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Innovative solutions found for offshore wind workforce during pandemic

Envirotec Magazine

With social distancing severely reducing the number of offshore wind turbine technicians permitted to undertake wind farm inspections, maintenance and repairs, a cross-sector crew transfer vessel (CTV) innovation challenge was launched using the KTN innovation exchange (KTN-iX) to find solutions to this pressing industry challenge.

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Honda, Isuzu, and GM: Pioneering Partnerships in Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology Development

Hydrogen Fuel News

This strategic partnership, announced in 2020, combines Honda’s innovative prowess in fuel cell technology and Isuzu’s expertise in heavy-duty truck manufacturing. The unveiling also demonstrated the potential of fuel cell technology in transforming the transportation sector.

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Innovations to Extend an EV's Range

Energy Central

Honda and General Motors have partnered on a fuel cell manufacturing joint venture since 2017. Keep an eye on these and other technologies that will ultimately help make EVs. According to Honda batteries could power local trips while fuel cells handle longer excursions.

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Why Innovation Is Key to Accelerating Battery Storage Growth

GreenTechMedia

However, like solar and wind, battery storage’s future growth depends on innovations that go beyond improved technologies and manufacturing-related economies of scale. Deconstruction leads to innovation. A close examination of North American battery storage costs led to the launch of Prisma Energy Solutions in 2017.

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Using AI to extract mixed recyclables and organic material from MSW

Envirotec Magazine

A provider of AI-powered sortation at scale for the waste and recycling industry, AMP Robotics is using its technology to extract mixed recyclables and organic material from municipal solid waste (MSW) for further processing at a facility owned by Recycling and Disposal Solutions (RDS) of Virginia (in the US).

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Firms partner to develop “game-changing technology for offshore wind operations and maintenance”

Envirotec Magazine

share in Pict Offshore, the Scottish developer of an innovative technology that it is claimed will transform the way technicians access offshore wind turbines. The technology is patent-protected and in the final stages of development. Partnering with them has accelerated our ability to bring this new technology to market.

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Why SPACs will be key to the sustainability revolution

GreenBiz

Technology and finance have complementary histories of innovation, from the royal charters that launched the first global explorers to the early stock markets that fueled the industrial era. Today, the rise of SPACs is a capital markets innovation that matches the urgency and scope of our global sustainability challenges.