Volvo is testing new hydrogen powered haulage trucks which can be charged by 12kg of hydrogen in 7.5 minutes fir 4 hours of operation. Volvo expects to commercialise hydrogen powered vehilces by 2025.
Farmers and researchers in Niger have conducted trials of urine fertiliser from 2014 to 2016 and achieved a 30% increase in pearl millet yield compared to standard fertiliser. Urine fertiliser is also a much more environmentally sustainable alternative to regular fertiliser.
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The Royal Academy of Engineering published a report on building health into construction to make infection resilient buildings. The report shows that in the long run, it is cheaper to build better ventilation and lighting into buildings due to increased health and productivity of its users.
Italian company Energy Dome have launched a large scale Co2 battery that can use captured carbon dioxide as a closed system battery. Electrical energy converts Co2 stored in a dome into compressed liquid, while storing the heat generated by the conversion. When the energy needs to be withdrawn, the stored heat is used to heat the compressed Co2 which turns a turbine to generate electricity and refill the Co2 dome.
Environmental charity Ecolibrium published a report aimed at guiding the music industry on how to travel and tour sustainably. The key point being to only fly when it's the last option available.
Nemo's Garden is an underwater greenhouse off the coast of Noli in Italy. The greenhouse consists of biodomes used to grow salad greens, beans and strawberries that are richer in nutritional content than more traditionally grown produce.
Microsoft launched a set of green design principles aimed at guiding projects on how to keep climate and sustainability in mind when designing and implementing products and software.
Scientists at the University of New South Wales in Australia have developed a solar cell that generates power at night-time. The thermoradiative diode captures the infrared energy emitted by the earth at night after being absorbed as solar radiation during the day. The night-time solar system currently produces 1/10th the power of a conventional solar cell.
