10 Cambridge spinouts forging a future for our planet
25 Oct 202410 companies taking Cambridge ideas out of the lab and into the real world to address the climate emergency.
Research is tackling the need to reduce energy demand, maintain energy supply, increase the efficiency of energy-requiring processes, and develop policy and pricing strategies. To find out more about our research in energy, visit the Energy Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) website.
Cambridge is forging a future for our planet
21 Oct 2024Find out how Cambridge's pioneering research in climate and nature is regenerating nature, rewiring energy, rethinking transport and redefining economics – forging a future for our planet.
How road haulage is navigating the route to net zero
11 Oct 2024Responsible for 8% of world carbon emissions, can trucking clean up its act?
Trash into treasure: making clean fuel from waste and sunlight
09 Oct 2024Professor Erwin Reisner and his team are developing prototype devices that convert waste, water and air into practical fuels and chemicals.
The cost of solar power: how low can we go?
08 Oct 2024Professor Sam Stranks is developing next-generation solar cell technology, which could drive down renewable energy prices even further.
What does it take to make a better battery?
01 Oct 2024Cambridge researchers are working to solve one of technology’s biggest puzzles: how to build next-generation batteries that could power a green revolution.
Thousands of birds and fish threatened by mining for clean energy transition
26 Jul 2024Our increasing demand for metals and minerals is putting over four thousand vertebrate species at risk, with the raw materials needed for clean energy infrastructure often located in global biodiversity hotspots, a study has found.
Soft, stretchy ‘jelly batteries’ inspired by electric eels
17 Jul 2024Researchers have developed soft, stretchable ‘jelly batteries’ that could be used for wearable devices or soft robotics, or even implanted in the brain to deliver drugs or treat conditions such as epilepsy.
A simple ‘twist’ improves the engine of clean fuel generation
24 Apr 2024Researchers have found a way to super-charge the ‘engine’ of sustainable fuel generation – by giving the materials a little twist.
Mess is best: disordered structure of battery-like devices improves performance
18 Apr 2024The energy density of supercapacitors – battery-like devices that can charge in seconds or a few minutes – can be improved by increasing the ‘messiness’ of their internal structure.
