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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).
A close up of a fuel pump connected to a car

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.
Conventional refrigeration methods are very inefficient.
Conventional refrigeration methods are very inefficient. With approximately 10% of all electricity generated used to power refrigeration equipment, they have a significant environmental impact.

Materials discovery holds the key to efficient refrigeration

The world needs more efficient refrigeration. Could solid state refrigeration be the answer? Researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering are developing new materials that could help this to become a reality.
An artist's impression of the new Sustainable Aviation Fuels Innovation Centre
An artist's impression of the new Sustainable Aviation Fuels Innovation Centre (SAF-IC)

Making new sustainable aviation fuels a reality

The Sustainable Aviation Fuels Innovation Centre (SAF-IC) is a bespoke research centre for the development and testing of sustainable aviation fuels.

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Finding practical solutions to global food, energy and climate challenges creating a sustainable future for everyone.

COP26: Energy Institute experts share their thoughts

In the run-up to COP26, we asked leading experts in key energy areas here at the University's Energy Institute what their research area need to be doing to reach sustainability goals by 2050.
Energy wind turbines

The University of Sheffield’s Energy Institute welcomes government net zero strategy

The University of Sheffield’s Energy Institute has welcomed the UK government’s new Net Zero Strategy, released yesterday (Tuesday 19 October). 
An artist's impression of the new Sustainable Aviation Fuels Innovation Centre

Major new sustainable aviation fuels centre to be built in South Yorkshire

The University of Sheffield is set to build a new Sustainable Aviation Fuels Innovation Centre (SAF-IC) which will be the first of its kind in Europe with facilities to test, validate and certify new sustainable aviation fuels.