Renewable energy

Leading battery researcher awarded €1 million Körber Prize

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Leading battery researcher awarded €1 million Körber Prize

Professor Clare Grey, courtesy Gabriella Bocchetti Tuesday, June 22, 2021 Professor Clare Grey of this Department has been awarded the Körber European Science Prize 2021, worth one million euros. The prize is awarded for excellent and innovative research approaches with high application potential. Grey is one of the UK’s leading battery researchers, and is a…

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Renewable Energy Engineer

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The post Renewable Energy Engineer appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.

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Yasser M. Khaldi: Governing Renewable Energy Transition in Conflict Contexts: The Case of Palestine

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Supervisor: Dr. Minna Sunikka-Blank

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Redefining the Haber-Bosch loop

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Redefining the Haber-Bosch loop

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Peterborough renewable energy park given green light

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It will generate the energy equivalent of the electricity required to power 700 homes

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Sustainable hydrogen production a step closer

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Sustainable hydrogen production a step closer

Courtesy Department of Chemistry Photography Thursday, January 7, 2021 The creation of hydrogen from sunlight and waste has received funding to support development towards commercialisation. Photoreforming is a process which uses sunlight to transform biomass, food and plastic waste into hydrogen. Now researchers in the Reisner group have received a European Research Council Proof of…

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East Cambs councillors take next steps to achieving net zero carbon emissions with contract switch

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Councillors have taken the next steps towards achieving net zero carbon emissions by switching council buildings and car parks to a renewable energy scheme.

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Council focuses energy on going green

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Reference:  Date:  Wed, 10/14/2020 East Cambridgeshire District Council is making its next steps towards net zero carbon emissions by making two big green energy switches for its buildings and car parks. Since 1st October, the Council’s head office, the Grange and its commercial buildings based in Ely and Littleport have switched to a 100 percent…

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Fighting fatigue in lithium-ion batteries

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Fighting fatigue in lithium-ion batteries

Image of coin cells courtesy Department of Chemistry photography Monday, August 24, 2020 Researchers have identified a potential new degradation mechanism for electric vehicle batteries – a key step to designing effective methods to improve battery lifetime. Researchers from this Department, the University of Liverpool, and the Diamond Light Source have identified one of the…

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Cambridgeshire village renewable energy project wins £2m funding

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Instead of using oil for heating and hot water in the village, heat will be extracted from the ground saving thousands of tonnes of carbon emissions

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