Remove Pollution Remove Supplies Remove Water
article thumbnail

WHO links 7 million premature deaths annually to air pollution; 12.5% of total global deaths

Green Car Congress

The World Health Organization now estimates that in 2012 around 7 million people died—one in eight (12.5%) of total global deaths—as a result of air pollution exposure. million deaths linked to indoor air pollution and 2.6 million deaths related to outdoor air pollution—5.9 million deaths in total.

Pollution 358
article thumbnail

NUS researcher links air pollution to increased residential electricity demand

Green Car Congress

Urban areas in developing Asian nations are home to an expanding base of energy consumers, with energy supply likely to remain carbon intensive for decades in the absence of major technological or regulatory shifts. Besides electricity, the study found that households exposed to air pollution consumed more natural gas.

Pollution 275
article thumbnail

Tesla Giga Berlin’s new water supply contract gets approval

Teslarati

The Strausberg-Erkner Water Association (WSE) recently approved Tesla Giga Berlins new water supply contract. Tesla Giga Berlin would need to approve the draft as well for the water supply contract to push through. The post Tesla Giga Berlins new water supply contract gets approval appeared first on TESLARATI.

Water 115
article thumbnail

Thordon Bearings Retrofitting Ocean-Going Vessels With Seawater-Lubricated Propeller Shaft Bearings To Reduce Stern-Tube Oil Pollution; Annual Leaks Estimated at About 2x Exxon Valdez Spill

Green Car Congress

At last week’s Ocean Innovation 2009 conference in Victoria, British Columbia, Craig Carter, Director of Marketing and Customer Service at Thordon Bearings detailed the company’s progress in the retrofitting of large ocean-going vessels with seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearings to reduce waterborne pollution. Shaft liners.

Oil 220
article thumbnail

U of Melbourne team demonstrates direct hydrogen production from air; direct air electrolysis (DAE)

Green Car Congress

(a) A schematic diagram of the DAE module with a water harvesting unit made of porous medium soaked with the hygroscopic ionic solution. (b) c) Equilibrium water uptakes of hygroscopic solutions at different air R.H. (e) In the meanwhile, water scarcity has been exacerbated by pollution, industrial consumption, and global warming.

Hydrogen 396
article thumbnail

PNNL, Moselle to advance using magnetic nanoparticles to capture lithium, cesium from brines

Green Car Congress

The DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and its licensee Moselle Technologies , have won two Cooperative Research and Development Awards (CRADA) and a 2021 DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office award to advance the process of using magnetic nanoparticles for capturing strategically important elements from water sources.

article thumbnail

SANY developing hydrogen fuel cell construction vehicles

Green Car Congress

According to the R&D engineer of this project, hydrogen fuel cell construction vehicles have five important advantages: The realization of zero pollution with only water and heat being discharged. The latter is the first hydrogen-powered mixer truck in the world.

Hydrogen 449