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WithΒ recent reportsΒ indicating the United States needs 20 times more electric vehicle (EV) charging stations than whatβs available today,Β Paired PowerΒ announced the launc...
In a first for the automotive industry, the models of the NEUE KLASSE due to be launched from 2025 onwards will feature trim parts made of plastic whose raw material cont...
and CRH have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) whereby both businesses will work together to develop and deploy decarbonisation solutions and technologies to acc...
What will be the impact to the ocean if humans are to mine the deep sea? Itβs a question thatβs gaining urgency as interest in marine minerals has grown. The oceanβs deep...
Power management company Eaton will display its Vehicle Group’s innovative portfolio of internal combustion solutions for commercial vehicles Sept. 20-25 at the IAA...
CO2 and methane can be turned into valuable products. But until now the catalysts required for such reactions quickly lose their effectiveness. TU Wien has now developed...
The sun continuously transmits trillions of watts of energy to the Earth. It will be doing so for billions more years. Yet, we have only just begun tapping into that abun...
Solar panels, also known as photovoltaics,Β rely on semiconductor devices, or solar cells, to convert energy from the sun into electricity. To generate electricity, solar...
To reduce natural resource usage and its trucksβ environmental impact, Renault Trucks is taking steps to transitioning its industrial operations to a circular-economy app...
Granite has joined The Road Forward, an initiative of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) to achieve net zero carbon emission asphalt pavements by 2050. The...
More than 1,000 cleantech companies are expected to be launched or accelerated by the $369 billion βclimate billβ element within the new US Inflation Reduction Act. And t...
Shell Bitumen CarbonSink, Shellβs new bio-component binder that locks carbon within roads instead of releasing it back into the atmosphere, has been used in France for th...
Hyliion Holdings Corp., a leader in electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 semi-trucks, announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a new...
Thirty-eight Chinese cities have reduced their emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) despite growing economies and populations for at least five years –...
Cities and urban areas drive economic growth and boost the global GDP. However, the buildings in these settings adversely impact the environment, mainly due to their high...
AΒ new studyΒ byΒ The University of South AustraliaΒ has tested and verified the structural integrity of walls constructed from tyres packed with earth, with the results pote...
With the ability to cut CO2 footprint by 25% factory-based precast concrete production has the potential to save billions of tons of CO2 being emitted each year. On the p...
Power Electrics is continuing on its journey to green with an initial investment of over Β£5 million in Stage V generators. The expansion will add a range of Stage V sets,...
Allsafe Scaffolding Ltd, based in Banbury, Oxfordshire, has partnered with fuel technology expert SulNOx Group Plc to run and evaluate its innovative fuel additive with a...
Many markets are phasing out coal as a fuel, while systems running on oil are subject to increasingly more stringent regulations and restrictions. With Benninghoven techn...
OriginClear Inc., the Clean Water Innovation Hub™, announces that decentralized water treatment, long pioneered by OriginClearβsΒ Modular Water Systems™(MWS)...
The sustainable movement has begun to influence construction projects. More professionals are building low-impact public spaces to influence sustainable lifestyles. With...
The Tenet Group, were one of the main sponsors of the UK’s leading Sustainability and Net-Zero Event, Reset Connect London 2022, which was established to bridge the...
GomunoInaki, a Japanese global trading company with R&D functions that specializes in supplying rubber/plastic goods to automotive, housing, home appliances, office i...
Rail systems around the world could help mitigate climate change and clean the air of CO2 by capturing the sustainable energy generated when trains break and decelerate....
HAUC(UK) and Transport for London (TfL) have combined forces to run and fund a research project to minimise the impact of street and road works on climate change. Followi...
A pioneering partnership between Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE), SMT, Pascon and Vattenfall IDNO has seen the organizations collaborating to build a net zero fut...
Yanmar a world-leading provider of power solutions and industrial machinery, introduces its electrification strategy for off-road vehicles and equipment at bauma 2022, in...
Macadam has announced the completion and certification of the Milepave™ Carbon Neutral Resurfacing Scheme in collaboration with SteelPhalt and Cardiff Council. Jus...
A ground-breaking new study recently published in the journal Earthβs FutureΒ and led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in collaboration with the U...
Toyota Motor Corporation and its subsidiary, Woven Planet Holdings, Inc., have developed a working prototype of its portable hydrogen cartridge. This cartridge design wil...
Acetone and isopropanol are important chemicals for industry. They are used to produce materials from jet fuel to solvents to detergents to plastics. Currently, industry...
As it seeks to create a roadmap to net zero by 2030, leading construction materials supplier, Aggregate Industries, in partnership with clean technology firm Coomtech, ha...
Rolls-Royce has secured Β£3m from the UK Government to build a demonstrator Direct Air Capture (DAC) system, which could play a vital role in keeping global temperature ri...
Global design firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill partnered with Prometheus Materials, a leader in zero-carbon building materials, to design and produce microalgae-based...
Why make the switch from diesel portable compressors to zero-emission electric air compressors?Β Here are the top 10 reasons why going electric is good for business: 1. Cl...
The Wave is an inland surf destination situated near Bristol, offering year-round consistent waves for people of all ages, background and abilities. Like a scene from a s...
National Highways has been challenged to prioritise high-quality and sustainable design as it delivers the biggest investment in the strategic road network for a generati...
An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of Manchester, has developed a fast and economical method of converting methane, or natural gas,...
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