Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Cutting-edge digital technology, which captures 1,000 data points every 10 seconds, is giving Tata Steel technicians an uninterrupted 3D view of the material being laid into the top of its two Port Talbot blast furnaces saving costs, energy and CO2, according to the firm.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2025

The next-generation digital substations will use AI and machine learning to allow more energy to be safely released onto the network, and help accelerate the UKs transition to Net Zero carbon emissions. A further five smart substations are set to be installed throughout the South East of England as part of the ongoing trial.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2024

Scottish-headquartered global climate tech company, IES , has created a digital twin of the entire Stirling & Clackmannanshire region, informing an energy masterplan to map its pathway to becoming a carbon-neutral city region.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

Kyoto Protocol agreed to use as a benchmark for their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and 2050, the year many countries set as their target for carbon net zero. Launched in March this year, the drive to decarbonise industry forms a major part of the UK’s journey to 2050 net zero. Think big but start small.

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3BL Media

JULY 18, 2023

The progress detailed in this report demonstrates VMware’s commitment to engineering a more sustainable multi-cloud that helps customers meet their environmental goals, support their diverse and distributed workforce, and operate a more secure, privacy-aware digital infrastructure. billion goal by 2030.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

While more than one-third (34%) of the world’s largest companies say they are now committed to Net Zero 1 , nearly all (93%) will fail to achieve their goals if they don’t at least double the pace of emissions reduction by 2030, according to a new report from consulting firm Accenture.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Only half (53%) of UK engineering firms think net zero by 2050 is achievable for them. The survey, which looks at the skills engineering employers need to meet 2050 net-zero targets, uncovers that only half (53%) of UK engineering firms think net zero by 2050 is achievable for them.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2022

Siemens – Optimising performance and emissions reduction using a white-box digital twin of the wastewater treatment process. Xylem – Xylem Treatment System Optimisation (TSO) digital twin-based control platform for process optimisation and greenhouse gas reduction in wastewater treatment. This Spring challenge does both.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 9, 2022

Google’s AI division is creating digital versions of – normally hand-drawn – maps of electricity cables, in a move that could benefit the global utility industry. This innovation could save millions of pounds for customers and help enable Net Zero: that’s the power of digital innovation.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

A new study, from Neos Networks, appears to find that over half (55%) of UK companies are actively planning to adopt battery electric vehicles (BEVs) across their fleet in as little as five years to align with net-zero targets. Does the industry truly believe in net-zero targets?

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2024

A new research hub – the TransiT Hub – led by Heriot-Watt University and the University of Glasgow, plans to use digital twins to determine how transport systems, from road and rail to air and maritime, can be decarbonised as quickly, safely and cheaply as possible.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2022

We’re now almost halfway between 2015 (when the Paris Agreement was signed) and 2030 – a key milestone for making sure we’re on track to meet these vital net-zero targets. To ensure we get to net-zero, and prevent catastrophic global temperature rises, businesses across all sectors need to rapidly accelerate their emissions reductions.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Now, Håbo municipality in Sweden is tackling the challenge head-on with an innovative digital approach, says Adam Wood, chief product officer at water analytics company Infotiles. Inflow of stormwater and infiltration of groundwater into wastewater systems is a constant operational challenge for managers.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Retrofit net zero buildings: Regulatory Science and Innovation Network for unlocking adoption of innovation Led by: Building Research Establishment Ltd Grant awarded: 338,497 This project will advance regulatory science to help policymakers regulate housing retrofit technologies.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2023

If the world is to decarbonise and reach net zero emissions by 2050, whole systems will have to be redesigned and redeveloped, including energy infrastructure, technology, regulation and markets,” Professor Krumdieck explained. “Our

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The group says the research could play a key role in helping Scotland achieve its net zero ambitions and even become a net exporter of hydrogen, while providing a new lease of life to depleted oil and gas reservoirs and aquifers, as well as the pipeline and well infrastructure surrounding them. UK Elixir consultants Ltd.,

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2021

Engineering consultancy Arup is deploying a seemingly innovative digital service to monitor the remaining lifespan of offshore wind foundations at the London Array wind farm off the coast of Kent. year for a 500MW wind farm and is critical to supporting continued growth of the UK offshore wind sector and achieving net-zero by 2050.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The company's previously announced goal to achieve net zero scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions from global operations by 2050 remains unchanged. "We Optimization of heated equipment through advanced digitization, efficiency improvements and fuel management at its site in Channelview, Texas in 2025. Forward-Looking Statements.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 18, 2022

A digital version of the ranking, select national scorecards, and further contextual and methodological information is available at corporateknights.com/global100. Thousands of companies have made net-zero commitments, but only a small percentage have credible, science-based plans to decarbonize their operations and supply chains.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Integrate Climate Change and Biodiversity Targets: EORs must explicitly align with the UKs legal commitments on net zero, biodiversity net gain, and other international sustainability targets. These considerations should be fully integrated into planning reforms.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 20, 2022

Mott McDonald says it will give the EA and its collaborative partnerships the objects they need to develop designs at pace and with confidence – delivering efficiencies, improving sustainability and helping to reach net zero carbon targets.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2023

The research – ‘ Decarbonisation through Digitalisation’ – seems to show that manufacturing businesses are investing in digital technologies more than ever before and reaping multiple benefits, including productivity increases, product improvements, reduction in waste and labour efficiencies.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2023

Lactobacillus bacteria: A digital twin will help answer questions like: how does each species of microbe react to different food and to the other microbes around it? But the knowledge we’ll get from the data going through the digital twin digestor will start to address this uncertainty.”

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 2, 2024

The collaborative project is led by Anglia Ruskin University and University of East Anglia, and supported by UK Power Networks’ Distribution System Operator (DSO) and the Greater South East Net Zero Hub A free new tool has been launched for local authorities to help them quickly identify potential locations for green energy projects.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Sustainable Smart Factory Competition, led by UKRI, provides funding for projects that harness digital innovations, such as AI, big data and virtual reality, to boost energy and carbon efficiency, while driving growth for manufacturers.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

We are pioneering a comprehensive, digital offering that makes it easier for our customers to extend the life of their current smartphone, or to buy and own a refurbished device.”. 4] Vodafone commits to net zero carbon emissions by 2040: [link]. 5,6] Vodafone Group Plc Annual Report 2021, p38-40: [link].

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

The project will integrate several promising retrofittable technologies in an existing urban wastewater treatment plant and create a data copy of all processes (‘digital twin’) to monitor impact. The production and marketing of biopolymers from wastewater and sludge opens up opportunities to realise several routes to circular economies.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 20, 2023

The digital technology that swept our lives into this millennium changed the way we communicate and shop, plan trips and watch shows. But if the federal government succeeds in getting our electrical grids to net-zero by 2035, EV adoption would reduce emissions by 67 megatonnes, or 10%. megatonnes, or about 8.6% of all emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

And there seemed to be a commitment to enabling innovation in sectors like digital, life sciences and green industries. Consulting firm Kearney welcomed the package but said “more will be required to get building fabric to where it needs to be to deliver on the UK’s Net Zero commitments.”. Net zero skills gap.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2025

Digital twins of sorting lines allow detailed object tracking and analysis. Many large companies are committed to net-zero targets, driving demand for recycled aluminium and high-quality feedstock. Positive developments in this regard may emerge as early as this year.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 17, 2022

Because the solutions are digital and help optimize a much more complex and decentralized grid, we call it Smart Energy. In doing so, we could see an acceleration in the transition to net-zero. DGEN is the only fund that tells the story of local solar and behind-the-meter solutions, reshaping the grid of the future.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 13, 2022

It replicates the complex forces to which tidal turbines are exposed at sea using unique digital and hydraulic technology systems developed by engineers at the University of Edinburgh.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

Trade association for information professionals to host event on 12 – 14 May The Information and Records Management Society (IRMS) will host two of the foremost experts in the field of digital decarbonisation, in what it suggests will be a landmark industry debate regarding the scale of the environmental impact in the race to digital transformation.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

Bridge programmes : A series of industry bridge programmes, in collaboration with Codebase, designed to connect leading corporations with startups to share knowledge and strategic thinking: Sustainability Bridge Programme : funded by Government (as part of the Digital Growth Grant) and focused on sustainable transport.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The trial is being run alongside digital energy platform Amp X, who are offering customers up to £90 to participate. Irene Di Martino, head of Amp X said: “Working together with UK Power Networks to deliver this trailblazing project is an exciting step forward in delivering Net Zero.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

In the nearly three years since the UK government made a legal commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, there has been considerable debate in terms of how this will be achieved, not least the role the gas grid will play in the low carbon transition. Adam Kingdon, chief executive of Utonomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Crown Estate has awarded an Agreement for Lease for what it says could become one of the world’s largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, playing a significant role in meeting the UK’s net zero ambitions.

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