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Liang Kong presenting at Young Energy Researchers Conference
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University of Sheffield Doctoral Researcher presents metamodel at international conference

Doctoral Research Liang Kong attended the World Sustainable Energy Days 2025 (WSED) event in Austria, as a young energy efficiency researcher.
Scientist using a biological safety cabinet

The University of Sheffield to co-lead £5m hub to support national nuclear waste strategy

The next generation of experts needed to safely and securely manage the UK’s legacy nuclear materials will be trained by The Universities of Manchester and Sheffield.

Lightweight manufacturing at the AMRC

University of Sheffield leads the UK in engineering research income and investment

The University of Sheffield leads the UK in engineering research income and investment, according to the latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).
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US and China lead G20 in search for hydrogen fuels

The US and China are leading the G20 in efforts to develop hydrogen fuels, according to new research from the University of Sheffield.
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A jet engine

UK team images jet engine emissions in world-first

A UK-based industrial-academic consortium, including researchers from the Energy Institute, has developed a new imaging technique to map the CO2 emissions of a jet engine in real time.

| Published by The Engineer
four images of concept solar-powered cars

Solar powered cars: amazing vehicles that run on the sun

Energy Institute members Alastair Buckley and David Lidzey were recently spoke to Auto Express about solar cars - what are the main issues and how could they be made a reality?

| Published by AutoExpress
some large pieces of research equipment - which look like large grey, red and white boxes - are housed in a large warehouse-style building. These will carry out the testing for the project.

Translational Energy Research Centre wins government funding for innovative BECCS-to-hydrogen project

BIG-­H2, which has been funded by the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) under Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will investigate the creation of an innovative BECCS-to-hydrogen solution.

N8 Collabor8 project: Road Map to Success: The Net Zero Carbon Campus

Members of the N8 Collabor8 project, which includes the University of Sheffield, are undertaking a new project to help university campuses reach net zero.

A tailor from rural tanzania sits in front of an old-style sewing machine which has been retrofitted with a new motor. He is smiling and wearing a traditional hat. A smiling local woman sits on a nearby wall over his shoulder.

Research finds solar mini-grids and improved community support could provide better energy for rural Tanzania

Hannah Mottram has received a grant from the Fuel Poverty Research Network to study the effects and experiences of communities using solar mini-grids in Tanzania.