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Energy & environment

AI tool will scan wildlife photos for climate change clues

Variable frequency drives (VFD) are key to reducing the power consumption of motors

Promoted content: Motors and drives must be packaged together — anything less won’t do

The award is presented and run by the Royal Academy of Engineering (pictured) and the MacRobert Trust

Entries open for MacRobert Award 2025

EcoPulse performed its first hybrid-electric test flight on November 29, 2023, from Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport

EcoPulse test flights offer insights into decarbonising air transport

Panasonic’s Cardiff factory goes green with hydrogen

H2HD REFUEL will be assisted by findings from SwRI’s hydrogen-energy-related initiatives

Project launched to advance heavy-duty hydrogen refuelling infrastructure

The winding Sani Pass dirt road between South Africa and Lesotho

Project targets better road construction in South Africa

Methane is estimated to account for about 15 per cent of global temperature increases

Catalyst converts methane into polymers at room temperature

Carbon-14 diamond battery could work ‘forever’

Plastics treaty talks end without agreement

A thermal storage model has been developed allowing the prediction of energy storage at a 30-minute frequency

Phase change materials promise boost for decarbonised heat

Switch2 Partners with Corpower Ocean on ‘wave powered’ green ammonia project

Partnership to develop floating green ammonia production facility