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UK announces new plan to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles

Environment
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced today on World Electric Vehicle Day (9 September 2020) the UK Government’s ambitious plan to accelerate the adoption...

European Commission to launch a new critical raw materials action plan

Environment
This week the European Commission has presented its 2020 List of Critical Raw Materials alongside a foresight study on the future use of critical...

Wave energy innovation: Waves4Power is ready to grow

Energy
Swedish firm Waves4Power aims to ‘generate a better future’ by driving innovation in the burgeoning field of wave energy. Electricity production traditionally relies on burning...

Float Europe® can help Ireland achieve its renewable energy goals

Energy
Float Europe® proposes a concept that can assist Ireland’s renewable energy sources to respond to European 2030 renewable energy goals. Float Europe® (Float Marine Technologies...

Hydropower vs wind energy – securing the world’s electricity supply

Energy
Jose Manuel Chamorro from The University of the Basque Country, Spain, speaks to Innovation News Network about the environmental impact of hydropower plants and...

Sustainable innovation and the role of interdisciplinary collaboration

Environment
Florent Allais from AgroParisTech speaks to The Innovation Platform about the importance of combining biotechnologies, green chemistry, and downstream processes when fostering sustainable innovation. Faced...

Graphene can be used to increase the durability of hydrogen fuel cells

Environment
A new paper suggests that chemically altered graphene can be used to increase the durability of hydrogen fuel cells for cars. The paper, published in...

€100m to fund research into battery life expectancy and battery recycling

Environment
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany, has recently announced the investment of a further €100m in battery research, aiming to increase...

The importance of protecting energy start-ups during the pandemic

Environment
Elena Bou, Innovation Director at EIT InnoEnergy, warns of the consequences of not supporting energy start-ups in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, offering...

Float Europe’s proposal for Ireland’s renewable energy goals

Energy
Float Europe® address Ireland’s renewable energy needs, using their innovative wind and wave harnessing technology. In the past, Float Europe proposed the Offshore Floating Ocean...

Innovation in energy storage could end our dependency on fossil fuels

Environment
For sustainable energy to become widely adopted, researchers need to confirm the safety, sustainability, and availability of energy storage methods. Since the discovery of electricity,...

Scientists develop a method of using shadows to generate electricity

Environment
Researchers have developed a way of using shadows to generate electricity, offering a potentially sustainable alternative to fossil fuel powered electricity. This novel concept developed...

Major changes to electric vehicle chargepoint policy in the UK

Environment
The British Government has announced major changes to electric vehicle policy in the UK, including an additional £1bn of funding for chargepoints. British Prime Minister...

Supporting the decarbonisation of transport in Scotland

Environment
The Innovation Platform speaks to EVA Scotland about their ambition to be the voice of the electric vehicle movement and to promote the decarbonisation...

Developing microreactors that transform water into hydrogen fuel

Environment
Scientists from the University of Southampton have used solar energy to convert optical fibres into photocatalytic microreactors that transform water into hydrogen fuel. In a...

Developing an organic proton battery that charges in seconds

Environment
Researchers from Uppsala University have developed an organic proton battery which can be charged in a matter of seconds. The newly developed battery can be...

Scientists to develop a sustainable biofuel using panda faeces

Environment
By converting lignocellulosic biomass into a sustainable bioethanol, scientists are to develop a sustainable biofuel that relies on the digestive system of pandas. A team...

€14bn to promote sustainable infrastructure in the EU

Environment
The European Commission has announced the approval of an investment package worth more than €14bn of EU funds to promote sustainable infrastructure. The EU funded...

Unleashing the next generation of metal-air batteries for electric vehicles

Environment
In a collaborative research paper, scientists have outlined how they developed a new catalyst that could boost the charge efficiency of metal-air batteries. Metal-air batteries...

Innovation in green ammonia: potentially reducing global emissions by 2%

Environment
Researchers from The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have developed a green ammonia which can be used as an eco-fuel, potentially reducing global emissions by 2%. Comprised...
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