R&D

Government announces new £20m Hydrogen Supply initiative, as flagship HyNet project predicts it could support over 5,000 jobs

Thérèse Coffey to announce £200,000 of funding to support work to explore impact of micro plastic threads from clothes and tyres on marine habitats

Ministers aim to make UK an AI research hot spot as clean tech firms seek to exploit machine learning opportunities

GE Renewable Energy signs five year R&D agreement with ORE Catapult, as Ørsted confirms final turbine installed at world's largest offshore wind farm

The breakthrough, spurred by the discovery of plastic-eating bugs at a Japanese dump, could help solve the global plastic pollution crisis

World's largest brewer claims it can make fizzy beer without needing to boil water and hops

Converting excess green electricity into hydrogen could help Sweden switch to 100 per cent renewables by 2040

Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Yale, Stanford, and Zurich among 18 academic institutions to join new global green finance research partnership

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

Range including leaves, bushes and trees made entirely from plant-based plastic sourced from sugar cane will be available later this year