Theo Lorenzo Frixou, PhD Candidate, Social Sciences, Loughborough University writes on The Conversation website about how the fossil fuel industry is so entrenched in modern sports. Whether it be in the form of high-profile sponsorship deals, sporting equipment made from petrol-based products like carbon fibre or flying to meet the demand for ever more fixtures, … Continue reading Modern sport reflects society’s oil dependency
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Energy in Demand News, September 22, 2024
Global leaders will gather in New York next week for the UN Summit of the Future, the centrepiece of this year’s launch of the annual United Nations General Assembly. UN Secretary General, António Guterres, will try to persuade world leaders to extend their horizons beyond current wars by adopting a “Pact for the Future,” an … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, September 22, 2024
In data since 1354, Burgundy can trace the impact of climate change
The 2024 harvest began on September 13. But, between the end of the Middle Ages and 1988, the average harvest started around September 27. Léa Sanchez discusses the trends in an article on the Le Monde website. How Burgundy's grape harvest helps us understand climate change In 1792, the Republican calendar named the month … Continue reading In data since 1354, Burgundy can trace the impact of climate change
Manufacturing facilities have a golden opportunity to reduce costs, improve productivity and embrace digital transformation to achieve their energy-efficient goals with artificial intelligence
Jane Marsh writes on the Energy Central website about how AI can play an important role in improving the energy performance of manufacturing. What is your experience? Implementing AI for Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing Manufacturing facilities have a golden opportunity to reduce costs, improve productivity and embrace digital transformation to achieve their energy-efficient goals … Continue reading Manufacturing facilities have a golden opportunity to reduce costs, improve productivity and embrace digital transformation to achieve their energy-efficient goals with artificial intelligence
DNV’s publishes Energy Industry Insights special report on how excellence in digitalisation is helping energy industry organisations grow greener, faster, and better
Det Norske Veritas (DNV), the international accredited registrar and classification society that provides services for several industries, including maritime, oil and gas, renewable energy, electrification, and healthcare has recently published its latest Energy Industry Insights report. They ask important questions: What defines an industry-leading energy organisation? The most profitable? The lowest emissions? The most adaptable? … Continue reading DNV’s publishes Energy Industry Insights special report on how excellence in digitalisation is helping energy industry organisations grow greener, faster, and better
Energy in Demand News, August 25, 2024
In an article on the Guardian website, former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown wonders where the urgency is to address climate change and the many other environmental and political threats. He writes: “Nor, even up against the existential problem of climate change (the planet is on course for a temperature increase of 2.7C above pre-industrial … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 25, 2024
Emissions of a super-strong GHG could be substantially reduced if factories properly implemented existing “destruction technology” in certain industrial production processes
In an article on The Conversation website, Dominique Rust, Research Associate, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol; Kieran Stanley, Senior Research Fellow, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol; and Stephen Henne, Senior Scientist, Group Atmospheric Modelling and Remote Sensing, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich discuss the need to stop emissions from a super-strong GHG … Continue reading Emissions of a super-strong GHG could be substantially reduced if factories properly implemented existing “destruction technology” in certain industrial production processes
It will be no simple task for farmers and the food sector to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050
In an article on Canada’s National Newswatch website, Alex Binkley discusses the challenges that Canada’s agrifood sector has in achieving net zero. No doubt this will be a similar problem in most countries. Achieving net zero emissions no simple task for agrifood sector It will be no simple task for farmers and the food … Continue reading It will be no simple task for farmers and the food sector to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050
Energy in Demand News, August 4, 2024
You may remember that in March 2023, the final instalment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) was published. This eight-year long undertaking from the world’s most authoritative scientific body on climate change detailed the devastating consequences of rising GHG emissions around the world — the destruction of homes, the … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 4, 2024
New OECD report on which SMEs are greening
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) could play a pivotal role in the pursuit of climate objectives. SMEs have a significant carbon footprint on aggregate, but they can also contribute to reaching net zero through their innovations and commitment to the use of environmentally friendly practices. This study develops a novel metric to identify environmental engagement, … Continue reading New OECD report on which SMEs are greening
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