Rinnovabili • Wind Turbine Blades
Recycling
Wind Turbine Blades made from bio-derived materials for more effective recycling

Researchers at the U.S. NREL have created a new resin for the production of wind turbine blades, made from biomass and capable of facilitating the upcycling of…

Rinnovabili • cement enriched with coffee grounds
Tech innovations and Startups
In Australia the first tests on…

RMIT research has produced the world’s first real-life experiment for cement enriched…

Rinnovabili • 3D printing with recyclable resin
Tech innovations and Startups
3D printing with recyclable resin soon…

According to the experiment conducted by the University of Birmingham, 3D printing…


Rinnovabili • Building wind turbines
Tech innovations and Startups
Building wind turbines with robots, the NREL experience

Researchers at the US lab used robotic assistance to automate the post-stamping operations of the blades.…

Rinnovabili • Precious metals from WEEE
Tech innovations and Startups
Precious metals from WEEE: the key to recovery from brewer’s yeast

By changing the pH and by changing the yeast it is possible to selectively recover precious…

Rinnovabili • organic solar cells
Tech innovations and Startups
Wood-based organic solar cells, the new frontier of photovoltaics

A group of researchers from the University of Linköping and the KTH developed an electron transport…

Rinnovabili • recycling plastics
Tech innovations and Startups
A catalyst developed in the USA allows the recycling of plastics

Normally ends up in landfills or incinerators, but this invention could make it much easier to…

Rinnovabili • recycling battery metals
Tech innovations and Startups
Oxalic acid is perfect for recycling battery metals

The process developed by the Swedish Chalmers University makes it possible to recycle metals from electric…

Rinnovabili • recycled wastewater
Tech innovations and Startups
Beer from recycled wastewater that you can only drink for free

Using recycled wastewater from a skyscraper, a recycling company has teamed up with a local brewery.…

Rinnovabili • recover water
Water
How to recover water from fog using only solar energy

Based on a photocatalytic close-​mesh lattice, researchers at ETH Zurich were able to recover water from…

Rinnovabili • recyclable bioplastic
Tech innovations and Startups
From the Berkeley Lab a recyclable bioplastic to infinity

Scientists at the famous Californian research center have obtained from bacteria a recyclable bioplastic with properties…

Rinnovabili • biomaterials
Tech innovations and Startups
Fungi, organic waste and 3D printing create new biomaterials

Growing mushrooms on organic waste compounds moulded from 3D printed moulds allows to obtain biomaterials totally…

Rinnovabili • biodegradable glass
Tech innovations and Startups
From China, biorecyclable and biodegradable glass based on modified peptides

A research team of the Institute of Process Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has…

Rinnovabili • thermal insulation
Tech innovations and Startups
Fraunhofer reinvents thermal insulation with “sponge walls” and transparent laminated roofs

A glass foil cover that reduces the weight by 75% and a vertical water treatment system…

Rinnovabili • Lexus Design
Tech innovations and Startups
Lexus Design Awards 2023, from eco-tent to soap packaging

Lexus announces four winners of its international design competition that rewards emerging designers and innovators