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IoT project will assess impact of climate change on forests, and inform UK policymaking

Envirotec Magazine

A trial is underway in forests in Surrey and Northumberland to assess the potential for Internet of Things (IoT) technology to monitor tree growth and the impacts of environmental change on the UK’s forests. Specialist sensors have been attached to trees in two forests and are connected via Vodafone’s Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) network.

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Innovative drilling tech at the forefront of Finland geothermal project

ThinkGeoEnergy

The GM2000 drilling rig (source: Geomachine) “When we started looking for a practical implementer for our innovation a few years ago, we realized that there was no expertise in deep geothermal well drilling in Finland. For us, collaboration enables us to sell our innovation as a tangible product to those who need it.

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National Trust to deploy wildfire sensors in a UK first

Envirotec Magazine

An IoT sensor from Dryad Networks in an earlier deployment. The precious peat soils, which are so important for carbon capture and water quality, could take hundreds of years to properly recover.” ” Tia Crouch, Peatland Ecologist, National Trust, said: “Moorland fires have a devastating impact on the landscape.

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Brighton firm to develop new landfill methane emission monitoring intelligence platform

Envirotec Magazine

Recycle2Trade is developing a machine-learning-based data intelligence platform to monitor landfill sites, integrating Internet of Things (IoT) ground detection systems and satellite data from Sentinel-5p and Sentinel-2 missions. SPRINT helps businesses through the commercial exploitation of space data and technologies.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q2 2021

Greentown Labs

Twenty-six startups joined our community in Q2 2021, working on innovations as diverse as kinetic wave energy, soil carbon measurement, efficient wind turbine installation, and electric, uncrewed surface vehicles. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! Agtech + water. Transportation.

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Norwegian utility claims to calculate true cost of sewer ingress

Envirotec Magazine

Inflow of stormwater and infiltration of groundwater into sewers is a constant operational challenge, but a water utility in Norway is gaining better understanding of its network with an innovative digital approach, says Marco Westergren, chief analytics officer at water analytics platform provider InfoTiles.

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Technology Trending – energy harvesting, soil batteries, H for heavy trucking, Hyper Sting

Smart Energy International

Micro energy harvesting to power edge devices, testing the soil as an energy storage medium, hydrogen solutions to decarbonise heavy trucking and a fusion powered supersonic aircraft are in the week’s technology radar. DC regulated supply at up to 15mA for powering wireless IoT sensors and modules. Storing energy in the soil.

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