Items Tagged with 'sustainability'

WASHINGTON—Solar, wind and other types of clean energy manufacturing has become an important part of the U.S. industrial economy, according to the American Clean Power Association.

NEWCASTLE, England—Electrical and chemical engineers at Newcastle University have developed a reversible adhesive that makes disassembling and recycling electronics much easier.

Approximately 80 percent of the materials used to build a garbage truck could be replaced with recycled materials and renewable materials.

TOKYO—Sumitomo Electric Industries recently developed biomass electrical wire that uses insulation material derived from discarded scallop shells.

Gaydon, UK —Luxury automotive manufacturer JLR has reengineered the instrument panel crosscar beam in an effort to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

ARNSTADT, Germany—Engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems are developing a sodium-ion battery that uses lignin, a by-product of the wood and pulp industry, as an electrode.

AACHEN, Germany—Engineers at RWTH Aachen University have launched a three-year R&D project to develop sustainable components for electric vehicle traction motors.

TROY, MI—Marelli recently received an Altair Enlighten Award in the Sustainable Process category for an innovative wastewater recovery method used to produce automotive interior parts.

TROY, MI—Several electric car manufacturers have been honored with the 2025 Altair Enlighten Award, including Lucid Motors and Chinese brands Chery, Geely and NIO.

CAMBRIDGE, MA—Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed an electrolyte that can break apart at the end of a battery’s life.