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Mechanical and industrial engineering

9/4/2025 News

‘Intelligent’ electric motor boosts industrial energy efficiency – a gamechanger

Researchers at the University of Nottingham and one of its spinouts, The Thinking Pod innovations (TTPi), have partnered with a subsidiary of US-based engineered products manufacturer ITT to develop new power converter technology and an intelligent electric motor they claim will ‘revolutionise’ the energy efficiency of industrial processes in harsh environments.

Electric vehicles

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9/4/2025 News

EV rules relax to protect UK car makers from tariffs

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has introduced a raft of new reforms to boost British electric vehicle (EV) car manufacturers, along with tax breaks that potentially make it ‘cheaper and easier’ to own an electric car – in response to US President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs on import.

Decarbonisation

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9/4/2025 Comment / Derk Swider,Eike Blume-Werry

Ensuring an affordable and effective energy transition in Europe

How much will Europe’s energy transition cost? Here, Derk Swider, Chief Economist, and Eike Blume-Werry, Manager of Energy Policy Analysis, both at E.ON, look at cost optimisation across supply and demand, and stress that early action will pay dividends.

Greenhouse gases

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9/4/2025 Feature / Lindsay-Marie Armstrong

Research update on... carbon dioxide removal technologies

Technologies such as bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), decarbonised steelmaking techniques and direct air capture (DAC) are investigated in this review article written by Lindsay-Marie Armstrong, Professor of Decarbonised Systems and Deputy Director of the Sustainability and Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton. Below is an edited and abridged synthesis of UK research on the topic commissioned by the UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) over the last few years.

BECCS

9/4/2025 News

Sweden plans to build ‘world’s largest’ BECCS facility

Swedish district energy provider Stockholm Exergi is to construct potentially one of the world’s largest facilities for the capture and storage of biogenic CO₂.

Coal

9/4/2025 News

Helsinki closes last coal power plant, cutting emissions by 30%

Salmisaari, the last coal power plant in Helsinki, Finland, has been officially shut down, cutting CO₂ emissions in the city by 30% compared to last year.

Tidal Power

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9/4/2025 Feature / Andrew Mourant

Riding the wave: UK tidal energy development prospects surge

Tidal energy developments are set to surge in the UK’s renewable supply mix for ambitious marine engineers and developers. According to recent research by Offshore Renewable Energy, Catapult and Imperial College London, tidal energy could potentially provide 11.5 GW to the energy system, satisfying11% of national demand. Moreover, its predictability is an attraction, given variable sources such as wind and solar which can pose grid integration challenges. Andrew Mourant reports.

Decarbonisation

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9/4/2025 Comment / Mercedes Maroto-Valer

Decarbonising UK industry: IDRIC’s transformative impact

Since its launch in 2021, the UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) has developed an influential network of over 700 industries, trade associations, governmental/public bodies and research institutions, to accelerate the pace and scale of industrial decarbonisation. As the organisation nears the end of its current phase of work, its Director, Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, also the Robert Buchan Chair in Sustainable Energy Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, looks back over four busy years.

Shipping

Aerial view of Portsmouth International Port

2/4/2025 News

UK aims for carbon free shipping by 2050

The UK government has published updated plans to decarbonise the shipping sector, including new emissions targets for 2030 and 2040 as well as fresh measures to support alternative fuels and electrification.

Electric vehicles

Blue electric car driving round bend of countryside road

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2/4/2025 Feature / Jack Carfrae

As EV sales decelerate – what’s going wrong?

European electric car sales fell by 5.9% in 2024 but rebounded at the beginning of this year. Jack Carfrae examines the market’s ups and downs and asks what role Chinese new entrant electric vehicles (EVs) are playing.

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‘Intelligent’ electric motor boosts industrial energy efficiency – a gamechanger

EV rules relax to protect UK car makers from tariffs

Ensuring an affordable and effective energy transition in Europe

Research update on... carbon dioxide removal technologies

Sweden plans to build ‘world’s largest’ BECCS facility

Helsinki closes last coal power plant, cutting emissions by 30%

Riding the wave: UK tidal energy development prospects surge

Decarbonising UK industry: IDRIC’s transformative impact

UK aims for carbon free shipping by 2050

As EV sales decelerate – what’s going wrong?