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 Construction of new national sustainable aviation fuels centre completed A major new research centre that will help test, certify and deploy new sustainable aviation fuels - the first of its kind in the UK - has reached a key milestone in its construction. 23 June 2022 Carbon capture rates in FOCUSS as SSE Thermal and University of Sheffield secure grant from BEIS An R&D project which aims to reduce the cost of achieving high carbon capture levels has received backing from BEIS. Key test activity for the project will take place at the University of Sheffield’s Translational Energy Research Centre. 31 May 2022 Regulate whole life carbon in buildings to reach net zero, researchers say Emissions from the full life cycle of buildings need to be regulated if the UK is to meet net zero, according to researchers from the University of Sheffield. 26 May 2022 Low-carbon energy grids could help rock dust absorb more CO2 Greener electricity grids could help us to use rock dust to remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and reach net zero much quicker, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Sheffield. 6 May 2022 Advanced Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell research rig, unique in the UK, arrives at the Translational Energy Research Centre The Translational Energy Research Centre is now home to a state-of-the-art, low-carbon energy research rig which is the first of its kind in the UK. The fuel cell enables research into capturing carbon and producing both electricity and hydrogen. 6 May 2022 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Current page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 … Next page Next › Last page Last »