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Dubai to test revolutionary new electric fire truck

By Press release on October 8, 2020
Three pioneering fire trucks featuring Volvo Penta electric drivelines are on their way to fire departments in Berlin, Amsterdam and Dubai to begin real-world customer testing. Volvo Penta has developed an electric driveline for leading fire service vehicle manufacturer Rosenbauer’s pioneering fire truck, named “Revolutionary Technology” (RT). The truck – which features groundbreaking drive technology, […]
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‘Sustainable City’ deploys monitoring equipment to measure biodiversity impact

By Press release on October 7, 2020
DUBAI, 6th October, 2020 (WAM) — The Sustainable City, the first fully operational environment-friendly community in the Middle East by Diamond Developers, has launched a community-wide biodiversity assessment programme. It has deployed monitoring equipment to measure the impact of urban ecology on biodiversity and ecosystem health. The Sustainable City is the region’s first community to […]
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Cost-efficient and sustainable: Syntegon Technology and SABIC launch joint packaging concept for frozen food packaging

By Press release on September 28, 2020
Syntegon Technology and SABIC, a global leader in diversified chemicals, have developed a sustainable packaging concept for the frozen food industry with a substantial material reduction potential. Their solution comprises the new PHS 2.0 sealing technology from Syntegon and the 20-micrometer thin biaxially oriented polyethylene (BOPE) film from SABIC. Brand owners can now substantially reduce […]
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Emirates RDF to start production of alternative fuel for cement factories

By Press release on September 28, 2020
Emirates RDF, a partnership between water treatment expert Besix, Finnish group Griffin Refineries and Ajman-based Tech Group Eco, has announced that is set to start production of alternative fuel at the company’s facility in Umm Al Quwain. In a statement, it explained that the household waste collected will be converted into an alternative energy source […]
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Apple to construct huge onshore wind turbines for Danish data centre

By Press release on September 23, 2020
Apple has announced it will invest in the construction of two of the world’s largest onshore wind turbines located near the Danish town of Esbjerg to provide clean and renewable energy to its data centre in Denmark. The 200m-tall turbines are expected to produce 62 gigawatt hours each year — enough to power almost 20,000 […]
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Abu Dhabi Ports’ Smart Container Initiative to cut emissions by 50%

By Press release on September 17, 2020
Abu Dhabi Ports has launched the Smart Container Initiative that will house its digital solutions in a resilient, safe and optimised eco-friendly mobile environment as part of its ongoing digital transformation drive. Powered by clean energy, the solar-panelled steel and aluminium smart container uses environmentally friendly technologies such as in-row cooling, renewable energy and efficient […]
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Google aims to run on carbon-free energy by 2030

By Press release on September 14, 2020
Alphabet Inc’s Google aims to power its data centers and offices 24-7 using solely carbon-free electricity by 2030, its chief executive told Reuters, building on its previous goal of matching its energy use with 100% renewable energy. The “stretch goal,” as CEO Sundar Pichai described it, will force Google to move beyond the tech industry […]
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Landmark Group signs 2.6 MWp solar deal with Yellow Door Energy and AMANA Investments

By Press release on September 11, 2020
Landmark Group, a leading retail and hospitality conglomerate in the Middle East and India, has signed a 2.6 megawatt-peak solar agreement with Yellow Door Energy, a UAE-based sustainable energy provider, and AMANA Investments, a renowned design-build construction company. As the first joint venture between Yellow Door Energy and AMANA Investments, the solar agreement will bring clean […]
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Mitsubishi research addresses carbon dioxide capture in concrete

By Press release on September 6, 2020
Carbon dioxide drawn from construction industry and related processes, such as steel mills, power plants and cement manufacturing facilities, may soon be injected into concrete to help the industry reduce carbon emissions. According to research being carried out by Japanese industrial giant, Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), the waste CO2, once embedded in concrete, will mineralise and […]
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Why the boom in biomass electricity needs to stop urgently

By Press release on September 6, 2020
The forest biomass industry is sprawling and spreading globally — rapidly growing in size, scale, revenue, and political influence — even as forest ecologists and climatologists warn that the industry is putting the planet’s temperate and tropical forests at risk, and aggressively lobbying governments against using wood pellets as a “renewable energy” alternative to burning […]
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