Amanda Saint

Wineries in Europe have been testing a new app to help them manage the effects of climate change on their grapes. Funded by the European Union's Horizons 2020 research and innovation programme, the app aims to help vineyards become more resilient to the impact of changing weather patterns.

Electric vehicles are fast becoming mainstream, and now electric airplanes are becoming more commonplace too. Worldwide there are more than 200 research and development projects in progress to electrify the aviation industry. So how long until we see electric airplanes taking to the skies?
Some small electric planes have already taken test flights, and there are several different versions of electric aircraft in development. But the first commercial passenger planes powered purely by electric...

Scotland is leading the way in moving towards a new circular-economy style of living, where consumption followed by disposal is out and recycling to re-using is in…

Climate change and rising sea levels are already making life in low-lying tropical islands in the Pacific difficult. Increases in global temperatures mean that many of these islands are likely to be completely submerged in the coming years. A report published by The Center for Climate and Security in June 2017 titled “Epicenters of Climate and Security: The New Geostrategic Landscape of the Anthropocene” highlights the plight of the small Pacific island nations ...

Nuclear fusion could become a safe, reliable and convenient energy source.
The Wendelstein 7-X reactor
The Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Germany turned on the Wendelstein 7-X nuclear fusion reactor - the largest ‘stellarator’ reactor ever built - in December 2015. Researchers have begun the advanced testing stage with a view to demonstrating that nuclear fusion has the ability to bring about a significant reduction in carbon dioxide emissions and, at the same time, to ensure the ...

The evolution of new technologies, starting from transports to buildings heating systems will make our future more sustainable.
The latest research into more sustainable energy solutions has been advancing how we power our transport networks, cutting the carbon emissions associated with heating our homes, businesses and public buildings, as well as boosting the battery performance and recyclability for electric vehicles (EV).
New EV batteries
While the environmental benefits of transferring f...

The bicycle as a lever to gain access to electricity.
Creating your own energy at home using a specially designed bike used to be the stuff of science fiction, but it's fast becoming a reality. There are, in fact, bikes that are being used to create electricity for powering events, art installations, and in some cases even entire villages. These power generating bikes could one day be used in our homes and businesses to provide energy for the gadgets and appliances we use in our everyday live...

Scientists working at the Kasper Moth-Poulsen Research Group based on the campus of Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, have made a discovery that turns energy captured from the sun into a fluid fuel. Named MOST (Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage), this could be a major step forward in moving the world away from fossil fuel-powered energy systems. The researchers' hope: That MOST could solve the storage problem for solar power once and for all.
Solar has long been la...

The high-tech industry is looking to nature to make the gadgets we use every day more sustainable, using some unlikely materials to make manufacturing of laptops, mobile phones and other consumer electronics less energy intensive and detrimental to the natural world.

If you're house hunting and hoping to be moving in soon, you'll probably be considering how energy efficient your new property will be. These handy tips will give you some pointers on what to look out for, and help you to lower your energy use in your new home...

While lots of us have been great at being more energy efficient at home, many of us are not carrying these green practices over to our working lives...

A new GreenTech startup, Greeneum, hopes to get more power from renewables by incentivizing both power providers and end users with rewards that can then be used to support more green initiatives…

Hundreds of thousands of people across Brazil have created their own circular economy through a social network that connects them with people locally to borrow things instead of buying new…

Recently the U.K. government announced that it will be providing USD $4.31 million investment to help plant a new coast-to-coast forest in the north of England that will bring 50 million new trees to the country’s least-wooded areas…