Eco Innovation

British exterior lighting manufacturer Acrospire is pleased to announce the official launch of a new brand, evpzee, dedicated to making electric vehicle (EV) charging straightforward and accessible. 

Integrals Power has started production of high-performance Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) and Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate (LMFP) cathode active materials at its new UK pilot plant. This milestone for the UK battery industry will help to accelerate the development of the domestic battery industry and achieve net zero ambitions.

A new, digitally controlled hybrid energy storage system (HESS) can double the service life of a battery and improve the temperature behaviour of the overall system, for example to support fast charging. The patented system was developed by Rutronik together with the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences in Zwickau.   

Marian Hryntsiv, Senior Technical Documentation Apps Engineer, Renesas Electronics explores current consumption reduction solutions.

Digital Catapult, the UK authority on advanced digital technology, has welcomed eight technology pioneers to the ‘Made Smarter Innovation Sustainability Accelerator’ to improve resource and energy efficiency in UK manufacturing.

An action-packed programme of free interactive events for the whole family will showcase how UCL engineers are creating the future, in fields such as artificial intelligence, space exploration, robotics, and medicine.

Researchers at ETH have been working on a nature-inspired technique to efficiently recover europium from discarded fluorescent lamps. This method could pave the way for the long-anticipated recycling of rare earth metals.

Across the globe, from rice fields in Asia to maize fields in the Americas, farmers are now spreading crushed volcanic rock into their fields, a part of a six-continent spreading rock weathering experiment.

New studies from Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, show that almost all air travel within a 750-mile radius (1200 km) could be made with hydrogen-powered aircraft by 2045, and with a novel heat exchanger currently in development, this range could be even further. 

Four of the UK’s leading engineering innovators are to be presented with The Princess Royal Silver Medal, one of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s most prestigious individual awards.