Corporate Knights

JANUARY 18, 2022

Vestas has evolved from hydraulic crane production into the largest of all wind turbine manufacturers, responsible for nearly one-fifth of global installed wind power capacity. In December it began work on a North Sea turbine that will be Europe’s most powerful and Scotland’s largest renewable energy project.

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OCTOBER 16, 2022

Danfoss is already constructing a £25 million state-of-the-art manufacturing, research, and development facility in Edinburgh, Scotland, to commercialize its Digital Displacement technology and Editron electric drivetrains, which it believes will transform the construction machinery sector. Our new U.K. This grant from the U.K.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

By eliminating these impurities, the consumed lubricant was able to be reused in the plant’s manufacturing processes. Optimum Circularity Winner: Monterrey, Mexico (beverage packaging plant) Employees in our Monterrey, Mexico plant designed ultrafiltration equipment to remove impurities often found in used lubricant.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Read the full story in PV Magazine. The move comes as interest in green hydrogen grows as a tool to decarbonize specific industries, including heavy-duty transportation, heavy manufacturing and aviation.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 29, 2023

India, [link] Navalt is an ecological marine tech company that specialises in the manufacturing of solar electric vessels. Heatrix’s solution has the potential to decarbonize the majority of high-emission industries. The battery is based on a thermodynamic process that uses CO 2 to store electricity cost-effectively.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

Speaking to Forbes magazine in December, Greenpeace commented that CCS compares unfavourably price-wise with investments in renewables and battery storage. But it said it was “not standing in the way” of efforts to apply it to sectors that are difficult to decarbonize, such as cement manufacture. Is it happening?

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

With steel and concrete emissions said to be responsible for 15% of global emissions, their urgent decarbonization is critical to meeting the goals outlined in the Paris Agreement. Let’s build on the momentum we have to drive a rapid and lasting decarbonization of heavy industries on the path to global net zero.”

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2024

Cranfield University – aviation, including the university’s globally-recognised Centre for Digital Engineering and Manufacturing. University of Birmingham – rail, including the university’s Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, one of largest centres of its kind.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 14, 2022

Our biorefinery project with Metsä Fibre is in line with Veolia’s strategy to develop local energy loops allowing decarbonization and energy sufficiency. The 50 million euros investment is supported by a grant from the Finnish ministry of economy and employment.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Long-duration energy storage (LDES) can abate up to 65% of industrial emissions using currently existing technologies, according to a new report from decarbonization nonprofit the LDES Council and management consultancy Roland Berger. This report finds that there is no time to waste and no reason to delay action.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2024

Effective recycling of these used solvents, waste paint thinners and solvent-based paint, will create new products as an alternative to virgin solvents, says the firm, so that they can be used again in industries including pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, paint, agrochemicals and cement manufacture.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Hydrocarbon-rich countries have the potential to effectively produce clean hydrogen at scale, repurposing existing infrastructure and supporting global decarbonization, according to a new study from business consultancy firm McKinsey.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

Environmental and social concerns around mining and manufacturing. Geographic concentration of clean energy supply chains , especially in China for solar photovoltaics (PV) and EV battery manufacturing. offshore wind transport vessels or grid transformers) that are costly and have long lead times.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2024

2 This move to the cities goes hand in hand with increasing industrialization, which demands more water for manufacturing and generates more effluent. In response, the clamor for decarbonization is increasing and water is firmly in the spotlight as an energy-intensive industry.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2019

ZeroAvia plans to start supplying its platform to commercial operators and aircraft manufacturers in 2022, initially targeting up to 500-mile regional flights in 10 to 20-seat fixed-wing aircraft. SYSTEMIQ is proud to be supporting ZeroAvia on their time-critical mission to decarbonize the aviation sector.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

Market initelligence firm IDTechX writes Decarbonization efforts have gained momentum globally in recent years. However, some sectors remain difficult to decarbonize using such methods, including heavy industry, heating, and certain transport sectors, such as aviation and shipping.

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3BL Media

APRIL 24, 2024

About Saint-Gobain Worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and services for the construction and industrial markets. The Observatory will continue to development in 2024.

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3BL Media

APRIL 24, 2024

About Saint-Gobain Worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and services for the construction and industrial markets. The Observatory will continue to develop in 2024.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2022

DAC works by capturing CO2 in the air and then either sequestrating it or using it to manufacture carbon neutral fuel. Contributing to the research by Cranfield University is one example of our collaborative industry approach to exploring new ways to help decarbonize the industry and reach net-zero emissions.”.

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Sustainability Update

MARCH 20, 2024

The major immediate options include considering the importance of de-carbonizing when considering aircraft design and manufacture, looking closely at flight operations procedures, and deciding types of fuel used. The good news is that the airlines and aircraft manufacturers are trying. Stay tuned to notes of progress in the industry!

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

This shift towards greener, more sustainable steel production has profound implications for the economy, the environment, and the future of manufacturing in Europe. The role of hydrogen in the green steel transition Hydrogen is considered the key to decarbonizing the steel industry. Words: Persistence Market Research ).

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Also announced today, the government will launch a £5 million Local Industrial Decarbonation Plans competition this summer. The competition will support groups of industrial businesses such as glass, cement and ceramics manufacturers, join together in ‘clusters’.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 28, 2024

The contract was signed between Finnish firm Wärtsilä – which manufactures equipment for the marine and energy sectors – and Norwegian shipowner Eidesvik. Ammonia is viewed as a promising alternative fuel as the shipping industry looks to decarbonize.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

Veolia’s Gavin Graveson saw the budget as “a missed opportunity” given the dearth of measures to deliver decarbonized and local energy. Decarbonizing these modes of transport received an apparent boost with a £270 million joint investment in technologies for zero-carbon aircraft and automotive.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It did so by making a bet that only government policy could move the economy and private sector to embrace clean energy at scale; and the only way to do this required restoring US manufacturing, addressing the supply chain crisis, and making energy both carbon-free and cheap. Economic opportunity.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Government funding of over £5 million has been provided to help launch innovative ideas that could transform rail travel and help decarbonize the rail network. Project title: Lead organisation: Project grant: “Freight Skate” a self-powered freight bogie and platform. TDI (EUROPE) LIMITED.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

British Steel has announced plans to further decarbonize its operations via a £1.25-billion The proposals, which are subject to appropriate support from the UK Government, could see British Steel install two electric arc furnaces (EAFs) – the first at its headquarters in Scunthorpe, the second at its manufacturing site in Teesside.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

The use of all categories of material is permitted as feedstocks for aviation biofuels, but categories 1 and 2 count for double (as does used cooking oil) – and it has successfully incentivized their use in the manufacture of biofuels. Other speculative chemicals and materials in the future-fuels mix include ammonia, methanol and hydrogen.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

"I think one of the things that also distinguishes the pledge is a commitment to sending these market signals, the demand for the products and services that companies need to help us decarbonize." . She’s also a prolific writer and the editor of a fortnightly magazine on politics and environment, Down to Earth , published in New Delhi.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2024

As heavy industry and transport sectors race to decarbonize, low-carbon hydrogen emerges as a promising zero-emission fuel, offering an alternative to battery electric vehicles for heavy transport while powering hard-to-abate industries from steel manufacturing to chemical production.

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