R&D
Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles
The breakthrough, spurred by the discovery of plastic-eating bugs at a Japanese dump, could help solve the global plastic pollution crisis
Reports: AB Inbev invents low-carbon beer bubbles
World's largest brewer claims it can make fizzy beer without needing to boil water and hops
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals joins green hydrogen partnership
Converting excess green electricity into hydrogen could help Sweden switch to 100 per cent renewables by 2040
Top universities sign up to Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment
Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Yale, Stanford, and Zurich among 18 academic institutions to join new global green finance research partnership
Haliade-X: GE unveils plan for record-breaking 12MW offshore wind turbine
Engineering giant reveals $400m plan to develop the world's largest wind turbine, promising to boost output by 45 per cent and "set new benchmark" on costs
First sustainable Lego pieces to go on sale
Range including leaves, bushes and trees made entirely from plant-based plastic sourced from sugar cane will be available later this year
Reports: Dyson recruiting 300 EV jobs to advance green motoring strategy
British technology firm is beefing up its EV team as it races to build first electric car by 2020
Energy storage leap could slash electric car charging times
Development of new material for supercapacitors has potential to raise range to that of petrol cars
CCS group captures £900,000 government grant
Consortium led by Carbon Clean Solutions will use cash for research into how to cut costs of carbon capture technology
Faraday Institution dishes out £42m in battery R&D funding
New government-backed research hub awards fresh funding to four pioneering energy storage projects
Overcoming the barriers to green business innovation
Environmental firms are innovative by nature, argues Matthew Farrow, but to fulfill their potential barriers need to be addressed
UK ORE strikes offshore wind collaboration deal with China's Tus
EXCLUSIVE: Deal will offer UK businesses a route into the offshore wind market in China, forge research links and secure UK role in 500MW demonstrator project in Shandong Province
The quest to create carbon-negative concrete
New technologies from Canadian companies CarbonCure and CarbiCrete are part of an XPRIZE focused on beneficial uses of carbon dioxide
Innovate UK launches first ever loan fund
UK's innovation agency branches out from grant funding with £10m loan scheme for R&D infrastructure projects
The power of innovation and the innovation of power
James Murray's speech to the BusinessGreen Technology Awards 2017
Energy Technologies Institute launches David Clarke Fellowship in support of future low carbon leaders
New programme launched in honour of ETI's late chief executive Dr David Clarke
Jean giants unzip greener dyeing technology
New dyeing process touted by Wrangler, Lee, and Walmart promises to cut water and energy use by more than 90 per cent
Joint hackathon aims to blow fresh thinking into wind industry
InnoEnergy and WindEurope team up to host a hackathon to develop innovative solutions that could shape wind technology's future
Airlabs launches crowdfunder for car-cleaning air pollution technology
Start-up claims it has invented the first in-car technology for protecting drivers and passengers from high levels of air pollution
This edible packaging will make you reconsider seaweed
And if you don't want to eat it, it will dissolve quickly in water
Michael Gove launches new UK centre for sustainable oceans
The Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture Futures will focus on sea animal health, food safety and protection of aquatic environment
US Department of Energy fires up $26m carbon capture research fund
Trump administration offers financial assistance for cost-shared carbon capture research projects
New wave energy generator hits the water
The WaveSub prototype from Welsh developers Marine Power Systems begins sub-sea testing phase in Cornwall
Climeworks flicks switch on 'world first' atmosperic carbon capture plant
Iceland site hailed as the first ever facility to remove carbon dioxide straight from the air and store it underground
