A new energy technology development centre has been officially launched by Yorkshire ambassador Sir Gary Verity (pictured centre), praising Sheffield city region's focus on advanced manufacturing excellence. Sir Gary, Chief Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, formally opened the new Sheffield-headquarters of Libertine FPE which will act as the hub of its research and development work for linear motor-generator technologies.

Linear Power 2015, held at the University of Brighton from 7th to 8th September, will be the 'world’s first' technology forum for linear power systems technology researchers and application developers. The debate on how free piston linear power systems could transform how electrical power is generated, how vehicles are powered, how heating and cooling are provided and how energy is stored is gaining in momentum, and the forum will bring the...

A new type of automotive waste heat recovery system has been fired up on a recently commissioned test rig at the University of Brighton. The organic rankine cycle test rig uses a novel linear free piston expander to overcome the technical and economic barriers to using rankine cycle technology for automotive waste heat recovery.