Researchers at McGill University have demonstrated a technique that could enable the production of robust, high-performance membranes to harness an abundant source of renewable energy.
Blue energy, also known as osmotic energy, capitalizes on the energy naturally released when two solutions of different salinities mix – conditions that occur in countless locations around the world where fresh and salt water meet.
Electrification of everything will dramatically increase demand for energy storage and conversion, from advanced batteries to green hydrogen and carbon-free fuels, highlighting need for accelerated innovation efforts
The climate crisis continues to attract global attention, and rightfully so, as dramatic incidents worldwide repeatedly underscore the growing severity of the situation. Governments are increasingly responsive to the issue, enacting legislations to eventually reduce the rate of global temperature rise.
McGill, as a member of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), is looking to appoint a SDSN-Youth Campus Coordinator for the 2020-2021 academic year.
McGill, as a member of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), is looking to appoint a SDG Campus Coordinator for the 2019-2020 academic year. The coordinator’s role will be to raise student awareness of the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs), mobilise students/student clubs around the SDGs and act as a point of contact between McGill student body and the SDSN Youth. This will be primarily achieved through setting up a SDG Hub on campus, which will be managed by the SDG coordinator.
The MSSI is excited to announce its first event of the Fall located at the Macdonald Campus.
