Research highlights and Blogs

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT - From Blueprints to Decarbonization: How AI Agents are Automating Building Energy Modeling

Data2BEM’ framework cuts modeling time by 90%, accelerating the path to net-zero buildings.

REPORT: From gridlock to grid power: how to get renewable energy where it’s needed in the UK

The UK’s drive to net zero won’t succeed on wind turbines and solar farms alone. The real bottleneck is moving that clean electricity from remote fields and offshore platforms to the homes, cities and industries that need it.

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT - Table salt unlocks secrets of gold surface chemistry

Can a pinch of salt lead to better medical tests, cleaner energy, and smarter sensors?

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT - ‘Beautiful energy sandwich’ could power next-generation solar and lighting

Researchers have achieved a new level of control over the atomic structure of a family of materials known as halide perovskites, creating a finely tuned ‘energy sandwich’ that could transform how solar cells, LEDs and lasers are made.

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT - Solar-powered method lights the way to a ‘de-fossilised’ chemical industry

Researchers have demonstrated a new and sustainable way to make the chemicals that are the basis of thousands of products – from plastics to cosmetics – we use every day. Hundreds of thousands of chemicals are manufactured by the chemical industry, which transforms raw materials – usually fossil fuels – into useful end...

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT - Cambridge study: sustainable energy rising in Bitcoin mining

The use of sustainable energy sources for Bitcoin mining has grown to 52.4%, while natural gas has replaced coal as the single largest energy source, finds a new study by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at Cambridge Judge Business School. The ‘Cambridge Digital Mining Industry Report’ says the 52.4% use...

BLOG - The Sustainable Energy Imperative: A Future Generations Perspective on Technologies Leading the Clean Energy Transition

Given the terrible existential risks of climate change (IPCC 2023), greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions must be halved this decade to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C,

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT - New study rethinks cost of renewables in green ammonia production

A new study from the Department of Chemical Engineering ad Biotechnology is challenging assumptions about how best to use renewable electricity in green ammonia production, offering a practical way to design more cost-effective systems.

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT - Spinning, twisted light could power next-generation electronics

Researchers have advanced a decades-old challenge in the field of organic semiconductors, opening new possibilities for the future of electronics.