Taking Carbon Out Of … Seawater!
Amsterdam-based startup Brineworks is using innovative seawater electrolysis technology to tackle the issue of carbon emissions and reshape the landscape of carbon capture and sustainable fuel production. In A Nutshell – Leveraging The Potential of Seawater Brineworks has developed a seawater electrolysis technology that extracts carbon dioxide (CO₂) and produces green hydrogen (H₂) directly from […]
UK Startup Makes ‘Lab’ Leather
Cambridge-based startup ‘Pact’ has raised £9 million in (seed round) funding to expand its factory space and scale-up production of its “world-first” biomaterial – a skin made from collagen that’s a convincing alternative to leather. Oval Oval, developed by Pact, is a pioneering biomaterial made from natural collagen, designed to be a sustainable and scalable alternative to […]
3D Printed Glass Blocks For Constructing Buildings
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are developing a new kind of reconfigurable masonry made from 3D-printed, recycled glass. Fits Together Like LEGO MIT says the new multilayered glass bricks, each in the shape of a figure-of-eight, are designed to interlock, much like LEGO bricks. 3D Printed One of the big advantages of […]
Rapidly Growing Water Demand For Data-Centres
Information recently obtained (by the Financial Times) has revealed that a huge spike in water consumption by dozens of facilities in Virginia’s “data-centre alley” likely means new initiatives to replenish or conserve water resources are urgently needed. Usage Up By Two-Thirds The county authority figures show that water consumption at the data-centres of hyperscalers which […]
Meta To Use Geothermal Power In US Data Centres
Meta (Facebook and Instagram’s parent company) says it has struck a deal to buy geothermal power from Sage Geosystems to supply its U.S. data-centres. Why? Meta’s deal with Sage Geosystems is part of its push to support its sustainability goals while trying to meet the growing energy demands of its AI infrastructure. Geothermal energy offers […]
New Device Could Reduce AI Energy Consumption By 1000 +
Engineering researchers at the US University of Minnesota Twin Cities claim to have demonstrated a state-of-the-art hardware device that could reduce energy consumption for artificial intelligent (AI) computing applications by a factor of at least 1,000! AI’s Massive Energy Consumption The issue the researchers were aiming to tackle is the huge energy consumption of AI, […]
Liquid Battery Could Transform Energy Storage
A team of researchers at Stanford University are aiming to improve options for renewable energy storage by working on new technology to enable the conversion and long-term storage of electrical energy in a ‘liquid battery’. The Issue People in California as a state (plus Stanford University and the researchers based there) are looking to transition […]
Twisted Carbon Nanotubes Store 3 X More Energy Than Best Lithium Batteries
A team of 20 team global scientists have published research findings showing that “twisted single-walled carbon nanotube ropes” can store three times more energy per unit mass than advanced lithium-ion batteries. The Search For New Energy Sources The research team, which includes members from the University of Maryland- Baltimore County (UMBC) and its Centre for Advanced Sensor […]
Floating Solar Panels Could Power Entire Countries
New research has concluded that floating solar panels could have the potential to meet the entire electricity needs of certain countries. Helping To Decarbonise National Economies The findings of the research (from Bangor and Lancaster Universities and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) suggest that with a conservative 10 per cent surface area coverage, […]
Is New Membrane Carbon-Capture Game-Changer?
Newcastle University researchers have reported developing a new ambient-energy-driven membrane that can pump carbon dioxide out of the air. A First – Like A ‘Water Wheel On A Flour Mill’ As Dr Greg A. Mutch (Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow in the School of Engineering, Newcastle University) explains, his team has demonstrated “the first synthetic membrane […]
Marvellous Microplastics Magnets
UK startup ‘The Tyre Collective’ has developed a tyre-dust magnet to attach to electric vehicles (EVs) to tackle the often-overlooked problem of tyre-dust microplastic pollution. The Problem – The Dangers Of Tyre-Wear As explained by The Tyre Collective, “Tyre-wear is the second-largest source of microplastics in our oceans, toxic to marine life, and air particulate […]
Kite-Powered Shipping Cuts Carbon
German startup CargoKite has developed what it calls the “sailing ship of the 21st century” which uses a large kite to pull the vessel along, thereby providing sustainable, clean power. Why? The new wind-powered micro-ships, developed by CargoKite and Lomar’s corporate venture lab have been designed to tackle a variety of challenges for today’s shipping, including: – […]