Renewables

  "You just composted 2.31 ounces," the screen reads. "If everyone on campus composted this amount today, UW would save $1,181.00." An interactive recycling and composting station installed this spring at PACCAR Hall is showing the University of Washington community exactly how much money can be saved by composting and recycling correctly.

Infinis has confirmed the successful installation of a wind lidar in replace of a permanent met mast at its 43 MW A’Chruach Wind Farm. Thought to be an industry first, the company has integrated the lidar – a ZephiR 300 – into the Senvion site SCADA system.

Currently under development is Ampyx Power’s Airborne Wind Energy system with a PowerPlane - a tethered aircraft that converts wind into economical green electricity. The company has selected LynxOS-178 as its software platform.

London-based clean tech company, Pavegen, has completed its largest installation of its flooring technology to date in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The company develop and manufacture flooring technology that converts the wasted kinetic energy from footsteps into renewable electricity. This particular project included the installation of 200 5cm thick kinetic tiles buried under the Astroturf of a local community football pitch in the ...

SKF has developed SKF Enlight mobile and cloud based data collection, analysis and support system to suit the needs of the global wind energy industry. The solution is designed to improve inspection efficiency and reduce costs for frontline maintenance teams and to provide operators with rich, real time data on turbine performance and reliability.

Despite their hefty price tag, smartphones have an average consumer lifetime of about three years. The lithium ion batteries that power them, however, can last for about five years. To cut down on the environmental waste and provide storage for rural communities, researchers at Kyung Hee University in Seoul have proposed a model for recycling unspent lithium ion batteries into energy storage units for solar-powered LED lamps.

Inspired by Earth Day (22nd April), Norwich University’s Online Master of Civil Engineering Program has created an infographic which explores various benefits of sustainable engineering including how LEED Gold buildings have 19% lower maintenance costs and 35% lower greenhouse emissions than non-LEED buildings.

In 2015 alone, more than 500 offshore wind turbines were connected to the grid in Germany. So far, mutual interactions of wind parks and their potential effects on local climate have been approximated with models only. Thanks to their wide installation, however, it is now possible for the first time to study their effects in reality: Wind parks are in the focus of the research project “WIPAFF – Wind Park Far Field” that is coord...

With the popularity of EVs and PHEVs continuing to accelerate, Newey & Eyre has introduced a range of EV charging units designed for easy installation. The Newlec range of EV charging solutions has been designed to charge any EV in any application, whether a residential, commercial or public charge point, or if the charging point is to wall- or ground-mounted.

Goldwind Science & Technology has announced the successful installation of wind lidar system ZephIR DM by Beijing New Energy Technology on the company’s 6MW prototype direct drive permanent magnet wind turbine. Goldwind confirms ZephIR lidar systems will be used for optimising the prototype turbine before it enters mass production, measuring power curves, and to understand the effects of wind flow propagation on the turbine’s perf...