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Smart motor innovation could be game-changer for energy saving

Envirotec Magazine

An intelligent motor developed in Nottingham appears to offer a game-changing combination of energy savings, performance and small size, providing an industrial motor with advanced variable frequency technology in a package that is 60% smaller than current market offerings. It is a game-changer.

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Acoustic landscape monitoring suggested as a game-changer for biodiversity improvement

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AgriSound team member Calum Pheby with “Polly” What’s described as the world’s first fully automated acoustic ‘panoramic’ landscape monitoring system, which can report in real-time on the landscape of natural sounds in a given area, is being developed by bioacoustics firm AgriSound.

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“DC factory” picks up Energy Efficiency Award from German Energy Agency

Envirotec Magazine

An important industry award in Germany has gone to direct current (DC) power technology firm Schaltbau for what’s described as the world’s first DC factory. We decided to use our direct-current technology expertise and product portfolio to create the world’s first direct current factory.

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How Product-as-a-Service (PaaS) models can improve access to green technology

Envirotec Magazine

Neil Pein of BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, explains how embracing Product-as-a-Service (PaaS) models can improve accessibility to green technology, support the circular economy and help organisations meet evolving regulatory requirements. The EUs renewable energy target of 42.5% So, whats the catch?

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Solar-powered system gives efficiency boost to desalination

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Researchers in Canada have designed a device that produces drinking water from seawater using an evaporation process driven largely by solar power, with efficiency levels said to be five times greater than offered by current desalination techniques. The new technology can continuously desalinate water without the need for major maintenance.

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Smart meter network passes 20 million milestone

Envirotec Magazine

The firm behind the telecommunications infrastructure underpinning the UK’s smart meters rollout, the Data Communications Company (DCC), says the 20 millionth smart meter has been connected to its national network. The group’s CEO, Angus Flett, said: “These 20 million meters have been added in less than 4 years.

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Hydrogen safety to be researched by industry-academia project in Aberdeen

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The project, MHYSTIC (New Materials and Methods for Hydrogen Transportation and Storage: Repurposing the Economic Future of the North Sea) will redeploy existing energy assets and skills towards developing innovations that will support the UKs hydrogen distribution network.