Energy & Green Tech
Electric vehicles and portable electronic devices such as laptops and mobile phones are unthinkable without lithium-ion batteries. The problem is highly toxic materials such as cobalt are often used for the cathodes of these ...
Apr 24, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers from The University of Manchester investigating waste management practices for off-grid solar technologies in Malawi have discovered life-threatening quantities of lead pollution from improperly managed battery ...
Apr 18, 2024
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Engineering
Building construction accounts for a huge chunk of greenhouse gas emissions: About 36% of carbon dioxide emissions and 40% of energy consumption in Europe, for instance. That's why the European Union has developed regulations ...
Mar 22, 2024
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Engineering
There was no time to waste as researchers trawled through skip bins across Melbourne construction sites, capturing hundreds of photos of materials destined for landfill.
Mar 21, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
The energy transition is progressing, and photovoltaics (PV) is playing a key role in this. Enormous capacities are to be added over the next few decades. Experts expect several tens of terawatts by the middle of the century. ...
Mar 7, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Reuse and recycling are core elements of a sustainable approach to used lithium-ion batteries in Latin America. This is essential to conserve valuable resources and avoid climate-damaging greenhouse gas emissions. The application ...
Feb 28, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Thermal decomposition is helping to green two major EU manufacturing industries.
Jan 30, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Production of natural rubber has claimed over 4 million hectares of forest in south-east Asia since 1993 according to a recent study. This destruction of tropical forest for rubber plantations is thought to be 2 to 3 times ...
Jan 12, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
A roadmap to significantly reduce plastic waste in India has been released today, with CSIRO collaborating with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Environmental ...
Dec 7, 2023
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Engineering
International collaboration to create standards and policies for the construction industry is vital to bring down the industry's carbon footprint, argues Professor Matti Kuittinen of Aalto University in a paper published ...
Dec 5, 2023
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