYBRIT: SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall
Hydrogen-reduced iron sponge developed by HYBRIT: SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall have now produced the world’s first hydrogen-reduced iron sponge on a pilot scale. The technological breakthrough within the HYBRIT initiative cuts about 90 percent of the emissions in connect...
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Siemens Mobility welcomes launch of Birmingham Clean Air Zone
Siemens Mobility welcomes launch of Birmingham Clean Air Zone The start of this month saw Birmingham City Council launch its new Clean Air Zone (CAZ), with the scheme being enforced from this week. Siemens Mobility Limited designed and installed the scheme, which has the company’s Sicore II automati...
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Origin Materials launches Net Zero Automotive program with Ford
Origin Materials launches Net Zero Automotive program with Ford Origin Materials, the world’s leading carbon negative materials company, today announced the launch of its Net Zero Automotive Program with Ford Motor Company. Origin’s Net Zero Automotive Program is a sustainable automotive supply chai...
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PlasticRoad made from plastic waste will deliver a circular infrastructure
PlasticRoad made from plastic waste will deliver a circular infrastructure According to a new study published by McKinsey (2021), over the next few years, the traditional road construction sector will gradually develop into an automated, digital industry that takes advantage of new materials. This t...
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Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen develop gasoline with 20 percent lower CO² emissions
Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen develop gasoline with 20 percent lower CO² emissions The available range of renewable low-carbon fuels is growing. Following on from R33 Blue Diesel, Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen have now come up with a low-carbon gasoline. Their new fuel, called Blue Gasoline, similarly...
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Zero emission bus funding to help UK minimise carbon from local public transport
Zero emission bus funding to help UK minimise carbon from local public transport In order to achieve the long-term objective of reducing the carbon footprint in the United Kingdom, the government has been incorporating various precautionary measures, as well as several steps that can lead to transfo...
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Bosch looks to the future with AIoT, electrification and green hydrogen
Bosch looks to the future with AIoT, electrification and green hydrogen Bosch, the supplier of technology and services, is combining the internet of things (IoT) with artificial intelligence (AI) and believes electromobility will allow it to develop new business opportunities on the back of the prof...
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World’s largest mobile Battery Energy Storage System supplied by Power Edison
World’s largest mobile Battery Energy Storage System supplied by Power Edison Power Edison, the leading developer and provider of utility-scale mobile energy storage solutions, has been contracted by a major U.S. utility to deliver the system this year. At more than three megawatts (3MW) and t...
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Michelin promises 100 percent sustainable tyres by 2050
Michelin promises 100 percent sustainable tyres by 2050 Inspired by the VISION concept tyre introduced in 2017, an airless, connected, rechargeable and entirely sustainable solution, the Michelin Group is committed to making its tyres 100% sustainable by 2050. Today, nearly 30%* of the components us...
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DHL Freight and Volvo Trucks team-up for faster transition to fossil free transport
DHL Freight and Volvo Trucks team-up for faster transition to fossil free transport DHL Freight, one of the leading road freight providers in Europe, and Volvo Trucks have partnered to speed up the introduction of heavy duty electric trucks to be used for regional transport in Europe. The combined e...
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Preparing for the shift to electrification
Preparing for the shift to electrification The debate is over. Combustion technology is giving way to electrification but off road vehicles like those used in the construction and mining industries are in fear of being left behind. Emission regulations and engine bans are creating a monumental disru...
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Bosch puts its faith in AI and connectivity to protect people and the environment
Bosch puts its faith in AI and connectivity to protect people and the environment To improve people’s health and to protect our planet, Bosch is counting on AIoT, taking advantage of the possibilities offered by data, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things to benefit people and the envi...
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Geotab launches Geotab Energy to drive Electrification forward
Geotab launches Geotab Energy to drive Electrification forward With a commitment to sustainability, Geotab, a global leader in IoT and connected transportation, has unveiled Geotab Energy. Focused on the electric utility and electricity demand management market, Geotab Energy helps to bridge sustain...
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CleanAirZone promoting strategic partnerships during CES 2021
CleanAirZone promoting strategic partnerships during CES 2021 Well before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, air quality in both residential and public arenas has long been a source of health concerns for young and old, generated by pollutants ranging from chemicals and gases to such living organi...
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