cleantech
Cleantech news as it happaens — check back for regular updates: * The National Grid Service (NGS) has undergone a period of rapid expansion this year with a total of six new resources becoming NGS members. This means that the NGS, the UK’s primary computation and data resource for all UK
space weather
IBM is working with Uppsala University and the Swedish Institute of Space Physics to create a Stream Computing project that can analyse massive amounts of data in real time to better understand potentially damaging “space weather. By using IBM InfoSphere Streams to capture data from sensors that track high frequency
bioenergy
Swedish energy and environmental technology firm Opcon AB has acquired 100 per cent of Saxlund Holding AB, a Northern European supplier of equipment for bioenergy plants. Opcon had previously signed a letter of intent to acquire 75 per cent of Saxlund, and acquired the remaining 25 per cent with this
wind energy
RES has announced it will sell its eight-turbine Slieve Divena Phase II wind farm project (PDF) in Northern Ireland to Airtricity Developments Ltd. Slieve Divena Phase II was granted planning consent in 2007 and will be situated near Sixmilecross in County Tyrone. It is a 20-megawatt extension to the existing
cleantech
So many headlines, so little time … that’s why Greenbang presents its daily roundup of cleantech news and developments you might have missed: * The German high-tech company dilitronics has unveiled its ESoLUX controller unit for solar-powered LED lamps to provide eco-friendly and efficient operation of off-grid lighting systems; * SunPodsTM, a
Switzerland-based C.En Ltd., a developer of hydrogen storage technology, has nominated Russian academician E.P. Velikhov as its honorary president. “I believe that the fulfillment of the potential of this technology will resolve one of the central issues facing society today,” Velikhov stated in his letter of acceptance. He
green construction
Spain’s Tecnalia Technological Corporation and the Metropoli Foundation have created a new enterprise focused on eco-efficient architecture. AmetsLab will explore, among other subjects, buildings that minimise to zero three fundamental aspects: energy, water and waste. The idea of a “Zero Energy” structure is that the building should generate only
microbiology
Hopeless hand-washers will be caught — not red-handed — but with glowing green fingers, thanks to the Society for General Microbiology’s (SGM) good hand washing test. A team from the SGM will be “on hand” (sorry) at the Cheltenham Science Festival to demonstrate a hand-washing training kit that uses a cream
toxic waste
Did you know that millions of trucks ply Europe’s roads each year carrying billions of tonnes of toxic chemicals, flammable fuel and radioactive waste? And were you aware that such trucks have regularly passed through densely populated areas using critical bridges and tunnels with little guidance or oversight as
photovoltaics
Germany-based Schott Solar, a photovoltaics manufacturer, has entered into a three-year research partnership with IMEC, a European nanoelectronics research centre, to explore sustainable ways to meet the growing demand for silicon solar cells. IMEC’s newly launched silicon photovoltaics industrial affiliation programme (IIAP) aims to find a way to sharply
green chemistry
The next time you nosh on some tapas, don’t throw away those olive pits: they could provide a greener way of cleaning up industrial effluents. That’s the conclusion reached by Ángeles Martín Lara, a doctoral student in the department of chemical engineering at the University of Granada. Lara
biofuels
Biofuels carry a heavy water footprint, although the size of that print varies widely from crop to crop, according to new research from the Netherlands’ University of Twente. Researchers at the university analysed 13 crops to determine the optimal production regions for each based on water consumption and climate date.
