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Contract awarded for diesel-from-waste plant

A plant to produce fuel from waste plastics is to be built in Bristol.

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Nottingham to host first liquid surfaces X-ray machine

The University of Nottingham will be the base for the world’s first Liquid Phase Photoelectron Spectroscopy (LiPPS) machine.

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Energy harvester device powers gadgets by knee movements

Scientists in the UK have built a device that can convert body movement into electricity capable of powering small gadgets.

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Scientists improve manufacturing of see-through solar cells

New Energy Technologies has announced an improvement in manufacturing see-through solar cells generating electricity on glass.

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ITER fusion reactor power supply contract awarded

The power supply for the ITER nuclear fusion reactor’s electron cyclotron heating system will be designed by a Swiss company.

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Hydrogen cars could soon run on 'dirty biomass'

Green fuel from corn stalks, cobs and husks could power fuel cell vehicles, a team of Virginia Tech researchers has said.

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State-aid for Lynemouth biomass conversion approved

The European Commission (EC) has approved the British government’s plans to subsidise the conversion of Lynemouth power plant from firing coal to biomass.

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Pakistan biogas project replaces diesel with faeces fuel

Biogas equipment is being sold to impoverished Pakistan farmers at a subsidised rate in order to boost farming output and lower living costs.

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Paper-thin device generates energy from motion; turns flag into loudspeaker

Nanotechnology researchers at Michigan State University have developed a paper-thin device which generates energy from human motion and behaves as a microphone and loudspeaker.

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Electricity from urine biotech solution also found to kill pathogens

Researchers at the University of the West of England in Bristol have discovered that the technology they have developed which has already been proven to generate electricity through the process of...

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Double-layered solar cell boasts record efficiency for energy capture

A double-layered solar cell developed by materials scientists from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has been shown to produce more energy than traditional panels.

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Hydrogen hopes head for the coast

MP Alexander Stafford is very keen on hydrogen. So are many other countries. The UK government's plans are far less clear.

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Product design and the carbon footprint

Climate change is fast becoming everybody’s problem, as communities worldwide increasingly bear the brunt of droughts, floods, storms, forest fires and rising seas.

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