Safe And Sustainable-By-Design
Accelerating chemical innovation The vision EU policymakers have in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) is that “Chemicals are produced/used in a way that maximises their benefits to society while…
Sustainable healthcare waste management in the EU Circular Economy model
Waste in the healthcare sector The healthcare sector has a unique healing mission to protect and restore health and save lives, however,the sector’s activities can paradoxically undermine this mission. The…
Recovering waste heat from solar cells via a thermoelectric generator
Scientists in Italy have created a hybrid thermoelectric photovoltaic (HTEPV) system based on a thermoelectric generator and a wide-gap perovskite solar cell. The device is able to recover waste heat…
The 2021 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard
The main objective of the EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard (the Scoreboard) is to benchmark the performance of EU innovation-driven industries against major global counterparts and to provide an R&D…
Additive manufacturing: A layered revolution
This report describes how Additive manufacturing (AM) changes the way products are made and what this means for work. The introduction of AM in manufacturing industries will impact value chains,…
PV Status Report 2019
For the 9th year in a row, solar power attracted the largest share of new investments in renewable energies, followed by wind power. The USD 140 billion (EUR 122 billion)…
Smart Textiles for Sports
The current report aims to provide stakeholders with an analytical base helping to strengthen cross-regional cooperation mechanisms to boost the deployment of KETs in Europe. The report specifically aims to…
Germany deployed 3.8 GW of PV in first half of 2022
In June alone, new PV systems totaling 612 MW were connected to the German grid. The country's cumulative operational PV capacity reached 59.9GW at the end of June.... Read more…
Sustainable and Smart becomes real – World´s first organic photovoltaic cell on recycled material made by EU-consortium FlexFunction2Sustain
The partners of the EU project FlexFunction2Sustain have committed themselvesto create a network for innovative solutions for sustainable and smartproducts powered by nano-functionalized paper and plastic in order to supportSMEs,…
Advanced Technologies for Industry – EU Report
The objective of this EU report is to provide an overview about the performance of the EU27 in Advanced Technologies and to give a snapshot of the policy landscape supporting…