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After 16 attempts, a cheaper method for carbon capture at work in India

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Carbon capture system developed by two students costs about half of other technologies By Rina Chandran MUMBAI, Feb 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As students at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur in eastern India, Aniruddha Sharma and Prateek Bumb had one obsession: finding a cheaper, more efficient way to capture carbon emissions to […]

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New solar reflecting film can cool homes without air conditioning – scientists

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Solar reflecting film slightly thicker than aluminium foil By Alex Whiting LONDON, Feb 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – While Australians struggle to keep their air conditioners humming as a heatwave threatens to overwhelm the country’s power grid, U.S. scientists say they have found a way to cool homes without using electricity or water. A team of

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Argentina lithium projects seek financing as production seen tripling

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Lithium demand soaring thanks to electric vehicles, mobile phones By Juliana Castilla BUENOS AIRES, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Argentina’s lithium carbonate production will triple by 2019, and could grow by even more if companies find financing for various projects they are prepared to launch, industry executives and a government official told Reuters. Demand for lithium

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Siemens, Voest and Verbund to build largest green hydrogen site

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Green hydrogen may replace coal in steel manufacturing  By Shadia Nasralla VIENNA, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Siemens, steel maker Voestalpine and hydropower firm Verbund are planning to build a cutting-edge plant to make green hydrogen more suitable for industrial use, the companies said on Tuesday. Utilities and industrial firms are under increasing pressure to reduce carbon

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Chinese solar power capacity more than doubles in 2016

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Beijing putting $364 billion into Chinese solar power, renewables by 2020 BEIJING, Feb 4 (Reuters) – China’s installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity more than doubled last year, turning the country into the world’s biggest producer of solar energy by capacity, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said on Saturday. Installed PV capacity rose to 77.42 gigawatts at

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Kenyan recycling plant seeks to turn slum’s sewage into gold with recycling plant

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Kenyan recycling plant in country’s largest slum By Kagondu Njagi KIBERA, Kenya, Jan 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Abdullahi Ibrahim’s dream to set up a fruit-juice business has so far been thwarted by water scarcity in Kenya’s biggest slum, Kibera. But the 19-year-old is confident a reliable water supply – which he sees as a basic

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