Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

Air quality technology firm Airthings says indoor air quality has become worse during the lockdowns. Average CO2 levels in the United States and Europe. As shown on the live graphs above there were higher levels of CO2 and airborne chemicals (VOCs) in both Europe and the United States after the lockdowns, compared to before.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 22, 2022

Have you read: Renewable technology innovation: measuring progress – IRENA ENTSO-E: Hydrogen requires appropriate regulatory framework in Europe Rising nickel prices will not halt the energy transition. The report also points to key challenges in the region in achieving universal access to electricity and clean cooking technologies.

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Charged

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Sometimes it seems automakers will try any powertrain technology in order to avoid selling battery-electric vehicles. Our tests show that even in optimal conditions, with a full battery, the cars pollute more than advertised. They have weak electric motors, big, polluting engines, and usually can’t fast charge.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

A proposal to ban the manufacture, import and use of PFAS in Europe, with a few exceptions, is currently being debated at the European Commission. This is particularly relevant for businesses in emerging high-tech industries, whose technologies may rely on the utilization of PFAS.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 14, 2023

Emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from ships have been limited in ‘emission control areas’, where areas of high shipping activity are in close proximity to coastal regions with high populations, such as northwest Europe and the eastern seaboard of the USA. ”

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

And at Accelerate this year, you will hear from entrepreneurs who are based in cities across Europe, Africa, and the U.S. . Textiles and the fashion industry account for about 20 percent of global wastewater pollution, 10 percent of global carbon emissions and 17 million tons of municipal solid waste. Courtesy of. Close Authorship.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

UK-based private jets emitted half a million tonnes of CO2 in 2022, the most in Europe, as new research slams the continent's most 'carbon intense' flights UK-based private jets clocked up their busiest year to date in 2022 with the total number of flights soaring by 75 per cent versus 2021, according to a new analysis commissioned by Greenpeace.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This included Europe, Asia and the US. Problem: To reduce 1,4-dioxane to <0.3ppb After reviewing BAT for 1,4-dioxane removal from water, they approached Arvia Technology to help ensure they did not discharge more than 0.3ppb at any time. Our Ellenox system uses electrochemical oxidation to mineralise organic pollutants.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

It attempts a snapshot of air pollution exposure in over 7000 cities worldwide, and its impact on health. and NO2 pollution, with fine particles seeming to be an affliction of the world’s poorer regions especially, while NO2 is a problem for city dwellers everywhere. Standout findings this year include a clearer picture of PM2.5

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GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2021

The foundation hopes that by accomplishing this in four regions — the United States, China, India and Europe — enough global momentum will be achieved to stop the heating of the atmosphere. In the past, the strategy was around minimizing pollution through reducing the demand for miles, energy and engine efficiency, and mobility pricing.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 28, 2024

The focus for the Horizon Europe climate, energy and mobility ‘cluster’ for its forthcoming three years is on the green and digital transitions and EU resilience. The 2025-2027 strategic plan for Horizon Europe-supported research and innovation (R&I) in the energy sector identifies four specific areas: 1.

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Charged

JANUARY 24, 2024

Governments in Europe and the US are increasingly alarmed about the rise of China’s EV industry , which has benefitted greatly from government subsidies (to say nothing of low-cost labor, technology transfers from Western automakers, and those same automakers’ reluctance to commit to electrification).

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 11, 2024

With multiple drivers for growth in the industrial market, the challenges for water in Africa are more around implementation than technology, says Walid Khoury of water engineering firm Desalytics, as he prepares for Water Africa 2024 in Ghana in June. Walid Khoury is general manager of Desalytics. It is just availability that is not there.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 1, 2022

Global technology company, ABB, has invested €700,000 ($750,000) to create a test facility to energise medium-voltage (MV) switchgear, which will be the first of its type in Europe. The chamber will simulate harsh climatic site conditions, from lows of minus 50 °C to temperature highs of up to 80 °C as well as pollution conditions.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

These events’ aftermath can bring substantial financial losses – including damage to property and pollution of waters, soils, and ecological systems. By developing instruments that use non-contact radar technology to measure water level and water flow, Geolux focuses on managing floods in a way that supports the end user.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

These show that the new material performs better by lasting longer and treating three times the amount of GenX compared with current ion exchange and activated carbon technologies. If released, the GenX chemicals are very mobile and pollution spreads around the world.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

What is purported to be the first global map of cargo ship pollution has revealed interesting effects including the apparent impact of fuel regulations. The new study used satellite data from 2003 – 2020 to determine the effect of fuel regulations on pollution from cargo ships. Navigating a sea of data. Disappearing act.

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Business Green

JUNE 28, 2020

Europe's average car and van emissions increased in 2019 for the third year running, according to provisional findings published on Friday by the European Environment Agency (EEA). Zero and low emission vehicles must be deployed much faster across Europe to achieve the stricter targets that apply from 2020," the EEA warned.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Enel X Way will be supplying the technological infrastructure for managing vertiports and charging the flying taxis. Have you read: Technology Trending: Friendly IoT platform, MD microgrid, solar harvesting for sensors, new solar cell records Operations hub for electric air mobility to pilot in England Enel Grids Flexibility Lab. ?

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The Verge: Energy

MAY 6, 2024

The European Commission actually considers biomass burning its largest source of renewable energy , even though it’s been tied to deforestation across Europe and the US. Negative emissions technologies like this have become popular with companies trying to offset the environmental impact of their carbon pollution.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The study, which was published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology Letters found that denim microfibers have infiltrated waters all the way from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Ocean. The study was conducted to show the extent of human-caused pollution. Study shows denim microfibers are polluting our waters.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 14, 2020

Late last year, the European Union introduced a $1 trillion plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and achieve a just transition away from polluting technologies. Europe’s Green Deal enjoys strong backing from many of the EU’s top political figures. But it faces pushback from coal-heavy member states.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 4, 2023

Piles of decomposing cow manure emit methane and nitrous oxide, in addition to polluting water and contaminating soil. While the demand is primarily in Europe and Asia currently, Lignium Energy’s team says that the United States is expected to meaningfully shift from relying on coal to utilizing biomass. “We

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

alive without the electric utilities sector moving more quickly away from polluting fossil fuels to renewable energy. But despite promising progress, too few companies are investing in technologies and building the grid flexibility needed to ramp up renewables and retire fossil fuels.”

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Today, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Carbon Mapper, and partners announced the Carbon Mapper Accelerator program, to accelerate the deployment of emerging remote sensing technologies needed to effectively pinpoint, quantify, and diagnose sources of high-emission methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) globally.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 5, 2020

LONDON — Europe needs an immense rollout of energy storage and other flexible energy resources if it's going to hit its 2050 net-zero target. To date, Europe's big successes on the energy storage front have come from tenders to provide frequency response and other grid services. As of today, the market is largely stuck.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Based on the principles of designing out waste and pollution, this keeps products and materials in use for as long as possible and reduces resource dependency. ENGIE, is one of Europe’s leading energy suppliers that is seeking to safeguard and extend the life of its switchgear systems.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Continuous growth is helping, in part, to alleviate its pollution problems, although it will need to invest more money in this type of source to be able to truly reduce them. By consistently investing in wind infrastructure and technology, China has become the global leader in wind energy production. Spain produces 60.46

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

Headlines proclaiming Covid lockdowns drastically reduced pollution were mostly referring to nitrogen dioxide, NO2, a reactive gas emitted from burning fuel. It is a key pollutant of concern for health,” said Randall Martin, the Raymond R. levels across China, Europe and North America. “PM 2.5 “PM 2.5

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

It aims to demonstrate the technology is ready for a national roll-out. Because of the limits of existing technology, the plan says “removing [road freight] emissions requires the development and deployment of clean technologies.”. The study is part of the UK government’s plan to reach zero net emissions for heavy road freight.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 19, 2020

Europe, Asia and beyond. Heating electrification is picking up steam in Europe and parts of Asia as decarbonization and pollution-reduction efforts are tipping the scales. Europe, Australia and Japan are now on the cusp of the next phase for the grid edge: a fully flexible grid. and Europe. gigawatt-hours today.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2021

A trade group comprising European suppliers of waste-to-energy technology, ESWET, has welcomed the European Commission’s proposal to revise the waste shipment regulation to reduce waste exports and treat municipal waste in Europe under EU standards, but calls for coherent and clearer rules for intra-EU shipments.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In part two of a series looking at Icelandic clean energy innovation, BusinessGreen explores mooted plans to turn emissions produced by plants across Europe into Iceland's bedrock. It is a price point that significantly undercuts the price of carbon on emissions trading markets, as well as many rival carbon capture technologies.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2023

Using the system’s integrated internet of things (IoT) and machine learning technologies, along with pre-existing real-time data from their SCADA systems, operators discovered that pumps were pushing 5 million m3 of wastewater through its systems per year, of which at least 1 million m3 was water from I&I.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 8, 2024

The intercity battery train uses innovative hybrid technology allowing it to draw from battery, electric, hybrid and diesel power. When it is near a station, the batteries power the train completely, eliminating emissions including harmful NOx and reducing noise pollution.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 30, 2021

Big Polluters, in particular the fossil fuel industry, have understandably jumped on the “net-zero” bandwagon: over recent years, more than 1,500 corporations, including some of the biggest climate culprits such as Shell, BP, Drax or Eni, have made “net zero” commitments. Big Polluters. In short, the answer is ‘no’.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 22, 2024

“You need to remove policy hurdles such as in the Renewable Energy Directive, so that you can faster scale the hydrogen economy in Europe, and use that to build out the infrastructure”, Simon Herbert, ExxonMobil’s vice-president of low carbon solutions, told the World Hydrogen 2024 conference in Rotterdam last week.

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