Research for a sustainable future Our pioneering and innovative research is making a real-world impact on some of the greatest challenges facing our planet. This is the future. And it will be Sheffield made. You are here Home This is the future Research for a sustainable future Affordable, clean and secure energy for the UK University and industry partnerships can provide the new government with the answer for affordable, clean and secure energy. Lower cost power generation Our research is improving the operation, reliability and performance of wind turbines which could lead to lower cost electricity generation. Feeding the world with foam A unique project born out of innovative Sheffield science is giving families displaced by war the opportunity to grow fresh food in the desert using the most unlikely of materials – discarded mattresses.
