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However, weather also has an influence on NO 2 concentrations, according to a study by the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), which evaluated the influence of weather conditions on nitrogen dioxide concentrations in Saxony 2015 to 2018 on behalf of the Saxon State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology (LfULG).

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Powerful permanent magnets are necessary components of electric vehicle motors, wind turbines, efficient industrial motors, and many other modern technologies essential to the clean energy transition. One of the top 5 global wind turbine OEMs. Today, these magnets rely on rare earth elements. 2019.165962.

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In an open access paper in the Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics , researchers at the University of Surrey (UK) have investigated the effect of group riding on cyclists’ exposure to vehicle pollutants. With more wind, riding towards the back of the group can be a good strategy to minimize exposure. 2023.105333

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The TENG harvests wind energy, delivering an output of 0.21 Resources Baofeng Zhang, Lixia He, Jing Wang, Yuebo Liu, Xu Xue, Shengnan He, Chuguo Zhang, Zhihao Zhao, Linglin Zhou, Jie Wang and Zhong Lin Wang (2023) “Self-powered recycling of spent lithium iron phosphate batteries via triboelectric nanogenerator” Energy Environ.

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The PIMMS project will design and deliver manufacturing processes for high-volume electric motor production alongside a software solution to automate the manufacturing environment that will offer so-far unmatched data-gathering capability.

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Wind River is working with TTTech to develop safety-related electronic control units (ECUs) based on networked multi-core system-on-chips (SoCs) for advanced automotive applications, such as autonomous driving. —Georg Doll, vice president and general manager of worldwide automotive solutions at Wind River.

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Here, we demonstrated a rational strategy to synthesize the Cu catalyst under a CO-rich environment to induce the growth of defect-rich sites that are best for the adsorption of CO. A and B) Cu-DS catalyst synthesized under a CO-rich environment favors high coverage of *CO intermediate and promotes alcohol production. (D

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Tesla and will address higher torque density applications and high operating temperatures including electric vehicle drivetrains and wind turbines. Jian-Ping Wang (2020) “Environment-friendly bulk Fe 16 N 2 permanent magnet: Review and prospective,” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2019.165962.

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Urban planners should plant hedges—or a combination of trees with hedges—rather than just relying on roadside trees if they are most effectively to reduce pollution exposure from cars in near-road environments, according to a new study from the University of Surrey. Atmospheric Environment doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.12.036.

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The China Energy Group of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) recently released the eighth edition of the China Energy Databook —the most comprehensive publicly available resource known to exist covering China’s energy and environmental statistics. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 16, 2021

For the implementation of a sustainable energy economy, the greatest challenge is the weather-depending, fluctuating electricity production of wind and solar power plants. Energy Environ. To store the green electricity in a highly scalable way, it must be converted into chemical energy. doi: 10.1039/D0EE03659E.

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Even if you have 100 percent capture from the capture equipment, it is still worse, from a social cost perspective, than replacing a coal or gas plant with a wind farm because carbon capture never reduces air pollution and always has a capture equipment cost. Only when wind replaced coal itself did social costs decrease.

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MAY 17, 2021

Puerto Rico has stable warm temperatures and ample sunlight year-round, as well as a wide range of exposure to prevailing winds and waves. In addition to developing the best methods for cultivating these species in offshore environments, the project team seeks to further quantify the ecosystem services associated with the farming activities.

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The Programmatic EIS evaluates impacts to Atlantic resources that could occur as a result of G&G activities and identifies mitigation and monitoring measures to avoid, reduce, or minimize impacts. A variety of G&G techniques are used to characterize the shallow and deep structure of the shelf, slope, and deepwater ocean environments.

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Brazil’s Minister of Environment Izabella Teixeira and Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) President Luciano Coutinho announced the launch of a new credit line to support projects focused on greenhouse gas reduction and climate change solutions. In 2011, approximately R$230 million (US$133.7 Efficient machinery and equipment.

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Specific recommendations include: Invest in clean renewable energy, in particular taking advantage of solar and wind power resources and reducing reliance on coal, oil, and gas. Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 The most disturbing finding was the increase in deaths from ambient air pollution.

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The growth of global industrialization, increasing demand on energy resources and rising carbon emissions are deepening the need for energy infrastructure that is increasingly green, distributed, flexible, and resilient. Increasingly, wind and solar are replacing fossil fuels as our principle source of energy.

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Renault and Nissan are fully committed to the Indian market, committed to electrifying the Indian market and committed to minimizing our impact on the environment. The RNAIPL plant, already one of the Alliance’s leading centers for energy and resource reduction, also is announcing its roadmap to carbon neutrality.

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Renewable resource alternatives, such as wind energy, have been applied, but those have not proven sustainable. To increase the yield while reducing harm to the environment, therefore, the reaction must take place at low temperatures. For this to happen, catalysts that enable the reaction at low temperatures are required.

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Under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Environmental Microbes as a BioEngineering Resource ( EMBER ) program ( earlier post ), the team was awarded an initial $4 million in funding R&D in Phase 1 with an option for up to an additional $9 million based on program performance in follow-on phases.

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The manufacturing process is powered largely from renewable solar and wind energy and uses cellulosic biomass, natural gas, and water electrolysis generated feedstock. Under the contract, Life Cycle Associates will conduct the environmental analysis of the project.

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The possibility of selling hydrogen could result in a further expansion of solar and wind power in developing countries, contributing to their economies. —Julian Hunt Resources Hunt, J., Transporting hydrogen with ammonia and other molecules would require around 30% of the energy transported to extract the hydrogen. Montanari, P.,

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electronics, wind turbines, hybrid cars). By considering how water containing REEs interacted with calcite, a mineral that is ubiquitous in nature and often present in hydrothermal environments, the team discovered a new pathway by which bastnäsite formed. A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Crystal Growth & Design.

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A pre-prototype seabed polymetallic nodule ( earlier post ) collector being tested on the Pacific Ocean floor by Global Sea Mineral Resources ( GSR ) has become detached from its lifting cable on its final dive and is sitting on the ocean bed 4.5 kilometers beneath the surface.

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Rare-earth metals are indispensable for many technical products, from smartphones, laptops, batteries, electromotors, and wind turbines, to catalysts. They are everywhere in the environment but are highly dispersed and bound in minerals (“earths”); large deposits are rare. Resources. Tabuchi, H. Takezawa, M. doi: 10.1002/anie.202208866.

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China also dominates in other technologies including wind and solar components, controls, sensors, and communications—a gamut of industrial equipment, including much that is pertinent for defense. —Baker Institute report Need Nickel? This surge occurred mostly in China, driven by steel manufacturing.

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The researchers say this highlights the long-term persistence of contaminants introduced by human activities in the environment. The study, led by researchers from Imperial College London, found that up to 40% of lead in airborne particles today comes from the legacy of leaded gasoline. Eléonore Resongles, Volker Dietze, David C.

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The pre-seed round was led by Sunly, a developer of wind and solar parks in the Baltics and Poland, and joined by Scottish Baltic Invest, an investment company linked to Interconnect Product Assembly (IPA), which specializes in the production of electro-mechanical solutions; and Little Green Fund that focuses on investments in cleantech innovation.

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Available data indicate that herbaceous and woody plants can improve soil characteristics, reduce soil water and wind erosion, filter pollutants in runoff, sequester soil organic carbon, reduce net emissions of greenhouse gases, and improve wildlife habitat and diversity. Agron J 102:403-419 doi: 10.2134/agronj2009.0333.

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This was in part due to differences in wind and proximity to the road but, surprisingly, the number of vehicles didn’t make that much of a difference. Research consistently links traffic emissions to negative effects on both the environment and human health. The study is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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For example, in the electrolysis mode, they are very efficient at converting electricity from a renewable source into a storable fuel such as hydrogen or methane that can be used in the fuel cell mode to generate electricity when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing. They can also be made without using costly metals like platinum.

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In New Zealand, the Ministry for the Environment and the New Zealand Automobile Associatio n are working together to ensure that old EV batteries are handled in an environmentally responsible way. If you want to learn more about whether EV’s are good for the environment, check out our previous resource here.

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Further, POET/DSM, in collaboration with USDA and NLAE (National Laboratory for Agriculture and The Environment, Ames IA) conducted research that concluded with specification of stover harvest guidelines. Liberty starting bill was 275 M$ and without significant resources as well as help from the DOE this undertaking would not be possible.

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Nissan’s measures to reduce emissions include the following: Nissan UK has installed 19,000 solar panels to join 10 wind turbines at its Sunderland plant, generating enough power to build more than 31,000 cars every year. The power derived from the solar panels and wind turbines accounts for 7% of the plant’s total usage.

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“Making public charging more economical in rural and remote locations means more public charging stations will be built and EV driving will become more accessible to more Ontarians, benefiting both the environment and the local economy.” With over 83 percent of Canada’s electricity coming from non-emitting sources (e.g.,

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intake fraction—the long-term population intake mass per unit mass emitted into different indoor and outdoor environments. exposure from anthropogenic sources, a quantitative framework is required to link indoor and outdoor environments. … Indoor exposure typically contributes 80−90% to overall exposure from outdoor sources.

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In general, the researchers find that when air pollution is generated in one state, half of that pollution is lofted into the air and carried by winds across state boundaries, to affect the health quality of out-of-state residents and increase their risk of early death. Dedoussi, I.C., Eastham, S.D.,

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