The Michelin Group recently signed a transport commitment with NEOLINE, a French startup that provides decarbonized shipping services. This new commitment reflects Michelin’s goal for doing its part to reduce CO2 emissions from its logistic operations. NEOLINE’s service relies on clean and renewable wind energy as its main propulsion. NEOLINE’sContinue Reading
Researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles want to use ‘Outer Space’ as a cooling system i.e. take advantage of the physics that allows water to turn to ice in the desert to help the Earth shed some of the excess heat. This phenomenon is know as radiativeContinue Reading
Two of the most widely emphasized contenders for carbon emissions reduction in the electricity sector are nuclear power and renewable energy. While scenarios regularly question the potential impacts of adoption of various technology mixes in the future, it is less clear which technology has been associated with greater historical emissionContinue Reading
Volkswagen Group distributes its automotive products to various countries around the world using several hundred commercial vessels and 11 chartered ship carriers, resulting in vast plumes of carbon dioxide and other pollutants. However, now Volkswagen is putting two new ultramodern vehicle carriers into service this year. The first of them,Continue Reading
The Empire State Building has invested more than $30 million to make it more energy efficient. The elevators in the building now have energy recovery systems. Think of them as regenerative braking devices that operate vertically instead of horizontally. Every light in the entire building is now an LED, includingContinue Reading
Telecom regulator Trai today recommended 40 per cent carbon emission reduction in telecom network by 2022-23 with base year being 2011-12. The regulator has also suggested that the government should pass all the benefits granted under various schemes for using renewableenergy technologies to telecom operators. “The target for reduction in carbon emission be set asContinue Reading
