Increasingly sustainable, high-performance, safe and low-cost advanced materials for a new generation of green batteries: this is what ORANGEES, a 4 million euro project, is intended to develop. The project involves an all-Italian partnership made up of the National Research Council (lead partner), ENEA, the National Inter-University Consortium for Materials Science and Technology, the Italian The post Project kicks off for greener and better performing batteries first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.

ENEA has launched a line of research to develop so-called e-fuels, green fuels for aircraft based on renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide. The initiative, which also envisages the design of a pilot plant to be built in collaboration with the Politecnico di Milano, is part of the Operational Research Plan (ROP) on renewable hydrogen coordinated The post Sustainable fuels ready for take-off for greener flying? first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.

How much impact do cars have on greenhouse gas emissions?A lot, one would say, to listen to the public and political debate of recent months and beyond. But no. As I pointed out in a previous post (High energy prices, industry and the climate crisis), cars are responsible for less than 7% of global emissions The post The real breakthrough on climate change for industry? first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.

“Agenda2030 focuses on sustainable development in every aspect of society, so publishing a manifesto on Sustainable Coding is first and foremost about focusing on one of the many dimensions of development. Today, the creation of value passes through the intersection of digital technologies and sustainability, and the manifesto is intended to be a “warning to The post Digital transformation and sustainability: the union of the future first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.

ENEA and the University of Bologna, in collaboration with Gruppo Hera and Irritec, have developed a technologically advanced prototype capable of purifying wastewater in order to use it to irrigate and fertilise cultivated fields, with benefits in terms of greater water availability, nutrient supply, reduction of chemical fertilisers, environmental sustainability and quality of the purification The post World Water Day, prototype to irrigate with purified wastewater coming soon first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.

We hear a lot in recent weeks about the high cost of energy.Recent studies, such as the latest report by the Centro Studi di Confindustria, show that Italian industrial production is in sharp decline. One of the main causes is the high cost of energy. Electricity alone had an increase of +450% in December 2021 The post High energy prices, industry and the climate crisis first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.

Developing a new process for the recovery of high-value materials and metals from end-of-life mobile phones with a view to the circular economy. This is the aim of the PORTENT project, co-financed by the Lazio Region with about 140,000 euros through the European Regional Development Fund and coordinated by the ENEA Laboratory ‘Technologies for the The post Disused mobile phones become ‘mines’ of raw materials first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.

Topological insulators are characterized by zero electrical conduction within them, while currents with metallic character flow at their edges and surfaces. Moreover, in such currents, the spin of electrons, that is their property to rotate on themselves, shows a well-defined direction. This feature is of great interest among researchers in the field of spintronics, that The post New materials for the electronics of the future first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.

Developing innovative technological solutions to maximise the recovery of raw materials from end-of-life photovoltaic panels and creating a European industrial supply chain to produce new ones in a circular economy. This is the objective of the EU project PHOTORAMA, funded by the Horizon2020 programme with EUR 8.4 million, which involves 13 research institutes and companies, The post EU project to produce photovoltaic panels from recycled materials first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.

Let’s start with the basics: hydrogen, which chemists like to identify with the letter H, is the most common element in the universe: almost 75% of all matter is made up of hydrogen. It may sound poetic, and perhaps it really is, but to paraphrase Dante, one could say that it is hydrogen that moves The post All colours of hydrogen first appeared on SmartGreen Post | news about the environment.