Contract awarded for diesel-from-waste plant
A plant to produce fuel from waste plastics is to be built in Bristol.
View ArticleNottingham 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.
View ArticleEnergy 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.
View ArticleScientists improve manufacturing of see-through solar cells
New Energy Technologies has announced an improvement in manufacturing see-through solar cells generating electricity on glass.
View ArticleITER 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.
View ArticleHydrogen 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.
View ArticleState-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.
View ArticlePakistan 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.
View ArticlePaper-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.
View ArticleElectricity 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...
View ArticleDouble-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.
View ArticleHydrogen 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.
View ArticleProduct 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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