R&D
Gateshead's £30m integrated clean energy research facility takes shape
InTEGReL - the Integrated Transport Electricity Gas Research Laboratory - unveiled with view to helping UK develop a fully integrated, zero carbon energy network
Are our diets becoming more sustainable?
Hubbub's Trewin Restorick reveals some of the drivers behind the recent green shift in UK diets
Breakthrough in algae production could usher in desert farming, claim scientists
Researchers from Abu Dhabi and the UAE pioneer new strain of algae that can thrive in ultra-bright desert environments - opening the door for algal farming in the Middle East
Audi teams up with Hanergy to plan sun-powered car roofs
Prototype of vehicle with solar cells integrated into a glass sunroof set to be unveiled by the end of the year
CCS: Inside Norway's world-leading carbon capture testing facility
Backed by state funding alongside leading oil and gas firms, Norway is leading the world in carbon capture R&D at its Technology Centre Mongstad
Scientists create food from electricity and CO2
With climate change diminishing the nutritional value of agricultural crops, scientists are making headway with lab protein that can be produced anywhere
Electric vehicles can power buildings without degrading batteries, researchers discover
Scientists at the University of Warwick report that using electric vehicles as mobile energy storage units can actually boost vehicle battery life by around 10 per cent
Google enters race for nuclear fusion technology
The tech giant and a leading US fusion company develop a new computer algorithm that significantly speeds up progress towards clean, limitless energy
Carbon Trust to run government's £9.2m Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator
Consultancy to head up four-year program to fund energy efficiency demonstration projects
Scientists develop sustainable spider silk in green materials breakthrough
Green material mimics the properties of 'wonder material' spider silk, one of the world's strongest materials
Breathing new life into waste batteries
Clean + Cool 2017 Mission alumni Aceleron is collecting old lithium batteries from cars and laptops and reprocessing them to deliver low cost energy storage capacity
Market for methane-cutting livestock feed heats up, BusinessGreen report finds
BusinessGreen Insight Report investigates developing market for farm animal feed additives that can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
BusinessGreen Insight Report: Tackling livestock emissions
New report explores the exciting new market for feeds capable of slashing agricultural emissions
Could the coldest days provide a wind power boost?
New study explores concerns about the potential for lower levels of wind power output on cold days when energy demand is at its highest
Innovate UK preps launch of £15m infrastructure fund, urges clean tech firms to apply
Government backed agency to invest in projects across the low carbon infrastructure sector
The clean energy future requires commitment to open innovation
Andrew Thompson of Withers & Rogers argues the nature of clean tech and the explosion in microgeneration requires firms to get the balance right between collaboration and IP protection
Smart City: Mayor Sadiq Khan promises funding boost for 100 clean tech firms
New £1.6m Clean Tech Incubator launched as Mayor of London unveils vision to make the capital the 'world's leading smart city'
Let's end the economists' stranglehold on sustainability
We need a better understanding of the circular economy, argues Professor Roland Clift, and chemical engineers might hold the answer
A step ahead: Interface creates world's first 'carbon negative' carpet
Prototype carpet tile removes 2kg of carbon per square metre by using plant-based materials and closed-loop manufacturing
World's first commercial plant sucking CO2 from air launches in Switzerland
Breakthrough plant will capture 900 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year
Scottish project wins EU funding to test small-scale CCS
Team behind project 'Acorn' hope to establish a low-cost entry point for carbon capture and storage in the UK
Unilever tears up sachet waste with new recycling technology
Consumer goods giant unveils ground-breaking technology to recycle plastic sachets as part of strategy to make all its packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025
Fuel cell firms launch mass manufacturing research push
DIGIMAN initiative aims to automate manufacturing processes in a bid to deliver 50,000 fuel cell stacks a year from 2020
Battery storage projects win big in new Industrial Strategy funding
Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund will invest £1bn over the next four years into robotics, batteries, autonomous cars, future materials and other cutting-edge R&D
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