Research & Technology
The latest environmental research and green technology news, from low carbon innovations and battery technology to smart cars and emissions technology, policies and regulations.
Turning ideas into sustainable businesses in developing regions
Rolf Huber, md, the Siemens Foundation, explains how the solutions submitted to the Siemens Foundation’s ’empowering people. Award 2015’ are becoming sustainable businesses in developing regions.Cuts to solar will damage public revenues and hinder green innovation
The Renewable Energy Association has released data showing that cutting the Feed-in Tariff for the UK’s renewables industry could result in a net loss to the Treasury, and to the UK taxpayer equal to the entire proposed budget for supporting the scheme in the next three years.Good Energy backs trial of first renewable energy online marketplace
The UK’s first renewable electricity peer-to-peer online marketplace will be trialled later this year following a deal between green energy supplier Good Energy and tech start-up Open Utility.EC launches €200m innovation fund to tackle “valley of death”
A €200 million pilot funding stream has been launched by the European Commission for projects that are in the late stages of development and close to being launched on the market.Mayor of London’s Office launches ‘smart cities’ competition
The Mayor of London’s Office is today calling on entrepreneurs and innovative businesses to enter a ‘smart cities’ competition that could see their ideas adopted by major regeneration projects across the capital.From lab to lunch: overcoming public anxiety about factory-grown meat
For Modern Meadow, a food start-up making synthetic meat, the biggest challenge may be convincing consumers that great meat can come from a laboratory.First peer-to-peer renewable electricity marketplace secures £500,000
UK-based tech start-up, Open Utility, is a step closer to launching the first renewable electricity peer-to-peer online marketplace, having secured half a million pounds of funding from the Government and other sources.Ecotricity’s Searaser passes first wave tank test
A novel wave power device backed by green energy company Ecotricity has successfully completed first stage testing, it was announced today.Cleantech start-up hits crowdfunding target on Crowdcube in record time
A world record has been set for cleantech funding by UK start-up, Powervault, which secured funding on crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to develop its innovative domestic energy storage devices.Unilever sponsors first tech start-up sustainability ‘hackathon’
Over £30,000 ($50,000) is on the table for tech start-ups striving to address sustainability in the first such venture to be sponsored by Unilever.Climate-KIC Journey: the EU school helping to create tomorrow’s green entrepeneurs
For the past two weeks, graduates from countries covering France to Japan have been working with London’s top universities and businesses to develop ideas that may crack the future battle against climate change. Thomas McMullan reports.£10m tide and wave simulator opens in Edinburgh
A £10.5 million marine research centre has opened in Edinburgh, featuring the world’s most sophisticated tide and wave simulator.New green innovation fund targets farmers
A new fund has launched for agricultural innovation that aims to put money in the hands of businesses with green fingers.Yorkshire carbon capture and storage project wins EU funding
Drax, the operator of Britain’s biggest power station, has secured up to €300 million (£238 million) of European Union funding to build a power plant whose carbon dioxide emissions will be trapped and buried deep beneath the North Sea.Cleantech Innovate to offer cash prize for first time
A UK cleantech conference has put some serious weight behind its annual event, launching a cash award for green innovation with two prizes of €20,000 (£15,967).
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