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Scientists look for the Holy Grail: The whitest paint ever

Grist

That’s why it can cool below the ambient temperature.” per kilowatt-hour, their paint could result in a savings of $36 per month on cooling. Another “cool roofs” researcher, Ronnen Levinson of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Heat Island Group, noted one drawback. This is called thermal radiation, or emissivity.

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Germany’s Fallen ‘Solar Valley’ Sees New Life as Meyer Burger Buys Former SolarWorld Factory

GreenTechMedia

Many of Europe's leading solar manufacturers went bankrupt, or exited the sector, especially between 2012-2017, including BP, Bosch and SolarWorld itself. NexWafe makes the silicon wafers required for solar cells by skimming the cooled surface off a vat of silicon rather than cutting them from blocks, resulting in huge material savings.

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SPONSORED CONTENT: 10 things AQMesh did first

Envirotec Magazine

To highlight the group’s experience, ongoing forward-thinking and its commitment to pushing the capabilities of small sensor systems, here the firm lists the top 10 things AQMesh developed first and refined since it commercially launched in 2012. Pioneers of city-wide small sensor networks from Citi-Sense to the Breathe London Pilot.

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Why investor Green Century has taken an active interest in fighting deforestation

GreenBiz

Jessye Waxman: We started working on deforestation in 2012. Scope 2 are emissions released in generating electricity, heating or cooling used by a company. Julie Nash: Green Century has been engaging companies on deforestation risks for many years. When did this work begin and how has the firm’s strategy evolved over the years?

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Utilities plus telcos: The case for an arranged marriage

GreenBiz

Cooling existing equipment and adding new sites to cater for 5G wireless networks will add to burgeoning energy costs. Several have taken major steps: Witness Google’s acquisition of Motorola’s cellular handset business in 2012 and its 2014 buy of smart thermostat provider Nest.

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2024 Honda Prologue: Japan’s most American brand gets serious about EVs

Charged

That left Honda severely behind in the global race toward long-range electric vehicles that Tesla kicked off in 2012 with its Model S. Over the years, the company has pioneered a number of advanced powertrain technologies, including both natural gas and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. None of those were battery-electric vehicles, however.

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Kalahari presents development roadmap for Bweengwa geothermal site, Zambia

ThinkGeoEnergy

” By 2012, Kalahari had identified the southern margin of the Kafue Rift, also referred to as the Bweengwa River Area, as an area potentially suitable for geothermal energy production. Without local heating and cooling facilities, the country has had to import milk powder from India and fresh produce from South Africa.