Australia: Historic climate law aims to halve CO2 emissions
Threatened Great Barrier Reef: Australia is struggling with climate change – stricter laws and green tech should help / Photo: Yanguang Llan via Unsplash[/caption] “Down under” is very worried about climate change – and not only fears the future of the world-famous natural wonder “Great Barrier Reef”. Now the House […]
Circular economy: car tires made from plastic waste
Interesting approach from the tire industry: The industry is now increasingly using old PET bottles as a raw material for car interiors, seat covers, side panels, etc. But now plastic waste, more precisely recycled PET bottles, is also finding its way into car tires. The German manufacturer Continental wants to […]
Solar car Sion: Sono Motors presents the final design
Here we go, folks! So this is the car that charges itself: The green tech car specialist Sono Motors has presented the final design of the electric compact car Sion – incl. 456 solar cells on the body. According to the manufacturer, production of the Eco-Mobile should start in the […]
Daimler Truck creates “Netflix for auto parts”
Stuttgart based Daimler Truck has big plans: The truck and bus manufacturer from Stuttgart wants to make parts service more sustainable and revolutionize it – and promises a kind of “Netflix for car spare parts: In the future, bus companies and service partners will be able to manufacture spare parts […]
World Meteorological Organization WMO: Climate change at record level
Four key climate change indicators have reached record levels, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) new State of the Climate report. This underscores the devastating consequences of human activities on the ecosystems that are supposed to ensure humanity’s survival, the WMO reported this morning in Geneva. Records were set […]
The most sustainable film festivals worldwide
Also worldwide, there are more and more film festivals that focus very strongly on sustainability and climate protection. Here in this article, we have summarized the most sustainable film festivals worldwide for you. #01 : Films for the Earth Festival: The “Films for the Earth” festival brings selected documentaries around […]
Bicycle is the hidden champion, says TUEV study
Alternative drives, automated driving or the consequences of the pandemic – the mobility of German citizens is changing. How has Corona changed mobility behavior? Which measures for better environmental and climate protection and sustainability in the transport sector do the respondents support? What is the actual uptake of electric vehicles […]
Im Leitprojekt »H2 Giga« entwickeln Forschungseinrichtungen und Unternehmen die Massenproduktion leistungsstarker Elektrolyseure. Ziel ist, grünen Wasserstoff für Industrie und Schwerlastverkehr verfügbar zu machen. Elektrolyseure sind bisher teuer und handgefertigt. In PEP.IN entstand daher eine automatisierte Fertigungslinie, in der Roboter das Stacking der Zellkomponenten übernehmen. Kameras prüfen dabei die Qualität. Die […]
Photovoltaik der Zukunft: Als Hoffnungsträger für die nächste Generation Solarzellen gelten vor allem solche auf Basis von Perowskiten – eine Klasse kristalliner Halbleiter. Ihr großer Vorteil: „Die Bandlücke – also der Bereich des Lichts, der in elektrische Energie umgewandelt wird – lässt sich gezielt einstellen“, erklärt Professor Ulrich Paetzold vom Institut […]
Das Berliner Cleantech-Startup H2 Power ’n’ Heat hat seine jüngste Finanzierungsrunde über das Companisto Business Angel Netzwerk erfolgreich abgeschlossen. Mehr als eine Million Euro Kapital fließen in die Weiterentwicklung und Skalierung der patentierten Brennstoffzellentechnologie des Unternehmens. Das Interesse unter Business Angels war so groß, dass die Runde vorzeitig geschlossen wurde. […]
Das Kölner Startup alangu entwickelt eine KI-Lösung, die digitale Inhalte automatisch in Gebärdensprache übersetzt – für echte Barrierefreiheit im Netz. Das Startup hat über das Companisto Business Angel Netzwerk rund 400.000 Euro eingesammelt. Neben Companisto beteiligten sich mehrere Co-Investoren an der Finanzierungsrunde. Das Kapital dient der Weiterentwicklung der KI-basierten […]
Construction of an offshore converter platform and a high-voltage cable in the North Sea can begin. The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) launched the offshore grid connection projects BorWin5 and BorWin epsilon, as the office announced. The necessary planning approval decision was issued on. A planning approval decision is […]
Fancy a 100-inch laptop for your rucksack? Are you familiar with the problem that the laptop screen is always far too small? This realisation has inspired the tech company Sightful to completely remove the screen from its innovative “Spacetop” notebook. “Spacetop” notebook without a screen – but with AR is […]
A portfolio of different cell chemistries will be coming in the next few months – Mercedes is also working on solid-state batteries: The Stuttgart car manufacturer Mercedes will offer battery systems with different performance levels in its model series in the future. There will be “a range spread for battery-electric […]
Apple is miles behind the competition when it comes to AI: 2024 is getting off to a difficult start for Apple: legal disputes are affecting the iPhone manufacturer, Microsoft is overtaking it as the most valuable company in the world, and they also seem to have missed the developments in […]
Cave stalactites can be a unique archive for researching historical climate fluctuations – this has been shown by a team from KIT and Heidelberg University with other partners. The researchers analyzed the isotopic composition of oxygen in the stalactite limestone of the small Devil’s Cave in Bavaria. For example, they […]