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ABB Opens Global Innovation And Training Campus For Machine Automation At B&R In Austria
ABB opened its new global innovation and training campus at the headquarters of B&R in Eggelsberg, Austria, its global center for machine and factory automation. The new campus will create up to...
Latvia, Austria, Slovakia have EU’s largest gas stores
After clinching a deal on mandatory gas storage last month, Latvia, Austria and Slovakia currently have the largest gas stores for next winter compared to annual consumption.
Slovakia, for example, has already filled...
Austria Doubles Speed of Solar Panel Rollout
More than double the solar panel capacity of 2020 was installed in 2021, making the past year by far the Austrian solar industry’s best, the photovoltaic industry association said on Monday.
Austria has one...
How Quickly is Tourism Recovering From COVID-19?
Tourism was hit particularly hard by the pandemic, as lockdowns restricted people to travelling around their homes and neighbourhoods rather than around the world. But there are now signs that tourist numbers...
UNESCO declares Mura-Drava-Danube as biosphere reserve
With the world facing climate and nature crises, UNESCO’s designation today of the Mura-Drava-Danube as the world’s first ‘5-country biosphere reserve’ represents a historic step towards a new era for people and nature in...
Agrophotovoltaic News — Bifacial Panels In Germany, Grazing Sheep In Austria
Agrophotovoltaics is a fancy word that means it is possible to combine solar power with farming in a way that benefits both. In theory, it would be possible to meet all the...
The African Country That Inspired More and More Countries to Plant Billions of Trees
In the past 50 years, Ethiopia has lost 98% of its forested areas.
To mediate this, it planted an estimated 350 million trees in just a single day in 2019.
Their...
Sweden Shutters Last Coal-Fired Generating Plant 2 Years Early
It’s good news when a nation makes plans to rid itself of electricity generated from burning coal. It’s even better news when it does so ahead of schedule. Swedish utility Stockholm Exergi...
Trucks-to-Trains Swap Significantly Cuts Emissions in Volvo Cars Logistics Network
Volvo Cars is significantly cutting CO2 emissions in its logistics operations by switching transports between its manufacturing plants and new car depots from trucks to trains.Especially in Europe, where trucks are still...
Can by Can – Yes, I Can!
All good ideas have something in common – it always appears to be some ever so logical and simple solution where such an idea found its implementation. The same goes for the...
World’s First 5-Country Biosphere Reserve Nominated to UNESCO
Today, thirty years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Serbia submitted an historic UNESCO application to establish the first 5-country biosphere reserve in the world. With...
Sports Arenas Around the World Score Sustainability Points With ABB Technology
Nearly half the world watched when Kylian Mbappe secured France’s second FIFA World Cup, scoring in the 4-2 win against Croatia. Fans in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia or in front...
Finland Approves 2029 Coal Ban For Energy Use
Finland has brought forward its coal phase-out date by one year, according to reports, with the new deadline set for May 1, 2029, after which coal will be banned from use as...
Austria – One of the Best Destinations for Eco-Tourism in the World
The sustainable development is a goal which the Austrian government aims for, and there are certain areas where that goal has been almost completely achieved. Austria holds a PEFC certificate for sustainable...
EU invests €116m in climate and environmental projects
The European Commission has announced an investment worth €116 million (£102m) to support 12 large-scale environmental and climate projects.
They are being funded under the LIFE programme for the Environment and Climate Change,...
Microplastics Found in Human Poop for the First Time
Tiny pieces of plastic measuring less than five millimeters in length—or roughly the size of a sesame seed—have become a nearly ubiquitous presence in our world. Scientists have found the particles, better...
