Knowledge and Technology

Europe aims to cut down on waste as quickly as possible in order to halt the overconsumption that is damaging the planet and adding to climate change. But despite previous attempts, waste packaging is still on the rise in Europe. In 2018, Europe generated 174.1kg of packaging waste per inhabitant. …

The world’s largest plant that sucks carbon dioxide directly from the air and deposits it underground is due to start operating on Wednesday (8 September), the company behind the nascent green technology said. Swiss start-up Climeworks AG, which specialises in capturing carbon dioxide directly from the air, has partnered with …

Hyundai will seek to “popularise hydrogen” by 2040 with a raft of initiatives aimed at positing the fuel as an alternative to all-out battery electrification, and not just in the private vehicle sector. Following on from yesterday’s wide-reaching commitment to making its vehicle fleet all-electric in Europe in 2035, and …

Denmark’s political parties formed a plan for the ownership of its $34 billion man-made energy island in the North Sea that’s needed to fulfill its ambitious carbon reduction target, Bloomberg reported. The island will support infrastructure for Denmark’s offshore wind parks which will supply electricity to millions of homes. The …

Scientists are surprised, but they see a way to stop the climate bomb. “The amount of methane that escaped from composting digested food waste was sky high, which surprised us,” says Maria Dietrich, one of the researchers behind the study, on Nibio’s own website. Dietrich has studied food waste used …

Fleischanderl’s passion for improving and developing the sector is tangible, an important attribute as hard-to-abate sectors struggle to keep up with global emissions targets. Primetals is a global plant engineering company catering for the steel sector and a member of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group. Primetals was recently in …

As low-carbon hydrogen fuel generation becomes increasingly important to the global efforts to decarbonize, a new method of production using aluminum and water has been developed. The new hydrogen fuel generation using aluminum and water could be quite promising. The reason is that aluminum will react with water at room …

A global chip shortage is continuing to wreak havoc up and down supply chains in a diverse array of industries across the world. As unprecedented amounts of work, life, shopping, and socializing went digital as the spread of the novel coronavirus drove everyone inside, the demand for electronics, and the …

Europe’s largest port is involved in a study that looks at shipping hydrogen using existing infrastructure. Port of Rotterdam Authority, Koole Terminals, Chiyoda Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation have signed an agreement on a joint study on the feasibility of a commercial-scale import of hydrogen from overseas sources to one of …

Siemens Mobility and Continental Engineering Services (CES) have partnered on the development and manufacture of pantographs for trucks, with the eHighway technology from Siemens Mobility supplying trucks with electricity via an overhead line. The cooperation aims to electrify key stretches of highway-networks in Germany’s autobahn network with overhead contact lines …