Eco Innovation

Rand Technology believes sustainability is more than an aspiration – it’s a responsibility. As a specialist in electronic component sourcing and supply chain solutions, it recognises its crucial role in ensuring ethical sourcing, reducing environmental impact, and promoting a circular economy for semiconductors.

During the upcoming LOPEC trade show from 26-27th February 2025 in Munich, Germany, Henkel will showcase innovations for end-use printed electronics applications across various industries and markets.

Solar and wind power bring renewable energy to the grid, but the imbalance between supply and demand is a major limitation to maximize their use. Although solar energy is abundantly available at noon, demand is not high enough at that time, so consumers pay more per watt.

Millions of tonnes of electronic waste are produced worldwide every year. Only a fraction of this is recycled or refurbished.

Tiny copper ‘nano-flowers’ have been attached to an artificial leaf to produce clean fuels and chemicals that are the backbone of modern energy and manufacturing.

Tesvolt has announced a spin-off: Tesvolt Energy. The startup’s business model makes energy trading with battery storage systems of 100kWh and above not only possible but profitable as well.

The Cope-Nano project aims to modernise the Nanotechnology Laboratory LTFN of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) into an independent and sustainable Center of Excellence (CoE), leading internationally in the fields of green organic electronics and nanotechnology, bioelectronics, and nanomedicine.

A team of engineers, architects, and researchers from the University of Bath have published a manifesto on ‘regenerative’ design and engineering, providing a guide to confronting the climate crisis and creating “net positive” buildings, technologies, and systems.

For those of you manufacturing and specifying relays and contactors in 2025, you face unique challenges. The industry sits at the intersection of multiple evolving markets – from electric vehicles to grid infrastructure to energy storage – each of those subject to shifting political winds that can rapidly alter demand patterns.

An EU-funded consortium of 10 organisations – including Telefónica and Huawei – has launched to reduce the carbon footprint of telecommunications systems. EXIGENCE, which lists partners in telecommunications, academic research, and digital transformation across seven EU Nations, is set to mitigate the environmental impacts of next-generation (6G) mobile systems.