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ICL model predicts lithium-ion batteries most competitive for storage applications by 2030

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Researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) developed a model to determine the lifetime costs (i.e., We have found that lithium-ion batteries are following in the footsteps of crystalline silicon solar panels. The model predicts lithium-ion batteries to be the cheapest technology in the coming decades. Credit: Schmidt et al.

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Welcome To The Age of Stupid

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The Age of Stupid is a 90-minute film about climate change, set in the future, which will have its world premiere in London on March 15th 2009 and then be released in UK cinemas on March 20th 2009, followed by other countries. Killer Coal Environmental Politics Saving Energy Pete Postlethwaite Sustainability solar power.

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U of Birmingham scientists launch project to tackle global clean cold challenge

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The 17 Global Goals include abolishing poverty and hunger; providing good healthcare and education; raising peoples’ quality of life; and cleaning up the environment, while promoting economic growth. The system is currently on trial with Sainsbury’s, delivering food across London, where it is already having a positive impact on air quality.

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$12+M awarded to 4 projects seeking to design crops with ability to fix their own nitrogen; no artificial fertilizers

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They also generate environmental problems from degrading soil to runoff into rivers where they pollute fresh waters and coastal zones. Some plant-like bacteria (cyanobacteria) are able to fix nitrogen using solar energy via specialized cellular machinery. Oxygen-Tolerant Nitrogenase ($1.87M).

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UK wants to ban 100% ICE power by 2030

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Nature: Protecting and restoring the natural environment, with plans to include planting 30,000 hectares of trees a year. Innovation and finance: Developing cutting-edge technologies and making the City of London the global centre of green finance. More on this later, but on producing hydrogen from water, there is a major drawback.

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LEVC starts production of electric van VN5

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LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company) has started production of its new electric van, VN5. The facility also features built-in rainwater harvesting and solar panel systems designed to further reduce LEVC’s carbon footprint. VN5 is the company’s first electric van model. LEVC’s manufacturing facility is a fully digitalized smart 4.0

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Separate MIT, IEA reports both outline major expansion in role of natural gas; caution on climate benefits

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Speaking at the launch of the IEA report in London, IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka said that “ An expansion of gas use alone is no panacea for climate change. In addition, research should be pursued to reduce water usage in fracturing and to develop cost-effective water recycling technology.

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