Greentech Fraunhofer shows vehicles with integrated photovoltaics at the IAA
How are new mobility concepts changing urban life? What about the development of sustainable and efficient mobility solutions? How can autonomous driving become even safer? Under the motto “Tomorrow’s mobility”, eight Fraunhofer units will be presenting their know-how as well as their concepts and solutions for the mobility of the […]
Greentech: Japanese researchers develop air battery based on organic electrode materials
Japanese researchers have taken a pioneering step by presenting the first prototype of a new air battery based on organic electrode materials. In contrast to similar projects, they deliberately chose not to use metal electrodes. The promising results from the early laboratory tests show that the prototype still has a […]
Greentech: Solar panel cleaning robot cleans without water
Enel Green Power, an Italian Greentech company in the renewable energy sector, has recently introduced an autonomous robot specifically designed for the efficient cleaning of solar panels. This innovative robot has the ability to clean solar panels of dirt and dust without using water. What makes it special is its […]
Greentech.Biz: Wind energy specialist Nordex builds Canadian wind farm
Well, if that doesn’t pop the champagne corks at Nordex today – the German Greentech-Specialist and wind farm has won a major contract for a Canadian wind farm. Chapeau. Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has been awarded the contract to supply the turbines for the Canadian wind farm «Forty Mile» in […]
Greentech: Berlin Airports Tegel and Tempelhof soon to be wind energy parks?
Lo and behold: even more greentech for Berlin’s (closed) Tegel Airport? And in Tempelhof, too? There is currently a heated discussion in the capital that the huge ex-airport areas could soon be used as wind energy parks. Renewable energies Wind turbines in Berlin: Is former Tegel Airport a possibility? Suitable […]
Power to go in the test: What power stations have to do
Mobile energy sources Power to go in the test: What power stations have to do Maybe camping with a fan, cool box and fairy lights next time? And the notebook can also be charged? A perfect scenario for a power station. Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa-tmn For the cool box at the quarry […]
IEA sounds the alarm: CO2 emissions at record levels
To achieve climate and energy targets, increased measures are needed to switch to clean energies. It is true that the global energy crisis has not caused emissions to rise as feared. But energy producers continue to blow CO2 into the atmosphere at a high level. The International Energy Agency (IEA) […]
Light: Energy consumption for public lighting drops massively
Good Green News – or I guess you could call it the LED effect: Thanks to the use of LED lights and other energy-saving measures for traffic lights, traffic signs and street lighting, the electricity consumption of public lighting in Hamburg has fallen significantly. Since 2000, consumption has fallen by […]
Klos to Nature: Sustainable disposal of basic human needs @ Greentech.LIVE Conference
What actually happens to human waste that does not immediately end up in the sewage system? The quantities produced at events, for example, are easily forgotten, but something has to be done with it. Klos to Nature wants to offer sustainable options for this area and find solutions for how […]
Eisvogel-Award 2023: Further sustainable film productions awarded
Since last year, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, together with the Heinz Sielmann Foundation, has been awarding a prize for particularly environmentally and climate-friendly film productions. Because yes, there is also a lot going on in the media industry to conserve resources and reduce CO2 emissions. Yesterday, the […]
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 […]