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Indian Company Protoprint Transforms Waste into 3D Printing Filament for Commercial Use

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 11, 2016

This week, we reported on New Zealand-based Waikato University’s revolutionary FDM technology-based 3D printing method that allows anyone to print complex objects by converting waste material...

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Trichy to get first food waste to biogas plant

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 10, 2016

The National Institute of Technology, Trichy (NIT-T), will set up a biogas plant, NISARGRUNA, to produce bio-gas out of food waste, in collaboration with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)...

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New research to turn municipal sewage into biofuel

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 4, 2016

It may sound like science fiction, but wastewater treatment plants may one day turn ordinary sewage into biocrude oil, thanks to new research at the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest...

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Scientists discover new method to turn carbon dioxide into fuel

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 3, 2016

In a new twist to waste-to-fuel technology, scientists have developed a novel electrochemical process that uses low-cost materials to turn carbon dioxide into ethanol, a useful fuel....

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Honeywell UOP Water Technology to Help Food Processor Cut Freshwater Use 75%

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 2, 2016

Honeywell UOP’s wastewater treatment technology will help a food processor reduce its freshwater use by about 75 percent through recycling and reuse of process water.

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Falling costs and technological innovations will drive offshore wind power boom

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 1, 2016

Globally offshore wind could grow more than 6.5 times by 2030, becoming a key power generation International Renewable Energy Agency has predicted. 

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Courtesy engineer, footsteps ‘creating’ energy at railway station

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 1, 2016

A young city engineer, Mandar Tulankar, has developed a flooring system in which pressure exerted by a person walking on the floor helps generate electricity. One footstep or footfall generates...

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Thapar varsity students design pocket-friendly electric car

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 27, 2016

Thapar University students have designed an electric car with an aim to make travel more pocket-friendly.

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Turning Beer Wastewater into Energy Storage Benefits Breweries, Battery Manufacturers

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 14, 2016

Beer wastewater can be converted to materials needed to make energy storage cells — a development that researchers say could be a “win-win” for breweries and battery manufacturers....

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Schneider Electric to invest Rs 750 crore in India

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 13, 2016

Schneider Electric, a specialist in energy management and automation, today said that it plans to pump in Rs 750 crore in India over the next three to five years in research and development (R...

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