Author: jane

Cooling for the future

Bob Long, Executive Chairman at Organic Heat Exchangers and a Fellow of the Institute of Refrigeration, asks if industry is ready to future-proof its data centre cooling. Find out what he has to say on the matter in the latest edition of Data Centre and Network News here.

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Meet the EnviraBoard team

If you’d like to find out more about EnviraBoard, the superior, carbon-negative building board, we’re hosting a virtual meet the team event on Wednesday 5th March at 16:00hrs (GMT). To join us, please use this registration link to save your space.https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2bf5f0ce-4570-4341-9cd7-93966be97ccc@0774eb9d-c1ad-4075-bef7-1b8b1a002ed5

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FutureBuild

FutureBuild 4- 6 March 2025

This year Futurebuild celebrates 20 years of creating positive change in the built environment at London’s Excel from 4th to 6th March. We’re excited to join the event and will be attending on Tuesday 4th March along with our client EnviraBoard - the superior, carbon-negative building board manufactured using secondary recycled waste paper sludge. See you there? If you’d like to meet at the event, please connect with Paul Vousden.

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Solar Mexico

PAPA One prepares to re-engage for 100 MW Mexican solar project

Whilst the Covid-19 pandemic had an impact on the PAPA One business plan, the greatest obstacle to its progress has been Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s, regressive and stymying approach towards the energy sector. The experienced team at PAPA One has operated in many challenging environments with government interventions both positive and negative, mainly focused on subsidies or initiatives, but has never been confronted by a government so determined to halt all private and international business activity in such a key sector. And PAPA One is not alone. Some of the largest international power companies and solar developers have had [...]

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O-Hx secures Organon intent

Organic Heat Exchangers (O-Hx) has secured a letter of intent from Organon Pharma (UK) to demonstrate the benefits of its patented EnergiVault® system, a revolutionary cold thermal energy storage solution, at Organon’s manufacturing site in Cramlington, UK. This agreement marks an important step towards evaluating the system’s potential for wider application. During a three-month trial period, O-Hx and Organon will collaborate to install an EnergiVault® demonstration system within Organon’s chilled water infrastructure. This initiative will verify how EnergiVault® can enhance chiller efficiency during winter and transitional seasons, improve thermal capacity and resilience during summer peak demands, and better integrate renewable energy assets [...]

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cold fusion

Cold fusion may be viable alternative to end reliance on fossil fuels

We're excited to finally see some main stream media coverage highlighting the significant developments in cold fusion, or low energy nuclear reactions (LENR). Thanks to Brian Josephson, Emeritus professor of physics at University of Cambridge, who took the initiative and wrote to The Guardian newspaper on the topic. His letter has now been published online and in the paper. We're pleased to say that his letter is also co-signed by several leading industry figures spread across the globe including David J Nagel, Research professor, George Washington University; Alan Smith, International Society for Condensed Matter Nuclear Science; Dr Jean-Paul Biberian, Honorary [...]

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Wildfire California Climate Change

California wildfires: a wake-up call for climate action and innovation

By Paul Vousden, Client Director at 350 PPM The Los Angeles wildfires underscore the intensifying impacts of climate change, highlighting how global warming exacerbates extreme weather events and their cascading effects. Key takeaways include: California continues to experience longer and more intense wildfire seasons. Rising global temperatures have increased the frequency of heat waves, leading to drier soils, vegetation, and extended droughts. This "aridification" creates ideal conditions for wildfires to ignite and spread rapidly, making once-seasonal fire events a year-round crisis. The wildfires themselves contribute to climate change, creating a feedback loop. The vast amounts of carbon dioxide released during fires accelerate global [...]

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Catalysed fusion poised for a breakout year in 2025

By Valeria Tyutina, CEO at ENG8 As we set our sights on 2025, an energy production process called catalysed fusion, which is based on low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) pathways, is on the cusp of a significant breakthrough. This emerging technology is rapidly gaining momentum, with companies and research initiatives transitioning from lab scale to tangible, scalable, commercial energy solutions. The USA, Japan and the European Union already have multi-million dollar funded LENR programs. The key factor in the success of an energy production process is the cost per unit of energy which can be expressed in $ per kilowatts or megawatts. [...]

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A critical year for climate: why global collaboration matters in 2025

As of early 2025, the global climate landscape presents a complex mix of challenges and developments. Last year was marked by unprecedented global temperatures, with some estimates suggesting that the critical threshold of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels may have been temporarily surpassed. Reuters The highest recommended level of CO₂ in the atmosphere should be 350 parts per million, hence our name, but we are at 425 now. Hence the increasing frequency of abnormal climatic events.On daily basis, NASA updates its vital signs of the planet website. You can view it here. Scientific Observations and Projections Recent studies indicate that climate change is progressing [...]

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