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 Groundbreaking Flue2Chem carbon capture project secures £2.7m funding The University of Sheffield is one of 15 organisations involved in a new carbon capture project set to address the UK’s sustainability targets. 2 February 2023 Mohamed Pourkashanian recognised in the 2022 New Years Honours List for outstanding contribution Congratulations to Professor Mohamed Pourkashanian for receiving an OBE for his incredible public service. 9 January 2023 World’s first net zero transatlantic flight to fly from London in 2023 The first ever net zero transatlantic flight will take off from the UK next year as part of a pioneering research project to fly across the pond using solely sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). 16 December 2022 The new solar-cell design has a surface embossed with micro grooves A groovy way to boost solar power efficiency While solar energy is renewable, the manufacturing process for panels is wasteful. Professor David Lidzey and Power Roll Ltd have developed a solar cell design that is more efficient and cuts production costs. 6 December 2022 Exploring green hydrogen potential for Sheffield’s steelmakers at TERC in partnership with E.ON The Translational Energy Research Centre is part of a new study to assess the feasibility of using green hydrogen as a green alternative fuel for industrial steelmaking processes. 14 November 2022 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Current page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 … Next page Next › Last page Last »