RE-S-EAU: a joint laboratory to improve water management
Energy & environment, In the News
To meet people's water needs, municipalities are equipped with complex systems. Véolia and IMT Mines Albi have teamed up to develop tools and methods for optimizing these networks.
Water management consists of various activities…
Swoop Energy gives a second life to electric vehicle batteries
Energy & environment, In the News
With the ban on the sale of new combustion engine cars in Europe by 2035, repurposing used electric vehicle batteries is an increasingly important issue. The start-up Swoop Energy, which was incubated at IMT Nord Europe and present at VivaTech…
Green4Cloud: greener, local cloud services
Digital, Energy & environment, Environment, In the News, Start-up-en
The start-up Green4Cloud, incubated at IMT Mines Alès and present at VivaTech 2023, is addressing the challenge of making the cloud more environmentally-friendly. To do so, the company plans to install over one hundred local data centers,…
DENV-R, a data center on water
Digital, Energy, Energy & environment, Environment, In the News, Start-up-en, Uncategorized
By continuously ensuring the seamless operation of the digital chain, data centers give off a considerable amount of heat and require additional energy to power their cooling systems. DENV-R, a start-up incubated at IMT Atlantique and present…
Data and model-assisted beekeeping
Digital, Energy & environment, Environment, In the News
Gregory Zacharewicz, IMT Mines Alès – Institut Mines-Télécom and Baptiste Magnier, IMT Mines Alès – Institut Mines-Télécom
Bees are key participants in biodiversity. They contribute enormously to pollination, an essential step…
Measuring pollution emissions from maritime transport
Energy & environment, Environment, In the News
While road traffic pollution is now strictly controlled, the same cannot be said for the maritime sector, with its different fuels, engine types and regulations that differ depending on the shipping area. The EMINAV project, funded by Ademe…
Fire retardant biocomposites: combining lightness and fire resistance
Energy & environment, Environment, In the News, Materials
To slow the spread of fire, compounds called flame retardants are often used to treat materials to give them fire resistant properties. The problem is that some of these additives can be harmful for humans and polluting for the environment.…
How long can we continue to exceed planetary limits?
Energy & environment, Environment, In the News
By Natacha Gondran, Mines Saint-Étienne, UMR 5600 Environment, City, Society (EVS), and Aurélien Boutaud, associate researcher at UMR 5600 EVS.
In recent months, several scientific papers months have drawn attention…
Improving battery performance with Entroview
Energy, Energy & environment, In the News, Start-up-en
To optimize the production of batteries for electric vehicles, the start-up Entroview develops diagnostic solutions to speed up the testing phase. The young company’s primary targets are gigafactories and industries specialized in battery…
A New Nuclear Plan for France? Understanding current events in the light of history
Energy, Energy & environment, In the News
Michaël Mangeon, Université Paris Nanterre – Université Paris Lumières and Mathias Roger, IMT Atlantique – Institut Mines-Télécom
On February 10, 2022, a few weeks before the first round of the French presidential…