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Fume faculties

Envirotec Magazine

There are currently four ECAs (in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, North America, and the US Caribbean Sea). Of course, the whole issue can be sidestepped by running a ship on liquefied natural gas (LNG), but more recently a problem of “methane slip” has been identified, with the difficulties arising from unburnt methane.

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Technology Trending: data centres in space, smart home appliances, LNG tractor

Smart Energy International

The New Holland T7 Methane Power LNG has been unveiled by the agriculture and construction business CNH Industrial as a pre-production prototype of what could become a widely used tractor in the future. For farms that already produce their own biomethane a methane liquefaction unity can be simply ‘bolted’ on.

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A win-win for the environment and water companies, EloVac®- P, vacuum degassing of digested sludge.

Envirotec Magazine

Anaerobically digested sludge releases residual methane and carbon dioxide to the atmosphere – methane emissions from sludge treatment make up 75% of the diffuse CO 2 -equivalent emissions ( Gärtner 2017 ). We also filed for a patent application of the technology earlier this year. This plant will have a capacity of ca.

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The Carbon to Value Initiative Announces Year Two Startup Cohort for Carbontech Accelerator Program

Greentown Labs

Carbonova Corp (Calgary, Canada) utilizes CO2 and methane as a feedstock to produce carbon nanofibers (CNF) that may be used in various fields such as transportation and buildings. Full Cycle Bioplastics (San Jose, U.S.) About Greentown Labs. Greentown Labs is a community of climate action pioneers working to design a more sustainable world.

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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

DeSmogBlog

The use of these chemicals also damages the environment in other ways; much of the fertilizer used in the world today is the product of methane gas, a fossil fuel, while the wide-scale use of pesticides has been linked to the damage of ecosystems and vital populations of pollinators. As Mark J.