Environmental solutions
Hydrogen-based electric bicycles show up in Chinese cities
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2023/1123/c95952-20101127.html The latest mode of transportation in China are electrically power assisted bicycle that runs on hydrogen. Yong’an Gong Technology, the developer of the hydrogen electric bicycles,…
China’s NDRC publishes 3 years plan to accelerate substitution of bamboo for plastics
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2023/1106/c95952-20093476.html China’s National Development and Reform Commission and four other departments recently announced a “Three-Year Action Plan for Accelerating the Development of Bamboo Substitutes” in order to…
A bio-inspired algicide might prevent cyanobacterial blooms in Taihu lake
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2023/1106/c95952-20093581.html https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132110 Professor Rao Yijian’s team from Jiangnan University has developed an efficient algae suppression material through biomimetic design. Inspired by the excellent algicidal activity of cercosporin (CP),…
Many examples for current digital twin applications in China
http://(Web editor: Chang Sha, Du Mingming) http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/1025/c90000-20088806.html A staff member introduces a digital twin platform of the Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City in Sanya, south China’s…
China’s marine plastic litter recovery model “Blue Circle” wins UN’s “Champions of the Earth” award
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2023/1031/c95952-20091307.html http://english.scio.gov.cn/videos/2023-10/31/content_116784757.htm https://www.unep.org/championsofearth/laureates/2023/blue-circle http://english.scio.gov.cn/videos/2023-10/31/content_116784757.htmThe United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced on October 30 that the UN Champions of the Earth Awards, the highest honor in the field…
A tin-based tandem electrocatalyst for CO2 reduction to ethanol with 80% selectivity
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-023-01389-3 A team of researchers has developed a cascade catalyst consisting of SnS2 nanosheets and monoatomic Sn to generate formic acid intermediates by carbon dioxide reduction on…
Engineered Vibrio generate CdS nanoparticles and produce 2,3-butane diol from wastewater
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01233-2 https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/research_news/chem/202310/t20231012_378918.shtml Researchers led by Prof. GAO Xiang from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. LU Lu from…
CAS Institute of Chemical Technology develops low-carbon biomimetic building material
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2023/0927/c95952-20077609.html Inspired by the nesting behavior of sandcastle worms in nature, a research team from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has created a…
CAS QIBEBT identifies algicidal metabolites in marine bacteria
https://www.cas.cn/syky/202309/t20230915_4970627.shtml Algae contribute nearly half of the carbon sequestration to the Earth every year, and are important drivers of the ocean carbon sink and climate regulators. In…
CAS team develops electrokinetic mining for rare-earth elements
https://english.news.cn/20230916/9b62eff8a2b34872b6fb7a1648818320/c.html CAS Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry has developed a greener and more efficient mining technique to recover rare-earth elements (REEs) from weathering crusts, revealing new paths for…
Big Data Center publishes satellite data on BRI urban nighttime light emissions
https://english.news.cn/20230906/80d41d7d0ced4bdea2f6a0bdd2fed8fe/c.html The International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS) has released the world’s first atlas of urban nighttime light remote-sensing data, providing support…
Coastal ecosystems are important contributors to China’s CO2 storage
https://www.cas.cn/cm/202309/t20230906_4968761.shtml Coastal blue carbon ecosystems, including mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrass beds, have efficient carbon dioxide sequestration capabilities, so protecting and restoring these ecosystems has become an…
Model suggests that urban areas account for 70% of global CO2 emissions
https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/research_news/life/202309/t20230907_336139.shtml In a study published in Science of the Total Environment, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Hohai University…
CAS QIBEBT: core–shell Au@Nanoplastics as a quantitative tracer to investigate the bioaccumulation of nanoplastics in freshwater ecosystems
https://www.cas.cn/syky/202309/t20230901_4967576.shtml https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01666# The Industrial Biogas Research Center of CAS Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Process Technology has developed a method for the controlled synthesis of polystyrene core-shell…
CAS TIB designs synthetic pathway for CO2 to sugar
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2095927323005510 The research team of Functional Sugars and Natural Active Substances of CAS Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology has established a synthetic pathway for the synthesis of…
China leads use of geothermal energy with 38% of global
China’s direct geothermal energy use will reach 40.6 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2020, accounting for 38% of the world’s total, making it the largest in…
CAS ISA: global greenhouse gas emissions did not decrease over past decade
https://www.cas.cn/cm/202307/t20230727_4955185.shtml On July 26, the Scientific Report on Remote Sensing Assessment of Global Carbon Emissions from Anthropogenic Sources and Carbon Balance in Terrestrial Ecosystems (hereinafter referred to…
China exports hydrogen tram to Malaysia
https://spc.jst.go.jp/news/230703/topic_2_01.html China’s Zhongsha Zhuzhou Electric Power Machinery Research Institute has developed a hydrogen energy smart streetcar that will be shipped from Shanghai port to Malaysia. The Smart…
Beijing to complete first hydrogen-based carbon trading in September 2023
https://english.news.cn/20230804/48331c3f0f264b7a8bb9a2ca997a79f4/c.html As a hydrogen-based project that can partake in the carbon market trading, the Beijing hydrogen fuel cell vehicle carbon emission reduction project was launched in Beijing’s…
Taiwan collaborates with Indonesia on research to reduce and effectively use waste
https://spap.jst.go.jp/other_asia/news/230703/topic_nt_01.html Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech) is conducting research on waste reduction, sustainable use of materials, and clean production methods through its Science and…
China adds important contributions to low-carbon tech innovations
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0720/c90000-20046934.html China contributes to global green development with low-carbon tech innovation (Xinhua) 10:45, July 20, 2023 This aerial photo taken on June 29, 2023 shows photovoltaic…
Photovoltaic hydrogen pilot plant starts operation in Xinjiang
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2023/0703/c95952-20038724.html According to PetroChina Petrochemical Group (PetroChina), China’s first 10,000-ton solar-powered green hydrogen model project, the Kucha Green Hydrogen Model Project, began producing hydrogen on June 30.…
Upcycling of high-density polyethylene into lower hydrocarbons by Ru nanoparticles on zeolitic HZSM-5
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-023-01429-9 https://www.cas.cn/cm/202306/t20230629_4918322.shtml Professor Zeng Jie’s group at the University of Science and Technology of China has made a breakthrough in the field of plastic recycling and upgrading.…
CAS QIBEBT engineers cyanobacteria to secrete 70% of fixed CO2 as glucose
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39222-w https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/research_news/life/202306/t20230626_332506.shtml Glucose is the most abundant monosaccharide, serving as an essential energy source for cells and as an important feedstock for the biorefinery industry. The plant-biomass-sugar…
Offshore CCUS facility starts off Shenzhen
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2023/0602/c95952-20027001.html According to China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), China’s first CO2 storage model project started operation on June 1 at the “Onping 15-1” platform, located about…
CCUS facility in operation at a Taizhou coal-fired power plant
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0613/c90000-20031021.html Asia’s largest carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) facility for the coal-fired power generation sector was put into operation in Jiangsu province. The facility, attached to…
CAS QIBEBT develops mixed process for lactic acid production from biomass
https://www.cas.cn/cm/202306/t20230615_4895846.shtml https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301479723010691 Researchers at CAS Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Processes have developed a new method in laboratory scale to produce lactic acid from agricultural waste biomass…
CAS QIBEBT develops industrial fermentation of t-aconitic acid, a nematode control agent
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1096717623000897?via%3Dihub https://www.cas.cn/syky/202306/t20230620_4898153.shtml Trans-aconitic acid, a C6 organic acid with three carboxyl groups and one unsaturated double bond, has good effects in agricultural nematode disease control . Traditionally,…
High-altitude hydro-solar power station starts operation in Tibet
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0626/c90000-20035528-4.html Aerial view of the first phase of Kela photovoltaic power station, the world’s largest hydro-solar complementary power station on the Yalong River in the Tibetan autonomous…
China tests safety of high-pressure hydrogen pipeline
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2023/0626/c95952-20035911.html China’s first high-pressure pure hydrogen pipeline was successfully tested at the National Pipe Network Group Pipeline Rupture Control Test Center on June 25. The project will…
