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What Happens to Wind Turbine Blades at the End of Their Life Cycle?

Union of Concerned Scientists

While today’s carbon fiber and fiberglass require lots of energ y to produce and are hard to recycle , incorporating more bio-materials into their composites and developing new recycling technologies can reduce their footprint. By 2020, demand for balsa wood outstripped supply. Source: ShellASP/Wikimedia Commons.

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Sounding Green vs Being Green: How to finance sustainability?

HumanNature

The Sustainable Development Goals outlined by the UN Foundation in 2015 not only provide a guideline for an ideal future, but also illustrate the multi-pronged dilemma of emerging economies. The problem here does not lie in the policies being made, but the non-sustainable nature of principles they are based on. Egli, Florian.

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Frontiers participates in One Sustainable Health for All Forum 2023 on inclusive and adaptive systems for health 

Frontiers

The event, which takes place 5-7 July 2023 in Lyon, France, focuses on inclusive and adaptive systems for health and is part of the larger goal to contribute to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030. billion times, reflecting the power of research that is open for all.  

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Investment in renewables reached record highs in 2022

A Greener Life

Greater efforts must be made Irena says efforts must be made to scale up investments in off-grid renewable energy solutions, as the report also found that the investments fall below the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The report also identified that investments are concentrated in a few specific technologies.

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Society opens up electrochemical research

Physics World

“The mission of the ECS is to advance electrochemical and solid-state science and allied technologies, and to encourage research, discussion, critical assessment, and dissemination of knowledge in these fields,” comments Adrian Plummer, Director of Publications at the ECS. ” (Courtesy: The Electrochemical Society). .

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Why nuclear energy must be part of ‘net zero’ climate targets

Physics World

According to a poll carried out in 2020 by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), only a quarter of people aged between 18 and 24 in the UK are aware that nuclear is a low-carbon source of energy. Tricky problem Nuclear energy is often not viewed as a low-carbon energy source. Courtesy: Shutterstock/andrea dantee).

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European Green Deal - What is the Just Transition Mechanism?

Energy and Climate Law

The financial part of this Green Deal is the European Green Deal Investment Plan (EGDIP) , revealed on 14 January 2020. This programme should mobilise “at least €1 trillion of sustainable investments ” until 2030. Source: The European Green Deal Investment Plan and Just Transition Mechanism explained, EC, Brussels, 14 January 2020, p.