ABB Technology Supports TriMet’s Wind-Powered All-Electric buses in Portland, Oregon area

E-bus charging solutions from ABB, a global leader in electrification, will support TriMet’s objective to make Portland an even more environmentally friendly city.   TriMet has the eleventh largest bus fleet in the United States, which eliminates more than 210,000 car trips every day in Portland, Oregon metro area. As part of a pilot program,
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Revolutionary Nilar Hydride® battery technology delivers unparalleled energy storage life

Swedish industrial battery manufacturer, Nilar, has developed a method for multiplying the life of its Nilar Hydride® batteries (NiMH). After years of research at its Swedish and US R&D centers, and in close collaboration with leading researchers from Stockholm University, the company made the game-changing announcement in December 2018.   The limited lifetime of batteries
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Hanergy Unveils Innovative BIPV Product for Skyscrapers to Independently Generate Power.

The company’s new BIPV product sets the standard for future ecological buildings.   The world’s largest thin-film power solution company, Hanergy Thin Film Power Group (00566.hk), globally introduced its innovative BIPV product – HanWall, the world’s first integrated solar powered wall solution, on 29th September, at launch events across overseas venues in 7 locations, including Beijing, São Paulo, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Amsterdam,
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FIBARO Wall Plug for Apple HomeKit: A Revolution in Smart Home Systems

The FIBARO Wall Plug EU WiFi/BLE designed to work with Apple’s HomeKit platform is the first such device to be made available worldwide. Thanks to its completely new means of wireless communication, this intelligent switch can be controlled via a smartphone app without the need to install a central smart home unit.   The FIBARO
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New Holland Agriculture unveils methane powered concept tractor

A sustainable vision for the future of farming was unveiled today at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois, USA. It came proposed in the form of a methane powered concept tractor from New Holland Agriculture, a global agricultural equipment brand of CNH Industrial. It was presented to the show’s audience and online viewers around
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The new electric black cab shines in the desert heat

Our new electric taxi has undergone over a million miles of durability proving in the most demanding use scenarios, taking it from Coventry to some of the most hostile environments on earth. How do you test a vehicle on every type of road surface and conditions at all speeds, consistently and in a repeatable way?
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Haier Launches Magnetic Bearing Centrifugal Chiller Unit with World’s Largest Cooling Capacity

Haier Central Air-Conditioning(Haier CAC), a business unit of Haier Group Corporation, debuted its magnetic bearing centrifugal chiller unit with world’s largest cooling capacity, 4200RT, at the 28th China Refrigeration Exhibition held in Shanghai New International Expo Center on April 12. One unit can cool a 100,000-square-meter, a feat unmatched to date, while the Integrated Part Load
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Sono Motors is Presenting the Solar Car “Sion” in Munich for the First Time

During their release event, the startup Sono Motors presented its solar car Sion. More than 700 guests from politics, industry and the press were invited. The Sion has a range of 250km and retails at 16,000 €, without battery. The battery can either be purchased in a one-time transaction of less than 4,000 €, or
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Encore: World First as Cistern Uses Condensate From Air Conditioning to Flush Toilets – and Will Save US Hotels 4.7 Billion Liters of Water Every Year

The world’s first cistern to use condensate from air conditioning units to flush the toilet has been launched and would save 4.7bn liters of water a year for the 1,477 US hotels currently being built. Encore is the most environmentally friendly cistern as it uses a free, sustainable water supply that has previously been drained
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System for cultivating plants on vertical or inclined planes

Summary Terapia Urbana´s semi-hydroponic Fytotextile® system is an evolution of the hydroponic system that combines a series of selected textile layers forming pockets that allow a better aeration of the plants´roots, which fosters their growth in a short period of time and enables a greater fixation of V.O.C.   Advantages and Innovations Because of its
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Production of cold water for air conditioning. Generating system by adsorption solar cooling.

Applications Cold-related sectors in energy sustainability environment.   Description of the technology Solar generator cooling system by adsorption, and modular automatic, for refrigeration systems comprises five interdependent subsystems configured by module solar cooling machines in parallel adsorption, water storage element for condensing refrigerant, element cold storage fluid, hydraulic subsystem module and control and regulation module
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Foreseeing earthquakes and other natural disasters by using data mining.

Description. Researchers from the IT department of the University Pablo de Olavide, use techniques based on data mining to find out the patterns in time series of seismic origin. The purpose is to find patterns that precede an earthquake so that it is possible to foresee it in advance and thus, to be able to
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