The politics of making an electric vehicle battery
Without a foothold in the minerals required to produce EV batteries, the UK automotive industry faces an uncertain future, so
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Energy
A million EU citizens demand green economic stimulus
Over a million people have signed petitions calling on the European Union (EU) to restart its coronavirus-battered economy by launching
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Ministry of Defence gets lukewarm environmental evaluation
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has made ‘some headway’ in meeting its environmental sustainability objectives, but it can do more
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£5m sustainability impact venture fund launched
A new £5m investment fund dedicated to sustainability and environmental initiatives has been launched by landscaping firm Ground Control. Financed
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Oxford plots green economic recovery plan
Oxford City Council will attempt to maintain the environmental benefits of the coronavirus lockdown, as restrictions are gradually lifted from
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Researchers map major renewable energy sites
Researchers at the University of Southampton have mapped the global locations of major renewable energy sites, which they say will
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What a sustainable circular economy would look like
Post-coronavirus, the world requires a truly circular economy to deliver long-term sustainable benefits, writes Anne Velenturf and Phil Purnell from
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Pioneering project to develop low-carbon heating initiatives
A pioneering project has been launched by the University of Exeter has been launched to develop new initiatives for greener
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Project to explore how hydrogen could fuel the engines of tomorrow
Keele University has launched a €4m study to find ways that hydrogen could fuel aeroplane engines, gas turbines, boilers and
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Drax to supply free energy to 170 care homes
Energy company Drax Group will give 170 UK care homes free power during the coronavirus crisis. The care homes are
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Four things you didn’t know about nuclear waste
There are several misconceptions around nuclear waste – Laura Leay, nuclear engineering innovation fellow at the University of Manchester, tackles
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Bristol reportedly looks to offload energy company
Bristol City Council is reportedly looking to sell off its energy business – Bristol Energy – after warning the local
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Gridserve partners with Hitachi for EV infrastructure
Gridserve has announced a partnership Japanese manufacturer Hitachi to ‘revolutionise’ the UK’s approach to solar energy and electric vehicles (EV)
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Coronavirus leads to ‘dramatic shift’ in EU and UK energy mix
Coal power fell by over a quarter (25.5%) across the European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) in the first
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Coronavirus: we’re in a real-time laboratory of a more sustainable urban future
The coronavirus lockdown has allowed us to imagine a different, more sustainable urban future. When it ends, we have a
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UK city launches ‘world’s first’ zero-carbon superhub
Oxford City Council has launched Energy Superhub Oxford (ESO), thought to be the world-first project that integrates decarbonising power, heat
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New plans unveiled for ‘UK’s first’ net-zero neighbourhood
Sero Homes has released new CGI images from Parc Hadau in Wales, which is set to be the UK’s first
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New technology won’t save us from climate disaster
A belief that new technologies such as nuclear fusion or carbon capture and storage will ‘save’ us from climate change
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Green groups demand ‘green and just’ economic recovery plan from EU
A coalition of green groups including the WWF, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth are lobbying the EU to sign
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EV battery ‘can be charged in seconds’
Researchers at the University of Uppsala in Sweden have developed a more sustainable electric vehicle (EV) battery that can be
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