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modular ships, power ships, zero emission ships, zero emissions power - October 09, 2021

𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨-𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞

Around 80% of the volume of international trade in goods is carried by sea, and the percentage is even higher for most developing countries. The cargo ships that transport these goods are a massive source of pollution, and we have seen some interesting ideas to reduce their emissions, such as massive sails and hydrogen powertrains. Now, a Netherlands-based company, Zero Emission Services (ZES), has put the Alphenaar, the first Dutch inland ship, into operation that uses interchangeable energy containers as batteries. Zero Emission Services (ZES) has started operations on 6 September 2021 with the Alphenaar, the first Dutch inland vessel to use interchangeable energy...

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desalination, Kenya - October 09, 2021

𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝟒𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐬

Converting seawater into safe drinking water at a large scale takes an enormous amount of energy, which makes it a costly and polluting process. Now, a Dutch-based blended finance manager Climate Fund Managers (CFM), and Solar Water Solutions are working together to develop the installation of up to 200 desalination units in Kitui County, Kenya. The project eventually aims to provide clean water made of brackish groundwater for 400,000 Kenyans by 2023. The new solar-powered desalination system works without connecting to a grid, without any batteries or chemicals, ever. This means the system will need zero battery investments, zero running costs,...

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floating solar, Singapore - October 09, 2021

𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬

Singapore unveiled one of the world's largest floating solar panel farms, spanning an area equivalent to 45 football fields and producing enough electricity to power the island's five water treatment plants. In order to help reduce emissions, Singapore has unveiled one of the world's largest floating solar panel farms. This project is part of a goal to quadruple solar energy production by 2025 and make its water system entirely powered by renewable energy. Some experts believe that the solar farm's reduction of carbon emissions could be equivalent to taking 7,000 cars off the road. PUB, Singapore's national water agency,...

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fossil fuels, GHGs, pollution - October 05, 2021

𝐅𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝟓 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞

New research from Harvard University, in collaboration with the University of Birmingham, the University of Leicester and University College London, found that more than 8 million people died in 2018 from fossil fuel pollution, significantly higher than previous research suggested—meaning that air pollution from burning fossil fuels like coal and diesel was responsible for about 1 in 5 deaths worldwide. The study, “Global Mortality From Outdoor Fine Particle Pollution Generated by Fossil Fuel Combustion,” published in Environmental Research, is based on a groundbreaking analysis that enabled the researchers to directly attribute premature deaths from fine particulate pollution (PM 2.5) to fossil fuel combustion....

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Climate Action, climate change - October 04, 2021