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Almost nowhere on Earth safe from PM2.5, says Melbourne study

Envirotec Magazine

Calcutta, India: In southern Asia and eastern Asia, more than 90% of days had daily PM 2.5 concentrations at a high spatial resolution of approximately 10km ×10km for global grid cells in 2000-2019, focusing on areas above 15 μg/m³ which is considered the safe limit by WHO (The threshold is still arguable),” he said.

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New Zealand holds 2000 MW of supercritical geothermal potential

ThinkGeoEnergy

The resource can viably provide up to 2000 MW of electricity generation capacity by 2050, which can contribute approximately 35% of New Zealand’s energy needs. ” Source: GNS Science The post New Zealand holds 2000 MW of supercritical geothermal potential first appeared on ThinkGeoEnergy - Geothermal Energy News.

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Smart grid innovations booming with Asia as emerging hub

Smart Energy International

In East Asia – mainly in Japan and China – there was a doubling from 27% to 55% over the same periods. Between 2000 and 2023 there were approximately 16,000 IPFs globally in the technology domains associated with smart grids, constituting 0.2% In contrast, in Europe activity has stayed relatively constant at around 19%. Have you read?

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Counting the microns

Envirotec Magazine

have reduced in Europe and North America in this period, while levels have increased in Southern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and the Caribbean. The study noted that, In southern and eastern Asia, more than 90% of days had daily PM2.5 concentrations were distributed in the regions of Eastern Asia (50.0

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Global Power Sector Embracing Renewables but Ditching Fossil Fuels Too Slowly

GreenTechMedia

Much of the new renewable capacity being built around the world is being offset by new coal and gas capacity, leaving the global generation mix more or less how it was in 2000. The research used machine learning to look for trends in the portfolios of companies between 2000-2018. Data was provided by S&P.

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Fast Fashion: the second biggest polluter on Earth

Envirotec Magazine

A study by McKinsey & Company uncovered that in 2014 the average person owned 60% more clothes than the average consumer in 2000, but only wore them for half as long. Arvia Technology has treated challenging wastewater from the textiles, agricultural, chemical, electronics, oil and gas and pharmaceutical industries in Europe and Asia.

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Forget King Coal. Solar Is ‘New King’ of Global Power Markets, Says IEA

GreenTechMedia

A large part of this is in Asia, and a lot of it is very young," Cozzi said. "If From 2000-2019, solar generation increased by 664 gigawatt-hours from a base close to zero. “There are currently around 2,000 GW of coal around the world today. degrees Celsius. The Paris Agreement's stretch target is 1.5