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MEPs approve new limits on CO2 emissions from cars
Lower CO2 limits are intended to protect the environment and spur clean car innovation. But environmentalists say a “super credits” scheme will allow car makers to fudge emission figures, undermining both objectives, while manufacturers say the limits will push up costs
$100M international research centre is a model for getting industry-academic collaborations up and running quickly
BP’s new International Centre for Advanced Materials with its hub at Manchester University now has ten research projects underway across four universities — including one focused on smart “self-healing” coatings
Plotting the shifts in Europe’s innovation ecosystem
Academics, SMEs and large companies are doing much more research in partnership. Science|Business looks back at some of the highlights of the move to open innovation in 2012, and the policy initiatives that are supporting this
The EU’s Eco-Innovation Action Plan: ‘green jobs and green growth’
An analysis the EU's eco-innovation strategy in preparation of the Science|Business Q&A with EU Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik
Innovation Intelligence
New ideas for managing scarce resources and energy
Report of a high-level academic policy debate resource innovation, containing key ideas and recommendations on how to manage scarce resources and energy in Europe.
Getting carbon capture and storage technologies to market
The capture and storage of industrial carbon dioxide can help Europe create a low-carbon economy by 2050, but a radical overhaul of Europe's strategy is necessary say Science|Business symposium participants.
How to plan Europe's energy future
At the third in a series of high-level academic policy debates on the energy R&D challenge, The Energy Difference, key ideas and recommendations have emerged on how to plan a sustainable and cost-effective energy future for Europe.
Biofuels: The Next Generation
At the second in a series of three high-level academic policy debates on the energy R&D challenge, The Energy Difference, key ideas and recommendations have emerged to accelerate the deployment of sustainable biofuels.
12 Steps to getting more effective, more efficient energy R&D policy
This Science|Business report summarizes the first in a series of three high-level academic policy debates, focused on the energy R&D challenge. Twelve key ideas and recommendations emerged to better leverage Europe's research potential and speed the development of new energy technologies.
Growth and sustainability: an environmentally sound future for the energy sector
Taking a practical approach to affordable, secure and sustainable energy production can help boost economic development while cutting CO2 emissions, says Andrew Haslett
Carry on making the case for renewables
Renewable energy is the basis of the third industrial revolution, not an expensive luxury we can’t afford in hard times
Anglo-German cooperation is needed to deliver on offshore wind energy plans
A new partnership must be forged to ensure that resources are developed as quickly and as cost efficiently as possible
Academic Enterprise Awards (ACES) 2013
The ACES - Academic Enterprise Awards - are the only pan-European awards for spin-out companies emerged from European universities and public research centres.
European Parliament, Brussels - 04 June 2013
Smarter Data for Europe: Live webcast with Vice-President Neelie Kroes
The development of ‘Big Data’ applications and e-infrastructure can stimulate a new wave of economic and social progress.
Park Royal, Brussels - 23 May 2013

ETI seeks partners to develop gearbox & engine air charging systems to increase HDV efficiency
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is seeking partners - major companies, academics and SMEs to help develop a new type of...
Progress towards clean energy has stalled, IEA says
The rapid expansion of renewable technologies is one of the few bright spots in an otherwise bleak assessment of global progress...
Chalmers researchers develop a cheaper, faster charger for electric cars
Rotating transformer cuts the cost of charging to 'nearly zero'
ETI and HR Wallingford launch tidal energy modelling tool
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) and HR Wallingford have launched a tidal energy modelling tool for use by tidal energy developers...
New solar-cell design based on dots and wires
MIT researchers improve efficiency of quantum-dot photovoltaic system by adding a forest of nanowires
ETI announces shortlist of companies in £2.8M competition to design energy from waste demonstrator
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has drawn up a shortlist of three companies competing to design the most economically and commercially...
IEA launches Unconventional Gas Forum
More than 100 stakeholders from around globe discuss best practices for addressing environmental and social concerns over unconventional gas development
MIT researchers develop solar-to-fuel roadmap for crystalline silicon
New analysis points the way to optimizing efficiency of an integrated system for harvesting sunlight to make storable fuel.
“Dangerous deficit” in global energy governance – international bodies coordinating energy politics need reform
The International Energy Agency should cooperate closely with China, and India as first step toward membership, Grantham Institute for Climate Change paper says
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