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The bus market is at a crossroads. The pressing need for cities around the world to improve air quality, alongside commitments by many governments to address climate change, are powering plans to deliver zero on-road emission battery electric city bus solutions. Over the next decade these efforts will see major cities increasingly refuse to purchase anything but zero-emission buses, as they deliver on promised zero-emission zones to protect the h...

Fuel cells able to convert hydrogen into electricity are called to play an important role in the energy transition towards a future with zero-emissions. In reverse mode, electrolysis cells can convert water into hydrogen by using electricity. ByDr Peter Harrop, Chairman of IDTechEx

A British solar power company is developing a technology that could use solar energy to power the UK’s railways and thus be key for cleaning up rail power.

Hydropower is an extremely old source of energy, tracing its usage back to the watermills that were relied on by ancient civilisations. Here, Marek Lukaszczyk, European and Middle East Marketing Manager atWEG,explains how plant managers can make today’s hydropower smarter, more efficient, and reap financial and carbon savings by embracing energy efficient products and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology.

The cleanliness of functional and connecting surfaces is critical for the quality of subsequent processes like bonding, coating and printing. That’s why manufacturers may want to consider using atmospheric pressure plasma, an environmentally friendly cleaning technology suited to inline applications. Here Peter Swanson, Managing Director of adhesives specialist Intertronics, explains the benefits of plasma for industrial parts cleaning.

An important new trend is buying electrics and electronics you customise to function not just shape. See the new IDTechEx report, 'Complete Electronics as Smart Material, User-Customised 2020-2040'. Builders, textile manufacturers, those doing home improvement and others are starting to buy electrically-smart materials direct from materials companies, bypassing the electronics industry.

As the Bank of England predicts a decline in the UK’s economy with a shrinkage of 14%, the worst recession on record, with dramatic impact for UK jobs, there is a feeling of helplessness as the country emerges cautiously from the lockdown. Written byProfessor Martin Freer, Director of the Birmingham Energy Institute (BEI)

Repsol and Saudi Aramco’s recent announcement that they have teamed up to build one of the largest zero emission synthetic fuel production plants in the world is a significant step towards Repsol’s target of net zero emissions by 2050. By Juan Miguel Pérez, CEO and Co-Founder at Finboot

A Chinese start-up, Aiways, and Gumpert, a German automotive manufacturer with an established pedigree in sports car manufacture, take a different route for emission-free vehicles. Caroline Hayes admires the Nathalie First Edition, a sleek electric vehicle powered by a methanol fuel cell.

In essential supply chains the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered demand on an unprecedented scale. Not all businesses are ramping up productivity however, and where electric forklifts are likely to be idle for a prolonged period, appropriate care is vital to keep batteries in peak condition.