Air quality: The devil you don't see - Renewable Energy Focus
As the global population and the demand for more and more energy has grown, so too has the detrimental impact on the air we breathe and, as a consequence, public health. Particulate matter (PM) emissions such as dust, fly ash, soot, smoke, aerosols, fumes – which can be suspended in the air for long periods – contain inhalable particles which can become trapped in lung tissue where they irritate and, over time,... A 2014 World Health Organisation report found that one in eight deaths in 2012 globally were related to air pollution. Furthermore, scientists have estimated that the annual death toll in the UK as a whole that is linked to particulate pollution is around 29,000. The social and economic burden of this is clear to see in families, health-care systems and... Alternative, cleaner and more efficient power is now increasingly available, from sources such as hydrogen fuel cells that produce low, or zero pollution and no PM emissions. Intelligent Energy’s business in India, for example, aims to bring reliable and cleaner energy solutions to more than 26,000 telecom towers, an essential part of the country’s communications and. Source: www.renewableenergyfocus.com
