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The use of energy-efficient production technologies can reduce global CO2 emissions by eight gigatons per year - which is nearly twice as high as previously assumed. Achieving this requires, at the least, that already existing efficient technologies are made available and used worldwide.
May 29th, 2017
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Wind energy has become an integral part of the energy supply. A new milestone for the transformation of energy supply systems was reached last year with renewable energy now accounting for 29 percent of the gross energy consumption.
May 29th, 2017
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Energy is the most important resource for humanity and solar energy is the ultimate energy source. The sun as a solar energy source has a number of advantages: it is abundant, it is essentially inexhaustible, and it doesn't discriminate but provides equal access to all users.
May 26th, 2017
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Researchers develop new highly efficient catalyst for breaking resistant chemical bonds, paving the way for easier recycling of plastic waste.
May 26th, 2017
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In a new study, chemists boosted and analyzed the unprecedented catalytic activity of an element called vanadium for hydrogenation - a reaction that is used for making everything from vegetable oils to petrochemical products to vitamins.
May 26th, 2017
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Growing plants and then storing the CO2 they have taken up from the atmosphere is no viable option to counteract unmitigated emissions from fossil fuel burning, a new study shows.
May 18th, 2017
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An international team of researchers has taken the first step in converting methane directly to electricity using bacteria, in a way that could be done near the drilling sites.
May 17th, 2017
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Scientists are stacking large cells on top of one another. This provides vehicles with more power. Initial tests in the laboratory have been positive.
May 17th, 2017
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Smart windows that act as blinds in the summer and let all the sunlight through in the winter. This new technology cuts the energy consumption for cooling and heating buildings by 12%.
May 15th, 2017
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The same technology that adds fizz to soda can now be used to remove particles from dirty water. Researchers have found a technique for using carbon dioxide in a low-cost water treatment system that eliminates the need for costly and complex filters.
May 15th, 2017
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Solar power can cover up to 40% of the electricity needs of a typical Belgian household. Going beyond that level becomes really expensive: using batteries coupled with solar panels would be twice as expensive as using the power grid.
May 15th, 2017
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Electrochemical method can remove even tiny amounts of contamination.
May 10th, 2017
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Future Americano, cappuccino and latte drinkers could help produce the raw material for a greener biofuel that would reduce our reliance on diesel from fossil fuels.
May 10th, 2017
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The COMBO-CFB project has developed a new innovative concept to increase solar energy production in the energy system. According to this research, the concept can reduce fuel consumption and emissions stressing the climate by more than 33 per cent.
May 9th, 2017
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Sterilization of industrial water and paints with electric impulses is the objective of the DiWaL project.
May 9th, 2017
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Water filtration with CO2 uses 1,000 times less energy than conventional methods.
May 8th, 2017
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Lab-scale technology recycles wastewater into hydrogen for use in fuel production.
May 5th, 2017
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Researchers have developed catalysts that, like enzymes present in living cells, are able to function efficiently in water. This discovery shows that it may be possible to substantially reduce the use of toxic and non-recyclable organic solvents in a host of chemical reactions, particularly when synthesizing pharmaceutical ingredients.
May 4th, 2017
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