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 Driving the use of AI and smart systems within the automotive manufacturing industry A new paper published by Prof Lenny Koh highlights the ability for AI systems to enable more sustainable and economically-sound outcomes for the automotive manufacturing industry. 15 November 2021 Artist's impression of the Rolls-Royce SMR plant Nuclear AMRC to support next phase of Rolls-Royce SMR development The Nuclear AMRC will work with Rolls-Royce on the next phase of its small modular reactor (SMR) development programme, which the government confirmed £210 million funding for today (9 November 2021). 11 November 2021 Conventional refrigeration methods are very inefficient. With approximately 10% of all electricity generated used to power refrigeration equipment, they have a significant environmental impact. Materials discovery holds the key to efficient refrigeration The world needs more efficient refrigeration. Could solid state refrigeration be the answer? Researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering are developing new materials that could help this to become a reality. 10 November 2021 An artist's impression of the new Sustainable Aviation Fuels Innovation Centre (SAF-IC) Making new sustainable aviation fuels a reality The Sustainable Aviation Fuels Innovation Centre (SAF-IC) is a bespoke research centre for the development and testing of sustainable aviation fuels. 3 November 2021 | TERC COP26: Energy Institute experts share their thoughts In the run-up to COP26, we asked leading experts in key energy areas here at the University's Energy Institute what their research area need to be doing to reach sustainability goals by 2050. 31 October 2021 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Current page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 … Next page Next › Last page Last »