Coronavirus, cheap natural gas and building electrification
April 3, 2020
Will the spectacular drop in natural gas prices throttle the movement to electrify buildings? What's driving the coming collision.
April 3, 2020
Will the spectacular drop in natural gas prices throttle the movement to electrify buildings? What's driving the coming collision.
April 3, 2020
One key is to design out waste in the first place.
April 2, 2020
The hunger for alternative protein and non-synthetic approaches to cultivation are inspiring new innovation recipes for animal health and aquaculture.
April 2, 2020
In Pennsylvania, an innovative program is showing farmers how to plant cash crops in buffer zones to help stabilize stream banks and clean up waterways.
April 1, 2020
About eight million pieces of plastic make their way into the world’s oceans each day, representing a global-scale pollution problem that is not going anywhere without serious intervention. Bioplastics — plastics produced from biomass feedstocks — could help solve the world’s plastics problem but are struggling to wrestle market share away from conventional plastics.
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The output of desalination plants is a mere fraction of what it the world could use. Using the sun to convert seawater into drinking water could be key.
March 31, 2020
If we have the chance to start anew, why would we want to rescue and lock in unsustainable systems and industries for another generation or more?
March 31, 2020
Sharing probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind during a pandemic. But countless thousands are rising to the occasion.
March 31, 2020
The business leaders and companies who use this moment to be creative are the ones who will not only weather this storm; they’ll be the preferred brands of the future.
March 30, 2020
University of Tokyo researchers have found a way to improve the performance and safety of lithium-ion batteries. The research findings — published in Nature Energy — could lead to longer journeys in electric vehicles and to the creation of a new generation of home energy storage, both with improved fire safety. “A battery’s voltage is limited by its electrolyte material,”
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