News News stories 20 February 2024 University of Sheffield’s Energy Innovation Centre partners with Drax to advance carbon capture research Renewable energy company Drax has become the latest founder member of the University of Sheffield’s newly-launched Energy Innovation Centre, to drive forward research into next generation carbon capture technology. 1 May 2024 Longer-life smart MOPO batteries bringing renewable energy to Africa Longer-life MOPO Batteries, which can help communities off-grid or with unstable power networks in Africa access clean and affordable energy, are being developed with the help of engineers from the University of Sheffield. 30 April 2024 Only four G20 countries set for positive ecological footprint by 2050, study finds The UK, along with 15 of the G20 nations, are forecast to have a negative ecological footprint by 2050, according to new research from the University of Sheffield. 25 April 2024 UK Clearing House for sustainable aviation fuels officially launches The UK sustainable aviation fuels Clearing House has officially launched, marking a major step in enabling the UK to bring new fuels to market and help reduce carbon emissions from the aviation industry. Search Universities develop ways for wind turbines to generate more energy A major collaboration between universities and energy companies has made vital improvements to offshore wind turbines, which could help them generate more renewable energy and reduce the UK’s reliance on fossil fuels. 27 March 2023 University of Sheffield research centres join forces with Boeing to showcase industrial innovations for sustainable fuels The University of Sheffield’s Translational Energy Research Centre (TERC), the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Innovation Centre (SAF-IC) and the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), hosted Boeing and University of Oxford spin-out company OXCCU 13 March 2023 Representatives from the UKAEA and the University of Sheffield at UKAEA's facility in Rotherham UKAEA and University of Sheffield partnership to drive development of fusion technology The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the University of Sheffield have entered a partnership that is set to drive the development of fusion technology and the UK’s future fusion industry. 13 March 2023 University research centres help to identify significant net zero aviation research requirements through Royal Society collaboration Producing sustainable aviation fuel to supply the UK’s ‘net zero’ ambitions would require enormous quantities of UK agricultural land or renewable electricity to keep flying at today’s levels, a briefing by the Royal Society has warned. 28 February 2023 Collaborative project with Cambridge SME Advanced Infrastructure will support smart meter innovations University of Sheffield academics are involved in a newly-funded project with Cambridge SME Advanced Infrastructure which will determine the feasibility of a smart meter energy database. 2 February 2023 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 … Next page Next › Last page Last »