Renewables/Sustainability

Yet even with the good sustainability marks for manufacturing, supply chains were showing vulnerability long before that pandemic hit.

Method paves way for broader manufacturing of efficient devices.

Japan’s Toray is to supply carbon fiber composite materials for Lilium’s all-electric air vehicle.

Sumitomo Bakelite aims to promote further application of thermoset compounds in powertrain systems, which are the central components to electric vehicles.

A new humidity sensor developed by researchers in South Korea changes the color of windows, allowing them to self-illuminate, and can be used to generate electricity.

The invention can absorb more than 30 times its weight in oil and be reused up to several dozen times.

A team at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory developed the six-junction cell, which is thinner than a human hair.

Plastics Industry Association CEO Tony Radoszewski was a voice in the wilderness when he testified to Congress about the health benefits of single-use plastics during the pandemic — he was drowned out by a gaggle of plastic haters.

The researchers will investigate polymers with the properties of polystyrene but that can be easily depolymerized and converted into raw materials for re-use.