POWER Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Well over half of North America faces a potential shortage of electricity supplies in the coming years, compounded by surging demand growth, accelerating generator retirements, and delays in resource development, […] The post Five Critical Insights from NERCs 2024 Long-Term Reliability Assessment appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

And if you really want a sleepless night or two, read this story about “The Biblical Flood That Will Drown California,” published recently in Mother Jones magazine.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

Nationally, there’s a trend for trees to follow wealth. Redlining left a lot of scars on communities, one of those being less green space. Social Justice. Environmental Justice. Tree Planting. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

It’s not uncommon to see blazing headlines in newspapers and magazines, not to mention on the local evening news, reporting yet another electric vehicle fire. With so many reports, one might think that EVs self-immolate on a regular basis at a far higher rate than automobiles powered by internal combustion engines (ICEs).

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Lithium Batteries Electric vehicle Organic 116

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

According to a 2009 study on climate accounting published in Science Magazine , at the point of combustion, wood pellets put more carbon into the atmosphere than coal, despite generating less energy per unit than coal.

Building Energy Monitoring 527

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 527

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

After a long negotiation among community members, local officials and industry representatives, refinery managers agreed to cut emissions of several key pollutants by 50% by 2030. Carbon Policy. Environmental Justice. California. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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Pollution Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Policy 407

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Environmental and engineering consultancy Ricardo is applying its expertise in air quality measurement to enable local authorities across Greater Manchester to monitor the contribution to air pollution from wood burning stoves, raise public awareness of its risks, and reduce its impact on people’s health.

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Pollution Carbon-negative Health Ozone 361

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2024

New analysis from energy think tank Ember shows that the wood-burning Drax power station is the UK’s largest source of CO2 emissions at 12.1 million tonnes in 2022. This is significantly greater than any other single UK power station, including coal and gas. million tonnes CO2 emissions.

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Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Climate change Fossil fuels 359

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2024

A technology that converts low-temperature waste heat into electricity has earned the Institute of Physics (IOP) Business Innovation Award for FeTu, the Elland-based green energy business behind the approach.

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Waste Waste Technology Electricity 276

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2024

Surrey researcher Yendle Barwise assembling one of the pollution monitors. If you’re trying to take pollution out of the air, choose evergreen trees with smaller leaves. That’s according to a new study from the University of Surrey.

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Pollution 351

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

Aerial view of the abandoned industrial gas leakage site at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, in February 2022 (image credit: Paulose NK / Shutterstock.com).

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Soil Business Energy Monitoring Health Energy Monitor 349

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2024

In advance of the statutory requirement for biodiversity net gain (BNG) for new developments from January 2024, new research appears to reveal a gradual increase in the number requesting in excess of the 10% biodiversity net gain.

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Biodiversity Policy Demand Law 348

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2024

A hydrogen fuel cell forklift truck from Toyota at the opening of a new hydrogen fuelling station at Teesside International Airport in January (image credit: Toyota UK).

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Logistics Energy Energy Batteries 288

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Reflectors placed in orbit around the Earth which reflect sunlight towards future solar power farms at dawn and dusk could help accelerate the transition to net-zero, researchers say.

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Solar Power Climate change Fossil fuels Technology 331

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

There are increasing concerns that civil servants in the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) are attempting to undermine the Prime Minister’s attempts to reset the UK’s net zero policies, says trade body the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA).

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Policy Demand Government Energy 363

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 17, 2022

The inventors of an innovative building material for sea walls are finalists in the European Inventor Award 2022. ECOncrete® founder and CEO, Ido Sella, has been nominated for the award, one of Europe’s most prestigious innovation prizes, alongside late co-founder Shimrit Perkol-Finkel.

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Construction Innovation Patents Biodiversity 362

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2022

The energy transition continues to gain steam, with oil demand projected to peak in this decade, perhaps as soon as 2025, according to new research by global consultancy firm McKinsey & Company.

Global warming 361

Global warming Fossil fuels Hydrogen Demand 361

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Carbonaide’s first pilot plant, in Hollola, Finland (image credit: Carbonaide photo by Vesa Kippola). By Carbonaide, a Finnish company serving the concrete industry As the climate continues to warm, so does the demand for technologies that can reduce CO2 emissions and/or efficiently remove CO2 from the atmosphere.

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Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 321

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 16, 2022

By Kenneth Engblom Vice President, Wartsila Energy, Europe and Africa. When it comes to building the future of energy in Africa, the decisions facing the continent’s leaders today are nothing less than of historical importance. More than anything else, energy systems are the very fabric of business and society.

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Africa Energy Energy Europe 353

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2024

A study of 17 commonly used synthetic ‘forever chemicals’ has shown that these toxic substances can readily be absorbed through human skin.

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Carbon Health Government Electricity 317

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 25, 2023

New analysis of Environment Agency data appears to reveal a worrying level of chemical pollution in rivers and other freshwater sites across England.

Pollution 344

Pollution Health Government Medicine 344

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

High-Performance Computing (HPC), has become critical in assisting the energy sector, offering the capability to analyse complex data, simulate intricate processes, and optimise operations. While immensely powerful, HPC faces several challenges as it continues to evolve and respond to exponential demands for computational power.

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Law Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 310

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2022

There are still major differences in the amount of waste generated across the world, and how it is disposed, a finding confirmed by a 2022 Global Waste Index compiled by waste management technology firm Sensoneo to mark Global Recycling Day (18 March).

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 340

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

Danish researchers say they have demonstrated that it is possible to remove most of the carbon dioxide (CO2) from the emissions of a waste incinerator. By demonstrating the viability of the process, a key technology in the fight against climate change is surely awaiting deployment, they suggest.

Energy Monitor 335

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Waste 335

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

A new technology based on fluorescence is being developed to detect if honey has been blended with cheaper additions such as sugar syrup.

Technology 328

Technology Biodiversity Innovation Packaging 328

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2023

Materials from Scottish-grown seaweed could help to improve the life-span and charge time of lithium-ion batteries used for the likes of electric vehicles, with a new first-of-its-kind prototype already being tested by expert researchers.

Electric vehicle 323

Electric vehicle Batteries Electricity Biotechnology 323

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2024

A perfect storm of inflation, supply chain disruption, spiralling interest rates and delays in connection to the National Grid means that the swathe of solar farms approved and going through planning permission in the UK are likely to be severely delayed or cancelled undermining any hopes of achieving the Government target of a fivefold increase to (..)

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Carbon-neutral Government Investment Energy 290

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The UK’s net zero economy grew 9% in 2023 according to a new report commissioned by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), with analysis provided by CBI Economics and The Data City. 1 The total gross value added (GVA) by businesses involved in the net zero economy now stands at £74 billion.

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Investment Policy Energy Energy 290

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Coastal mangroves: Restoring wetland areas could make a sizeable impact on sequestering emissions New research appears to find that wetland conservation has a higher potential mpact for mitigating climate change than other ocean-based solutions.

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Sea level rise Biodiversity Climate change Carbon 318

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Image credit: Shutterstock.com / Koshiro K. Each of our digital activities comes with an ecological cost – and we perhaps shouldn’t discount those carried out under the blue glare of the chirpy bird icon.

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Carbon-neutral Carbon Fossil fuels Electricity 317

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The analysis was carried out by technology firm BMA (Business Modelling Applications). The cost of meeting Britains net zero targets in 2050 could be nearly 300 billion less than official projections, according to new analysis drawing on the computer model used by Whitehall.

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Nuclear Power Hydrogen Waste Waste 230

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2024

The facility at Blackhillock: how it will look. Construction has commenced on a new energy storage facility in Scotland, part of a drive to maximise the efficacy of renewables and reduce the cost of wasted wind to consumers.

Energy 286

Energy Energy Batteries Waste 286

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2022

Engineers at the University of Illinois, Chicago have been awarded just over $1 million from the US Department of Energy’s National Alliance for Water Innovation to build a system that selectively removes and destroys poly- and perfluorinated substances, commonly called PFAS , from industrial and municipal wastewater.

Building Energy Monitoring 312

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Recycling Recycling 312

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Environmental NGO WRAP is using COP29 to highlight the need for countries to include food loss and waste in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). A new report shows that, of the 195 countries attending COP29, only 12 have committed to reducing food waste and just 17 to tackling food loss.

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Waste Waste Retail Methane 264

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 4, 2023

London has seen a 60 percent increase in the number of e-bike fires so far this year, according to Deputy Fire Commissioner Dom Ellis in comments made to the Evening Standard newspaper.

Energy Monitor 312

Energy Monitor Lithium Health Batteries 312

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Hundreds of small green gas plants in the UK are set to close by 2031 with the loss of 2 terawatt hours of clean electricity to the grid – enough clean electricity to power around 500,000 homes.

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Climate change Electricity Investment Policy 263

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 23, 2024

The Environmental Industries Commission’s Air Quality Taskforce has called for greater clarity on the future of the Air Quality Grant scheme following the news on 17 April that DEFRA will withhold local council grants for air quality improvement projects.

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Health Innovation Pollution Government 282