Engineering
A new product based on concrete slab elements with built-in, liquid-filled heating pipes makes construction projects able to heat themselves. The source of the heat is fossil-fuel free energy, making this a green concept.
May 18, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The first West African hydro-solar plant was deployed in Ghana in January, with technical support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable ...
Jun 20, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Chicken eggshells may be the answer to developing safer, sustainable and cost-effective rechargeable battery storage systems, according to new research.
Oct 18, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
For the everyday products we use, a pattern has become numbingly familiar: Something is made, we use it, we throw it away. Yet, for a sustainable future—one where we don't simply extract and toss resources—we need to ...
Nov 22, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Global investment in new renewable energy capacity this decade—2010 to 2019 inclusive—is on course to hit USD 2.6 trillion, with more gigawatts of solar power capacity installed than any other generation technology, according ...
Sep 5, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
LED lightbulbs, programmable thermostats, high-density insulation and electric vehicles—despite these innovations, about two-thirds of the energy produced in the U.S. is lost to inefficiencies, according to national studies.
May 27, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
By adding utility-scale solar farms throughout New York state, summer electricity demand from conventional sources could be reduced by up to 9.6% in some places.
May 29, 2019
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Telecom
For his Ph.D. research, Javier Perez Santacruz, researcher in the Electro-Optical Communications group, investigated whether mm-wave ARoF technology can be seen as a promising and suitable candidate to be part of the future ...
Nov 1, 2022
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Business
Nine global corporations unveiled an initiative Tuesday to step up efforts to move to a "net zero" carbon emissions society, while Apple announced its own plan to be carbon neutral by 2030.
Jul 21, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
A new approach to recycling textiles made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is discussed in the International Journal of Technology Management and demonstrates environmental benefits in terms of life cycle assessment.
Mar 21, 2022
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