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Liang Kong presenting at Young Energy Researchers Conference
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University of Sheffield Doctoral Researcher presents metamodel at international conference

Doctoral Research Liang Kong attended the World Sustainable Energy Days 2025 (WSED) event in Austria, as a young energy efficiency researcher.
Scientist using a biological safety cabinet

The University of Sheffield to co-lead £5m hub to support national nuclear waste strategy

The next generation of experts needed to safely and securely manage the UK’s legacy nuclear materials will be trained by The Universities of Manchester and Sheffield.

Lightweight manufacturing at the AMRC

University of Sheffield leads the UK in engineering research income and investment

The University of Sheffield leads the UK in engineering research income and investment, according to the latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).
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US and China lead G20 in search for hydrogen fuels

The US and China are leading the G20 in efforts to develop hydrogen fuels, according to new research from the University of Sheffield.
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The University of Sheffield’s energy research will offer expert support for the government’s ‘green industrial revolution’

Both the University’s Energy Institute and its new Translational Energy Research Centre welcomed the news of the Prime Minister’s ambitions to reduce carbon emissions and drive renewable energy generation and usage over the next three decades.

A diagram of a circular economy

Energy Institute members will help to reduce waste in a £22.5 million UKRI project

Energy Institute members will take part in a new project to create and support a circular economy in five key industries, reducing waste and environmental impacts.

Soil

Enhancing analytical capabilities in soils for low-carbon technologies

Dr Brant Walkley will be working with the White Rose University Consortium to advance the analytical techniques that help tackle outstanding questions around soil's role in low-carbon technologies.

electricity power poles in a line against a sunset

New research project aims to improve the performance of battery technologies for use in developing countries

Dr Sol Brown and Professor Serena Corr from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering join a £3 million project to accelerate access to affordable, clean energy-based services to poor households and enterprises, especially in Africa.

two large scale batteries in a yard
The flywheel system at Willenhall

Successful flywheel installation takes energy storage project to next step

An innovative flywheel system has now been installed as part of the University's AdD HyStor project, looking at new ways to support and balance the electricity supply to the grid.