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Researchers have demonstrated how a non-toxic alternative to lead could form the basis of next-generation solar cells. The team of researchers, from the University of Cambridge and the United States, have used theoretical and experimental methods to show how bismuth – the so-called “green element” which sits next to lead on the periodic table, coul…

The Platform on International Energy Governance held its first annual event on 22 June 2017. Entitled ‘An Inclusive Energy Transition? Global low-carbon strategies and their discontents’, the event brought together over 40 leading and early career academics and practitioners to discuss how the costs and benefits of the energy transition can be best…

CAM-IES held a networking symposium at Queen Mary University of London on 21 September 2017 for CAM-IES early career researchers, and members of the wider energy systems community. The symposium featured expert speakers from the fields of hybrid photovoltaics, energy harvesting, fuel cells, solid state batteries and flow batteries. Early career res…

IFBF, the International Flow Battery Forum, was held on 27-29 June in Manchester. CAM-IES announced the first call for proposals for short projects on redox flow batteries at IFBF, to open in mid-July. 

The CAM-IES launch was held at the Maxwell Centre in Cambridge on 11 May 2017. Academic investigators, researchers and industry partners met to discuss the Centre's six work packages and broader networking goals. 

Cambridge collaborative research into the development of self-healing cement-based materials for infrastructure has received a £4.85m funding boost from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Professor Abir Al-Tabbaa (Department of Engineering) said the newly funded Resilient Materials 4 Life (RM4L) programme grant, announc…

Researchers, from the Universities of Cambridge and Warwick, have developed the world’s thinnest metallic nanowire, which could be used to miniaturise many of the electronic components in use every day. The wire, made from a single string of tellurium atoms, is a true one-dimensional (1-D) material. These 1-D wires are produced inside extremely thi…

The University of Cambridge’s Strategic Research Initiative for energy researchers, Energy@Cambridge, organised a workshop on Faith, Energy and Society, in partnership with The Faraday Institute, Woolf Institute, Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry (VHI) and the Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics (KLICE). The event was led by …

On the 11 May Energy@Cambridge organised the launch of the Centre for Advanced Materials for Integrated Energy Systems (CAM-IES) at the Maxwell Centre in Cambridge which brought together the CAM-IES Co-Investigators and industry project partners, including CDT, Shell, Johnson Matthey, Deregallera, Eight19 and ARM.The CAM-IESis a £2 Million EPSRC ne…

In collaboration with the Maison française d’Oxford, Energy@Cambridge at the University of Cambridge, and with EDF Energy’s support, the French Embassy’s Nuclear Department organized a Franco-British seminar in Oxford on 15 May devoted to the human, social and ethical dimensions of nuclear energy.The objective was to hand the floor to young researc…

Scientists have discovered a group of materials which could pave the way for a new generation of high-efficiency lighting, solving a quandary which has inhibited the performance of display technology for decades. The development of energy saving concepts in display and lighting applications is a major focus of research, since a fifth of the world’s…

Dr Erwin Reisner’s group at the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge have developed a method to generate hydrogen from biomass using solar power. The process is both sustainable and relatively cheap to produce. It converts lignocellulose (a component of plant biomass) into gaseous hydrogen. The new technology relies on a simple photocat…

On 21 March Professor Michael Pollitt gave evidence to the House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee on leaving the EU: energy and climate negotiation priorities.The witnesses were: Dr Nina Skorupska CBE, Chief Executive, Renewable Energy Association, Nick Winser CBE, Deputy President of the Institution of Engineeri…

The House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs has published its report entitled ‘The Price of Power: Reforming the Electricity Market’. The Committee examined the impact of the policies of successive governments on the electricity market. In its report the Committee identifies two key failures in the current market: the narrow amount of s…

Prof Michael Pollitt, Chung-Han Yang and Hao Chen have released an EPRG Working Paper titled: 'Reforming the Chinese Electricity Supply Sector: Lessons from International Experience'.This was one of the outputs from a trip to China and meetings with electricity industry stakeholders in Beijing and Yunnan. The objective of the trip was to ask resear…