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ETI launches research projects to prepare ground for mass-market plug-in cars

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has launched three major research projects, worth £4.5 million, to help prepare the ground for a self-sustaining mass market for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

Consortium gets Government backing to turn waste biomass into transport biofuel

A consortium of British businesses has netted £7 million of Government funding to develop a technology that could see mini refineries sited near landfill sites up and down the country producing cheap, carbon efficient biofuel for transport from waste. 

E.ON and ScottishPower get CCS funding

Energy companies E.ON and ScottishPower have been awarded a share of £90 million worth of Government funding to compete to build the first commercial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant in the UK.

Clean fuel and floating office come together to provide zero carbon work solution

A UK company that has found a way to store the energy from intermittent renewables, such as wind and solar, and turn them into hydrogen, is to test its off grid clean fuel technology in a Dutch-designed floating office, with the aim of delivering a world first in sustainable, zero carbon building solutions.

'Green' wood technology could revolutionise use of MDF

A low carbon technology that waterproofs, strengthens and extends the life of softwood by up to 50 years has been shown in trials to be able to turn MDF into a product for outdoor use that could revolutionise the use of the wood composite.

British cleantech firms partner on ‘carbon negative’ building projects

Two British clean technology firms have joined forces to deliver commercially viable, large-scale ‘carbon-negative’ buildings.

Hemp-based natural fibre breathes new life into insulation market

A new insulation product made from sustainably sourced hemp is offering a renewable and low carbon alternative to synthetic equivalents.

M&S extends ‘Plan A’ with 80 new eco commitments

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced 80 new initiatives under its ‘Plan A’ eco programme and committed to begin implementing them within the next five years.

87 social housing projects to test innovative low carbon technologies

The effectiveness of a range innovative new low carbon technologies, many of which have been developed by SMEs, are to be tested in 87 social housing projects across the UK, with the aim of making them carbon neutral.

Every day grass could put UK brownfield sites to biomass use

An everyday grass has been identified as the best candidate for generating green energy from UK brownfield and polluted sites.

ETI launches research projects to prepare ground for mass-market plug-in cars
Business and academia are joining together to research into different aspects of mass market plug-in cars
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