Download or read book CORDIS Results Pack on Water Innovation written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March 2020, the European Commission and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy proposed the basis for a new strategy with Africa. The Joint Communication sets out proposals to intensify cooperation through partnerships in five key areas, one of which is the green transition. Europe will engage in discussions with African partners towards the development of a new joint strategy to be endorsed at the European Union-African Union Summit in October 2020. The CORDIS Results Pack showcases some of the cutting-edge projects in research and innovation that address water-related challenges in Africa, with a view to feedback on this and other, related joint European/African initiatives.

Download or read book CORDIS Results Pack on Water Innovation written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water is the essence of life and its abundance is a crucial ingredient in a healthy environment. With climate change threatening water resources across the globe, maintaining a stable supply of water for both human consumption and the ecosystem as a whole is a major concern, and thus new technological solutions need to be developed and quickly put into action. This CORDIS Results Pack focuses on 10 EU-funded projects that are doing just that. Water is a precondition for human, animal and plant life as well as an indispensable resource for the economy. Water also plays a fundamental role in the climate regulation cycle. However, with the threat of ever-hotter and drier summers due to climate change (with one such summer being experienced across Europe in 2018), there are genuinely growing fears over how sustainable the water supply is and how easily it can be replenished. Whilst scarcity is a problem in some areas, climate change can also cause floods that can heavily damage the urban and rural environment. The European institutions are committed to ensuring Europe's future water security. This is a challenge that truly transcends national borders and cannot be solved by one country alone. Thus, a coordinated effort is necessary to guarantee effective protection of the EU's water sources. From a legislative perspective, the keystone of the EU's water protection policy is the EU water framework directive, which committed all Member States to protecting and enhancing freshwater resources with the aim of achieving a good status for EU waters. Its scope extends beyond lakes, rivers and groundwater to transitional and coastal waters. The main tools for implementing the directive are the River basin management plans (RBMPs) and the programmes of measures, which are prepared in six-year cycles. The EU's water legislation, including the water framework directive and related directives, the floods directive, as well as the urban waste water treatment directive, is currently under evaluation; this process will be completed by the end of 2019.

Download or read book CORDIS Results Pack on Digital Transition in Water written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water is key for society and for the economy. We need to address the pressing water challenges, adapt water resource management to mitigate the effects of climate change, combat resource pollution and depletion, manage demands for water, address the water-energy nexus, and prevent degradation of ecosystems. Digital solutions can play a vital role in addressing some of these challenges. This CORDIS Results Pack highlights 12 projects funded under the Horizon 2020 programme and showcases their innovative ICT solutions. These solutions include applying low-cost sensors, Big Data analytics, applications for consumers and novel approaches to identify leaks and reduce water loss and improve forecasting of water demand. These solutions will also allow for more efficient water monitoring, use and treatment, contribute to pollution reduction, promote resource recovery and reuse, and support climate change adaptation of water and related sectors.

Download or read book CORDIS Results Pack on Creating Pathways to Sustainability written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A better relationship between the planet and its people. Innovative frontier research supported by the European Research Council is paving the way towards a more sustainable future. This CORDIS Results Pack showcases eight cutting-edge projects at the forefront of this process. It explores topics such as new approaches to the filtration of drinking water, a closer look at the impact of living in deprived neighbourhoods, and innovative approaches to food production.

Download or read book CORDIS Results Pack on Algae written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This CORDIS Results Pack highlights nine projects funded under the EU’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme, investigating industrial processes and applications involving microalgae and seaweed. These include food, cosmetics, recycling, health and water quality. The pack also raises awareness of the importance of this growing economic sector among consumers. Algae provide an effective, sustainable, unlimited and almost entirely untapped resource for bio-based processes and products. Dense with energy and rich in nutrients, this natural product is ripe for exploitation by forward-thinking research organisations and commercial companies. An almost endless number of products may be produced from algae, thanks to the vast number of species, whose composition can be influenced by changing the cultivation conditions. They range from minute unicellular organisms that may be seen only through a microscope (microalgae) to multicellular forms (macroalgae), more commonly known as seaweed. The successful exploitation of algae can help solve unsustainable processes, thereby boosting the bioeconomy and aiding the transition to a more sustainable society and a cleaner, healthier environment. Furthermore, their use in a variety of commercial applications helps to reduce pressures on land-based products or non-renewable resources.

Download or read book CORDIS Results Pack on Climate Services written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate services are capable of integrating climate information to support policymaking, planning and management on timescales that extend from months to decades. They are tailored to users' needs and provide additional information on concerns such as crop pests and disease, water management, insurance decisions, urban planning, maintenance and resilience of infrastructure and related investments, and healthcare management. Climate services have been a key research and innovation priority under Horizon 2020 with several call topics dedicated to advancing this area and further supporting the implementation of the Paris Agreement, the EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change, and the European Green Deal. This funding leverages on the wealth of data provided by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). It has been instrumental in the emergence of a climate services market through activities that generate economic value from available climate information, provide demonstrable benefits and solutions to society, make efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change more cost-effectively and, in turn, render the European economy more competitive.

Download or read book CORDIS Results Pack on Mineral Extraction written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: State-of-the-art minerals extraction technologies developed by EU Horizon 2020-funded research and innovation projects will reinforce the competitiveness of the EU industry and reduce negative environmental and health and safety impacts and risks. Contributing towards meeting ambitious energy and climate targets, the projects featured in this CORDIS Results Pack will help to gain the trust of EU citizens in the mining sector. In this CORDIS Results Pack we focus on the innovative results developed by Horizon 2020-funded projects working on minerals extraction technologies for a sustainable supply of raw materials. For example, bringing together the world's leading mining companies, universities and technology suppliers, SIMS delivered demonstrators for the electrification and automation of mining equipment, and communication and positioning in mining operations. The project X- MINE facilitated the implementation of large-scale innovative pilot actions of sensing technologies, improving the efficiency and sustainability of mining operations. ITERAMS developed solutions for complete isolation of mining process waters from adjacent water systems, and the Blue Nodules project developed new highly automated technologies for the sustainable harvesting and in situ processing of deep-sea polymetallic nodules. SLIM developed cost-efficient low-impact mining solutions for exploitation based on advanced rock blasting and environmental technologies for minimum rock damage and far-field vibrations. Finally, IMPaCT developed an integrated modular plant and containerised tools for selective, low-impact mining of small high-grade deposits.

Download or read book CORDIS Results Pack on Mineral Exploration written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this CORDIS Results Pack we focus on the innovative results developed by Horizon 2020-funded projects working on exploration technologies for a sustainable supply of raw materials. The HiTech AlkCarb project brings together partners from across Europe and Africa to significantly improve geological models for the exploration of 'hi-tech' raw materials like the rare earth elements associated with alkaline rocks and carbonatites. ROBUST develops an autonomous robotic survey system for identifying and analysing polymetallic nodules at great depth in the ocean. UNEXMIN creates a highly sophisticated robot to explore and map flooded mines, retrieve geological data and conduct analysis of water chemistry and mine wall properties, while SOLSA combines sonic drilling, analytical equipment and informatics to optimise mining operations performance. INFACT designs innovative, non-invasive and socially acceptable mineral exploration technologies to help unlock unrealised potential in new and established sites. Finally, Smart Exploration, PACIFIC and NEXT developed cost-effective and environmentally friendly solutions for mineral exploration and performed studies to better understand the factors influencing the public acceptance of mineral exploration.

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Download or read book Building the Hyperconnected Society written by Ovidiu Vermesan and published by River Publishers. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to provide a broad overview of various topics of Internet of Things (IoT), ranging from research, innovation and development priorities to enabling technologies, nanoelectronics, cyber-physical systems, architecture, interoperability and industrial applications. All this is happening in a global context, building towards intelligent, interconnected decision making as an essential driver for new growth and co-competition across a wider set of markets. It is intended to be a standalone book in a series that covers the Internet of Things activities of the IERC – Internet of Things European Research Cluster from research to technological innovation, validation and deployment. The book builds on the ideas put forward by the European Research Cluster on the Internet of Things Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, and presents global views and state of the art results on the challenges facing the research, innovation, development and deployment of IoT in future years. The concept of IoT could disrupt consumer and industrial product markets generating new revenues and serving as a growth driver for semiconductor, networking equipment, and service provider end-markets globally. This will create new application and product end-markets, change the value chain of companies that creates the IoT technology and deploy it in various end sectors, while impacting the business models of semiconductor, software, device, communication and service provider stakeholders. The proliferation of intelligent devices at the edge of the network with the introduction of embedded software and app-driven hardware into manufactured devices, and the ability, through embedded software/hardware developments, to monetize those device functions and features by offering novel solutions, could generate completely new types of revenue streams. Intelligent and IoT devices leverage software, software licensing, entitlement management, and Internet connectivity in ways that address many of the societal challenges that we will face in the next decade.

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Download or read book Renewable Heating and Cooling written by Gerhard Stryi-Hipp and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renewable Heating and Cooling: Technologies and Applications presents the latest information on the generation of heat for industry and domestic purposes, an area where a significant proportion of total energy is consumed. In Europe, this figure is estimated to be almost 50%, with the majority of heat generated by the consumption of fossil fuels. As there is a pressing need to increase the uptake of renewable heating and cooling (RHC) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, this book provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview on the topic. Part One introduces key RHC technologies and discusses RHC in the context of global heating and cooling demand, featuring chapters on solar thermal process heat generation, deep geothermal energy, and solar cooling technologies. Part Two explores enabling technologies, special applications, and case studies with detailed coverage of thermal energy storage, hybrid systems, and renewable heating for RHC, along with case studies in China and Sweden. Users will find this book to be an essential resource for lead engineers and engineering consultants working on renewable heating and cooling in engineering companies, as well as academics and R&D professionals in private research institutes who have a particular interest in the subject matter. Includes coverage on biomass, solar thermal, and geothermal renewable heating and cooling technologies Features chapters on solar thermal process heat generation, deep geothermal energy, solar cooling technologies, and special applications Presents case studies with detailed coverage of thermal energy storage, hybrid systems, and renewable heating for RHC Explores enabling technologies and special applications

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Download or read book Cognitive Hyperconnected Digital Transformation written by Ovidiu Vermesan and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cognitive Hyperconnected Digital Transformation provides an overview of the current Internet of Things (IoT) landscape, ranging from research, innovation and development priorities to enabling technologies in a global context. It is intended as a standalone book in a series that covers the Internet of Things activities of the IERC-Internet of Things European Research Cluster, including both research and technological innovation, validation and deployment. The book builds on the ideas put forward by the European Research Cluster, the IoT European Platform Initiative (IoT-EPI) and the IoT European Large-Scale Pilots Programme, presenting global views and state-of-the-art results regarding the challenges facing IoT research, innovation, development and deployment in the next years. Hyperconnected environments integrating industrial/business/consumer IoT technologies and applications require new IoT open systems architectures integrated with network architecture (a knowledge-centric network for IoT), IoT system design and open, horizontal and interoperable platforms managing things that are digital, automated and connected and that function in real-time with remote access and control based on Internet-enabled tools. The IoT is bridging the physical world with the virtual world by combining augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to support the physical-digital integrations in the Internet of mobile things based on sensors/actuators, communication, analytics technologies, cyber-physical systems, software, cognitive systems and IoT platforms with multiple functionalities. These IoT systems have the potential to understand, learn, predict, adapt and operate autonomously. They can change future behaviour, while the combination of extensive parallel processing power, advanced algorithms and data sets feed the cognitive algorithms that allow the IoT systems to develop new services and propose new solutions. IoT technologies are moving into the industrial space and enhancing traditional industrial platforms with solutions that break free of device-, operating system- and protocol-dependency. Secure edge computing solutions replace local networks, web services replace software, and devices with networked programmable logic controllers (NPLCs) based on Internet protocols replace devices that use proprietary protocols. Information captured by edge devices on the factory floor is secure and accessible from any location in real time, opening the communication gateway both vertically (connecting machines across the factory and enabling the instant availability of data to stakeholders within operational silos) and horizontally (with one framework for the entire supply chain, across departments, business units, global factory locations and other markets). End-to-end security and privacy solutions in IoT space require agile, context-aware and scalable components with mechanisms that are both fluid and adaptive. The convergence of IT (information technology) and OT (operational technology) makes security and privacy by default a new important element where security is addressed at the architecture level, across applications and domains, using multi-layered distributed security measures. Blockchain is transforming industry operating models by adding trust to untrusted environments, providing distributed security mechanisms and transparent access to the information in the chain. Digital technology platforms are evolving, with IoT platforms integrating complex information systems, customer experience, analytics and intelligence to enable new capabilities and business models for digital business.

Download or read book Renewable Energy in Europe written by European Renewable Energy Council and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-08-12 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can the European Union meet its binding 20% renewable energy target in final energy consumption by the year 2020? Which sources offer the best prospects for realizing this goal? These are the questions answered by this key book which analyses the current situation of renewable energy in Europe, examines the latest technological, financial and economic developments, and outlines ways in which the renewable energy market can be developed. The book is divided into sections examining the integration of renewable energy, electricity, heating and cooling as well as biofuels. All the main technologies are covered, with exploration of: ' benefits and applications ' costs and prices ' markets and installed capacity ' policy instruments ' key countries and success stories ' targets and long term potential This will be essential reading for policy decision-makers at all levels and to all those involved in the development of the renewable energy industry.

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