Designing electric motors to reduce environmental impact
MAXIMA has redesigned electric motors to be circular in design, use, and end-of-life recovery. As Europe accelerates towards large-scale electrification of road transport, electric machines are becoming the backbone of the clean mobility transition. However, each high-performance motor still has a high concentration of metals and critical raw materials such as copper, aluminum, and iron, […]
Ateios and Kodak battery platforms receive PFAS-free verification
Ateios Systems and Kodak announced that the Ateios RaiCore™ battery electrode platform has been extended to three of the world’s most widely used cathode chemistries. Currently, battery platforms include lithium cobalt oxide, lithium iron phosphate, and nickel manganese cobalt. Importantly, the platform is also third-party verified for permanently eliminating perfluoroalkoxy alkane (PFA) chemicals. World’s first […]
The compact yet versatile Spanish neutron facility
In a world of ever larger international facilities, a medium-sized neutron facility can have an impact on many research fields and applications. Neutrons are nowadays involved in many industrial applications and fields of research. They are indeed very particular; their lack of charge makes them very penetrating radiation for which the electron cloud of the […]
EU PFAS regulation approaches as ECHA backs regulation
The commission, operating under the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), concluded that existing regulations are insufficient to control emissions of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a class of industrial chemicals widely used for their resistance to heat, water and oil. Their assessment is now being fed into a wider regulatory process, potentially leading to one of […]
Decarbonizing multifamily housing: the solution is here
The apartment buildings where half of Europeans live have cleaner heating options than is generally acknowledged. EUUSEW Digital Ambassador Thomas Nowak talks about these options and why multifamily housing should be an investment. half of europe is waiting According to Eurostat, almost half of all EU citizens (about 200 million people) live in apartment buildings, […]
Europe’s path to energy independence begins with clean heating
Tom Vasseur, Director of EUUSEW’s partner organization Cool Heating Coalition, and Bianca Bittencourt, Strategic Communications Coordinator, detail how Europe’s dependence on fossil gas imports exposes households to geopolitical shocks, creating an urgent need for faster investment in clean heating and energy independence. Europe’s dependence on fossil fuel imports may seem like an abstract issue at […]
Configurability for powerful edge computing
The CAPE project develops computer architectures for efficient edge clouds. Supporting AI-driven environments with networks of autonomous devices that maintain context and individual and shared state requires a powerful locally deployed edge cloud infrastructure. This allows devices to work together and in unison towards individual shared goals. To scale sustainably, this infrastructure must be delivered […]
Why the water sector needs to rethink its values
Jeannette Henderson, Principal of Innovation at Ofwat, talks about the importance of protecting natural systems while tackling the increasingly prevalent problem of PFAS. Chemicals forever force the water sector to face an unpleasant reality. That means the most important infrastructure we manage is not pipes or treatment facilities, but natural systems that we have long […]
Proton ceramic cell for large-scale high temperature electrolysis
The PEPPER project is paving the way for the scale-up of next-generation steam electrolysis technology. Although the water splitting reaction seems simple, producing green hydrogen by electrolysis remains an electricity-intensive process. In this context, high-temperature steam electrolysis techniques appear to be the most promising, as most of the energy required for the splitting of water […]
How standardized geospatial schemas can transform global risk management
RSS-Hydro’s new “Pin” Earth observation concept has the potential to transform emergency response and global risk management. The Earth Observation (EO) industry is undergoing fundamental changes. We are moving from the era of “pretty maps” to the era of “practical impact.” At the forefront of this evolution is RSS-Hydro. Its “Pin” concept is effectively rewriting […]