News and Blogs

Energy and Environment award for Trent Basin

The ERA and Innovate funded Trent Basin project won the Energy and Environment prize at the Engineer's recent Collaborate to Innovate Awards.…

12 Nov 2019

University of Birmingham wins energy storage awards

The University of Birmingham’s Centre for Energy Storage, together with Chinese firm Jinhe Energy, triumphed at the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Global Awards 2019.…

12 Nov 2019

Businesses can't fight climate change alone

Collective action is necessary to spark the UK’s leadership position in fighting climate change says Professor Martin Freer, director of the Energy Research Accelerator, in his latest blog.…

23 Oct 2019

Hydrogen trial at Keele could dramatically cut UK's carbon emissions

Keele University has partnered with industry leaders on an innovative green energy trial that could pave the way to saving six million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions across the country every year.…

25 Sep 2019

Energy Research Accelerator launches new Industrial Advisory Board

The first Industrial Advisory Board meeting of the Energy Research Accelerator (ERA) took place this week.…

02 Aug 2019

£22m battery and thermal energy facilities launch at the University of Warwick, for a cleaner greener future

Two research centres for sustainable electrical and thermal energy technologies totalling £22m launched at WMG, University of Warwick.…

11 Jun 2019

Energy Research Accelerator appoints Chair of Industrial Advisory Board

The Energy Research Accelerator (ERA) has appointed Philip Sharman as the Chair of its Industrial Advisory Board …

26 Mar 2019

ERA's 'Factory in the Box' to launch

An automated, self-contained miniature factory funded by the Energy Research Accelerator is set to help SMEs access the next generation of manufacturing techniques.…

05 Feb 2019