R&D
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
BusinessGreen Insight Report: Tackling livestock emissions
New report explores the exciting new market for feeds capable of slashing agricultural emissions
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
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
E.ON sets sights on developing airborne 'kite' wind power technology
Energy giant confirms it is to test airborne wind technology in flurry of clean tech announcements
ETI launches project to clean up biomass impurities
Research aims to boost efficiency and cost-effectiveness of biomass power plants
Britvic develops bottle made from sustainable wood pulp
EXCLUSIVE: Beverage giant reveals it has developed 'patent-pending' moulding and processing techniques that enable production of wood fibre bottles on prototype manufacturing line
Princess Anne backs GM crops and livestock - unlike Prince Charles
Anne says she would farm GM food and GM livestock a 'bonus', while Charles says GM crops will cause 'biggest disaster environmentally of all time'
Danone and Nestlé Waters launch joint bio-bottle push
World's two largest bottled water firms announce new partnership with US start up to accelerate development of bio-based plastic bottle
Heathrow promises to clear green aviation R&D incubator for take-off
Airport unveils wide-ranging new sustainability strategy, vowing to switch to 100 per cent renewable power and improve local air quality
Centrica launches £100m energy innovations venture
Centrica Innovations will "incubate and accelerate" new energy technologies in attempt to boost growth across the business
