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October was an unusual month in Scotland. Thanks to its turbines and exceptional climatic conditions, the winds were so strong, that they were able to supply its entire households for more than a month. Read more
Canada is experiencing a boom in renewable energy. According to the National Energy Board (NEB), in a report entitled “Panorama of renewable electricity in Canada,” the country is fourth in the world. Read more
Researchers from the University of Illinois have reasons to rejoice. They did as good a job as Mother Nature. Not only did they manage to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, but they also succeeded in making good use of it by turning it into fuel, thanks to a special leaf. Let us take a glance at this promising technology. Read more
United States, Canada, and Mexico will join hands to use greener and cleaner energy like wind, solar and other carbon-free sources of electricity, in order to generate at least 50 percent of its energy from “clean” sources by 2025. This promise was made at the ‘three amigos’ summit in Ottawa last week. (Article appeared in Chicago Tribune on June 28, 2016) Read more
It has no climate-related worries. However, Iceland, land of ice and fire, is the first to have created an efficient and inexpensive system of burying carbon dioxide emissions. This ingenious and revolutionary system would convert carbon dioxide into stone quickly, and possibly (surprisingly) .
This is not the first time that researchers are trying to find a solution to get rid of carbon dioxide emissions. However, according to representatives of Reykjavik Energy, who are behind this project called CarbFix, this new method of pumping the CO2 which has been dissolved in the water is crucial to the ecology.
Once pumped from the volcanic rocks of the country into basalt, carbon dioxide was transformed into limestone in a lapse of two years. The researchers themselves were surprised by the speed of this process where the gas was changed to a solid body in just two years. This transformation could have taken thousands of years, if left unattended.
This test took place 25 kilometers east of Reykjavik. The researchers injected 220 tons of CO2 in volcanic layers of up to 800 meters below the surface of the earth. They also added water which has reacted with the gas to form a key factor in mineral reactions, carbonic acid. Samples were taken at several intervals from nearby wells.
“We must fight against rising carbon emissions and it is a technique to store permanently shaped stone,” said Juerg Matter who is the head of this project, at a function at the University of Southampton, UK.
We must fight against rising carbon emissions” – Matter
A potential challenge for the new technique is that it requires large amounts of water; that is, 25 tons for every ton of CO2 buried. However, Juerg Matter considers that sea water could be used, which already abounds on coastal sites.
“In the future, we may consider using it for power plants in places where there are a lot of basalt and there are many of these places,” said Martin Stute, part of the research team at Columbia University, US.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that storing carbon dioxide is extremely important in the fight against climate change at a very effective and inexpensive way.
The Swedish manufacturer Scania has officially announced the opening of the first electric highway in the world. The project currently involves a two kilometers’ portion of the highway and is reserved for company vehicles. Read more
Norway ambitions to top the list in Greenest Countries in the world. Already in the second spot behind Sweden, according to the rankings of the Global Green Economy Index, the country now intends to ban the sale of all vehicles running on gasoline by the next decade. Read more
