Cleantech’s Little-Known Multi-Billion-Dollar Market: Oil & Gas Production
Concept: The oil & gas industry isn’t going away any time soon, so let’s consider it a global opportunity for clean tech innovation. To secure a sustainable future, [...]
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“Magic Sponge” Soaks Up Water Contaminants
The concept: deploy a re-useable massive sponge with absorbent nano-fibers to soak up oil and chemicals from bodies of water and the high seas. It sounds like a late-night [...]
Targeting that Fracking Wastewater
The hydraulic fracturing (fracking) industry doesn’t have a lot of positives to show for itself. While the technology has helped to wean the US from dependence on foreign [...]
Seabin Sucks Sea Waste from the Shore
Sometimes the simple solutions can make a big difference. The ocean provides beautiful shorelines all over the world for wildlife and people alike to share. However, we have [...]
Lucid Energy Taps Portland Pipes for Hydropower
We don’t usually think about our residential and industrial water system infrastructure. Pipes are not sexy — we think of earth movers and large concrete segments. [...]
Coffee Perk: Grounds Remove Lead from Water
Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the U.S., which makes for a perky population — but it also creates a lot of used grounds. A team of researchers at the Italian [...]
A New Wave of R&D Investments in MHK Energy
A rising tide of federal funding is accelerating development of technologies for harnessing energy from oceans and rivers. The Energy Department has awarded more than $20 [...]
Simple Water Heater Tech May Hit 100%+ Efficiency
Your next water heater may be able to pull much of its heat from the surrounding air for maximum efficiency. A team of scientists from the Department of Energy‘s Oak [...]
MIT: Graphene filter to improve desalination efficiency
California’s drought has led the state to accelerate the construction of desalination plants; however, reclaiming seawater is a prohibitively expensive and [...]
EPFL: Superfine Carbon Captures Water Micropollutants Including Pharmaceuticals
A super-fine form of powdered activated carbon captures micropollutants more rapidly than the conventional powdered carbon and could by used in Swiss wastewater treatment [...]
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