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E-waste dystopia isn’t science fiction – it’s reality
Chinese SF author warns #RISEConf that e-waste is an urgent issue that’s going to get worse if everyone keeps treating it as someone else’s problem. Read more…
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SoftBank promises free electricity to solar alliance in 25 years
(Reuters) – Japan’s SoftBank Group has proposed to offer free electricity, after 25 years, to International Solar Alliance (IS) member-countries that sign power purchase agreements (PPA), chief executive Masayoshi Son said at a renewable energy Read more…
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Students invent a car that runs on compressed air
CAIRO (Reuters) – A group of Egyptian students has designed a vehicle they say will battle rising energy prices and promote clean energy by running on nothing but air. The undergraduate students, who built the Read more…
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KDDI and NEDO demo Tribrid tech to reduce BTS carbon footprints 80%
The so-called Tribrid Project in Indonesia by KDDI and New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) – which aims to cut base station carbon footprints by 80% – has been registered as an official Read more…
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Thailand is your new favorite e-waste dumping ground
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand is a new dumping ground for scrap electronics from around the world, say police and environmentalists, the latest country to feel the impact of China’s crackdown on imports of high-tech trash. Read more…
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StarHub enters Singapore’s freshly liberalized energy sector with Sunseap
ITEM: Earlier this month, Morgan Stanley issued a research note suggesting that telcos should be looking at the energy sector as a new opportunity by bundling electricity services. On Monday, Singaporean telco StarHub did just Read more…
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The downside of Singles’ Day: 160,000 tons of packaging waste
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Singles’ Day online discount sales bonanza last weekend saw bargain-hungry buyers spend over $38 billion, flooding the postal and courier businesses with around 331 million packages – and leaving an estimated Read more…
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NEC wraps up AI-powered energy-efficient tower demo in India
NEC says it has completed a demonstration project in India to introduce energy management technology utilizing renewable energy, lithium-ion rechargeable battery systems and artificial intelligence at telecom tower sites with unstable power supplies. Mobile operators Read more…
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Huawei does deals with IMDA, Keppel Data Centres and Ascent
Huawei has announced a range of partnerships with Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Keppel Data Centres, and Singapore-based IoT and cargo security tracking company Ascent Solutions via two Memorandums of Intent (MoI) and a Read more…
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Samsung ponders environmental impact of Note 7 recall
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics said on Thursday it was reviewing options to limit the potential environmental impact from the firm’s discontinuation of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphones. The remarks come after environmental group Greenpeace Read more…