Renewables
Magnachip unveils a new 650V IGBT for solar inverters
Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation announced today that the company has unveiled a new 650V insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) for solar inverters.
Why are energy prices rising and how should engineers respond?
The supply of energy is under intense scrutiny and is being squeezed by natural and political factors. Lee O’Toole, Marketing Manager, Anders discusses.
Turning grass into gas to heat UK homes
The technology group Wärtsilä will supply its Puregas CA50 biogas upgrading plant for an innovative Green Gas Mill project in the UK designed to turn grass into gas that can be used to heat homes.
Meet ESG targets with mixed reality technology
Sustainability has broadened over time to cover the environmental, business, and human impact, but a previous misconception among many was that organisations had to sacrifice the others to focus on one. Yan Simard, CEO, Kognitiv Spark discusses.
World's first urban bike made from recycled plastic
igus will launch the world’s first all-plastic urban bicycle for the UK market at Engineering Expo on 8th June. Its debut showing was at Hannover Messe on 30th May.
A world first made of all-plastic at the Hanover Fair
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, accompanied by Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa, visited the stand of plastics specialist igus on the first day of the Hanover Fair. The focus of the conversation was the igus:bike, an innovative concept for sustainable urban mobility of the future.
Tackling the 2 billion tonne waste problem
Humans generate over 2 billion tonnes of rubbish per year. This figure is only going to continue to grow. By 2050, global waste is expected to reach 3.5 billion tonnes.
Airbus to develop new hydrogen technologies in the UK
Airbus is strengthening its presence in the UK with the launch of a Zero Emission Development Centre (ZEDC) for hydrogen technologies.
Machine learning speeds up search for new sustainable materials
Researchers from Konica Minolta and the Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan have developed a machine learning method to identify sustainable alternatives for composite materials.
Targeting net-zero emissions for chip manufacturing
At Future Summits 2022, imec announces that its Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems (SSTS) research programme succeeded in bringing together stakeholders of the semiconductor value chain, from large system companies such as Apple and Microsoft, to suppliers, including ASM, Kurita, SCREEN and Tokyo Electron.