The new age of clean technology manufacturing

Treating wastewater in Australia produces three million tons of sludge which must be treated and disposed of. The process is responsible for 50% of the total operating costs of wastewater treatment plants. A new treatment technology would reduce the amount of waste by a third also recovering energy from the sludge itself.

Energy security is not a new issue. We had the oil crises of 1973 and 1979. It has been good this time round that there has been concerted action in the EU at least to reduce dependence on Russian gas. Improving energy efficiency has always been, and remains one of the most powerful, and potentially quickest action.

European Union has assigned a prominent role for industrial symbiosis (IS) CircLean has set up a network of industries, public authorities, and industry associations to.

Six industry associations have put together an interactive map to showcase the state of hydrogen infrastructure in Europe. The map includes more than 200 projects.

Blockchain is a secure database shared across a network of participants. It allows for the permanent, immutable, and transparent recording of data and transactions. The basic idea behind blockchain is pretty simple, and it has major potential to change industries from the bottom up.

Wind and solar power generated in Western Australias Midwest could be helping to power Europe by the end of the decade. A trilateral international study will consider how to fast track renewable hydrogen exports from WAs Midwest to the Netherlands and Germany.

The IEA examines the full spectrum of energy issues including oil, gas and coal supply and demand. The report stresses that more efficient use of energy is the first and best response. In 2022 the global economy used energy 2% more efficiently than it did in 2021.

The Global ESCO Network has conducted a series of interviews with partner associations in order to map barriers for ESCOs that can be characterized as regulatory in nature. The interviews have been open and explorative, but structured with the aim to facilitate a categorization and benchmarking across countries.

A lack of effective and automated tools is holding firms back from properly collecting and sharing data. Sustainability data should be of high quality, auditable, transparent, comparable, screened for errors and data gaps. Firms should strongly consider optimizing their data to generate actionable insights.