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Keele’s Smart Energy Network Demonstrator set to save 4000 tonnes of CO2 each year!

Keele University is aiming to create Europe's first multi-energy vector Smart Energy Network Demonstrator (SEND).…

24 Oct 2018

Let’s store solar and wind energy – by using compressed air

If energy storage could be available at low cost and high performance, renewable energy would rapidly displace all other generation forms. Could compressed air provide a commercially viable solution? The University of Nottingham's Professor Seamus Ga…

24 Oct 2018

Midlands’ universities provide a glimpse into the future of energy for Green GB Week

ERA partner universities are offering a glimpse into the future of energy innovation for Green GB Week.…

11 Oct 2018

'Kryten' to speak at ERA's Midlands Energy Conference

Robert Llewellyn, host of the electric vehicle show ‘Fully Charged’ has been announced as the keynote speaker for the Energy Research Accelerator’s ‘ERA Vision: Midlands Energy Conference’ on 26th November 2018. …

10 Oct 2018

New report says global quadrupling of cooling appliances will see staggering increase in world's energy consumption

Increased global need for cooling by 2050 could see world energy consumption soar as the number of cooling appliances quadruples, according to a new report by the University of Birmingham, UK…

08 Aug 2018

UK and China experts partner for energy storage solutions

The University of Birmingham and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have signed an agreement to launch a joint research centre in energy storage.…

08 Aug 2018

Senseye collaborates with MTC on Factory in a Box

A specialist software company is the latest industrial partner to get involved with the Manufacturing Technology Centre’s ERA funded ‘Factory in a Box’ initiative.…

03 Aug 2018

Warwick helps Char.gy launch lampost based electric charging

Startup company char.gy has created a new electric vehicle charging point product which can be easily installed onto existing lampposts.…

12 Jul 2018