mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 25, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
MIT is co-leading an effort to enable the development of two new large-scale renewable energy projects in regions with carbon-intensive electrical grids: Big Elm Solar in Bell County, Texas, came online this year, and the Bowman Wind Project in Bowman County, North...
mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 25, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
Nuclear energy advocates are pushing for the European Commission to label nuclear-derived hydrogen as ‘low-carbon’, but several industry sources told Euractiv that would prefer the decision is brought forward to 2026 instead of the scheduled 2028. In late...
mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 22, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
Lithium ore and mining waste from a historic lithium mine located west of Charlotte, North Carolina, are unlikely to contaminate surrounding waters with common pollutants such as arsenic and lead, according to a new study. However, high levels of other metals—namely,...
mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 15, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
A new study highlights how some marine life could face extinction over the next century, if human-induced global warming worsens. The research, led by the University of Bristol and published today [13 November] in Nature, compares for the first time how tiny ocean...
mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 14, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
In 2023, 11.8% of materials used in the EU came from recycled materials. This indicator is known as ‘circular material use rate’ or ‘circularity rate’, and it measures the contribution of recycled materials in the overall use of materials. Compared with 2022, the...