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France’s Valeo lent €600m for research into reducing vehicle emissions
French automotive supplier Valeo has been granted a financing package worth €600 million (£527m) to support its research projects focused on reducing vehicle carbon emissions and improving safety. The funds from the European Investment Bank (EIB) will be allocated to the company’s Europe-based research projects, primarily in France but also in Germany, the Czech Republic […]
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Seven areas to be classified as water stressed
Seven areas of England are set to be added to an existing list of water stressed locations. A four-week consultation launched by the Environment Agency aims to determine areas of water stress and identify ways to protect water supplies. The water company locations, which have been proposed as ‘priority areas’ are Severn Trent Water, South […]
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Matrix-style tech turns you into a battery!
Can the human body store electricity to power electronic devices? Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) developed technology that would perfectly fit in the fictional movie universe of Matrix, where humans were used as power sources for robots. Scientists created a new, affordable, recyclable wearable device that is claimed to transform the […]
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Biden injects $100m into green energy tech research
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has said it will inject a further $100 million (£72.5m) into clean energy technology research, as part of President Biden’s climate agenda. The White House has also announced the creation of a new Climate Innovation Working Group to underpin the President’s goal of net zero emissions by 2050. The […]
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US airline orders flying e-taxis for airport pickups
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Bats bat-tered by wind turbines
New research at 23 British wind farms showed bats might be the victims of wind farms. A team from the University of Exeter found that one of the most abundant species in Europe, the common pipistrelle bats, are much more active around turbines than at ‘control’ locations. Control locations are areas near wind farms that […]
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Polluted air ’causes one-in-five deaths globally’
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Shop with added zip – Lidl’s EV charging milestone
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Solid non-recyclable waste to renewable gas project launched
ENGIE has launched a project to produce renewable gas from solid non-recyclable waste. Waste wood, paper, cardboard and plastic will be converted into solid recovered fuel. That will then be gasified at high temperatures to produce synthesis gas. This will be then purified to transform it into biomethane using a process called catalytic methanation. The […]
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Unmapped plants put biodiversity at risk
Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have warned that certain plant groups are under threat of extinction because we know so little about them. Publishing in the journal ‘Trends in the Plant Science’, experts suggest specific plant groups, especially in poorer nations, lack monographs. A botanical monograph is a publication that focuses on a […]
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