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Tikehau Capital acquires majority stake in Dutch circularity and smart city solutions provider CROWD

Founded in 2014, CROWD designs and manufactures premium cycling infrastructure, public shelters and street furniture, with an emphasis on circularity …

Capping off circularity: Heinz Tomato Ketchup unveils fully recyclable squeeze bottle

Circularity, Technology / By Garde

A lot of work is still to be done to ensure we reach our targets and have circularity regarding this material,” explains de Noronha.

Tweets of the week: From Xinjiang cotton to fashion circularity – Just Style

Circularity, Technology / By Garde

This week’s tweets range from investigating fashion brands on Xinjiang cotton and the de minimis loophole to transparency and circularity.

Iran’s ancient ‘wind catchers’ beat the heat naturally

Circularity, Energy & Green Tech, Industrial Symbiosis Systems, Technology / By Garde

Tall, chimney-like towers rise from centuries-old adobe houses in Iran’s desert city of Yazd, drawing in a pleasant breeze for residents of one of the hottest cities on earth.

New catalyst could dramatically cut methane pollution from millions of engines

Circularity, Energy & Green Tech, Industrial Symbiosis Systems, Technology / By Garde

Individual palladium atoms attached to the surface of a catalyst can remove 90% of unburned methane from natural-gas engine exhaust at low temperatures, scientists reported today in the journal Nature Catalysis.

Burning calories for energy in the calorimetry lab

Circularity, Energy & Green Tech, Industrial Symbiosis Systems, Technology / By Garde

What is a calorie? While most people think of calories in relation to food, calories are simply a unit of heat energy. In fact, measuring calories is essential to energy science because every chemical reaction involves energy. Some reactions give off heat, while others require an input of heat to occur. Measuring these heat changes can let scientists understand what is happening during chemical reactions.

First U.S. auction of Gulf of Mexico tracts for wind power set for Aug. 29

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The first auction of offshore leases for wind power development in the Gulf of Mexico will take place Aug. 29 for tracts off the Louisiana and Texas coasts, the Biden administration announced Thursday.

Harnessing the power of water: New study shows the potential of pumped storage hydropower in Alaska

Circularity, Energy & Green Tech, Industrial Symbiosis Systems, Technology / By Garde

From rapidly melting glaciers to record-breaking wildfires, Alaska is feeling the impact of global warming more acutely than most of the lower 48 states.

Using fiber optics to fight water wastage

Circularity, Engineering, Industrial Symbiosis Systems, Technology / By Garde

Researchers from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering pioneered the use of distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) based on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) technology for monitoring water pipeline networks over long distances. At the heart of this technology is the common and inexpensive optical fiber used for telecommunications (which brings the internet into our homes) capable of measuring deformations to a hundredth of a millimeter.

Researchers investigate a new use for plastic bottles

Circularity, Engineering, Industrial Symbiosis Systems, Technology / By Garde

For years, unrecycled plastic bottles have been dumped in landfills. Now, thanks to new research from UBC Okanagan, those bottles may have a second life in that landfill—stabilizing its earth walls.