Renewables

electrification of automotive - Electric vehicles are fast becoming a mainstream option for drivers and solve many of the challenges facing our cities. - image courtesy of Pixabay

Australian Labor party announces 50% electric car target by 2030

A SunEdison solar project - image courtesy of SunEdison and PRNewsWire.

Digital Transformation

Solar power brings cool solution to vaccine preservation problem

Aurrigo claims autonomous pods are zero carbon, safer, reduce operators’ labour costs and require no dedicated route infrastructure – image courtesy of Aurrigo.

Autonomous pods: From Coventry to Las Vegas

Hydrogen trains are greener, quieter and and cheaper to manage than conventional diesel trains. They also don't require expensive install expensive electrification infrastructure - image courtesy of Alstom.

Hydrogen trains to “Breeze” ahead on British railways

Most sustainable companies The capacity of offshore windfarms nearly doubled over 2018. Among the new offshore wind farms was the Walney Extension, the largest offshore wind farm in the world - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Manufacturing helps the UK reach record levels of renewable energy production

The US has announced that aluminium and steel tariffs on imports from the EU are to come into force - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

UK government pledges £170m to help heavy industry decarbonise

Industry 4.0, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Smart Manufacturing Data Analytics Digital Transformation Connected value chains - stock image

Digital Transformation

1 million more UK manufacturing and hi-tech jobs needed by 2030

A commitment to develop carbon capture and storage technology, which stops greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere, was made ahead of a summit in Edinburgh - image courtesy of BSCSP

UK’s first carbon capture usage & storage project to be commissioned by mid-2020s

Gauging the mood of UK Manufacturing: The Manufacturer’s Annual Manufacturing Report 2019

There is a high potential for opportunity in the developing lightweight structures sector in Greater Manchester - image courtesy of UK Department for International Trade

Global lightweight manufacturing hub forming in Greater Manchester

Utilising 3D printing to create jigs and fixtures - image courtesy of Formlabs

Replacing machined jigs and fixtures with 3D printing