News and blogs from 2021 and before
Keele’s Smart Energy Network Demonstrator set to save 4000 tonnes of CO2 each year!
Keele University is aiming to create Europe's first multi-energy vector Smart Energy Network Demonstrator (SEND).
Let’s store solar and wind energy – by using compressed air
Let’s store solar and wind energy – by using compressed air If energy storage could be available at low cost and high performance, renewable energy would rapidly displace all other generation forms. Could compressed air provide a commercially viable solution? The University of Nottingham's Professor Seamus Ga… 24 Oct 2018
Midlands’ universities provide a glimpse into the future of energy for Green GB Week
ERA partner universities are offering a glimpse into the future of energy innovation for Green GB Week
Kryten’ to speak at ERA’s Midlands Energy Conference
Robert Llewellyn, host of the electric vehicle show ‘Fully Charged’ has been announced as the keynote speaker for the Energy Research Accelerator’s ‘ERA Vision: Midlands Energy Conference’ on 26th November 2018.
New report says global quadrupling of cooling appliances will see staggering increase in world’s energy consumption
Increased global need for cooling by 2050 could see world energy consumption soar as the number of cooling appliances quadruples, according to a new report by the University of Birmingham, UK...
UK and China experts partner for energy storage solutions
The University of Birmingham and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have signed an agreement to launch a joint research centre in energy storage.…
Senseye collaborates with MTC on Factory in a Box
A specialist software company is the latest industrial partner to get involved with the Manufacturing Technology Centre’s ERA funded ‘Factory in a Box’ initiative.…
Warwick helps Char.gy launch lampost based electric charging
Startup company char.gy has created a new electric vehicle charging point product which can be easily installed onto existing lampposts.
Birmingham invests in Tyseley Energy Park
The University of Birmingham is investing £2.5 M in the Tyseley Energy Park (TEP) to work towards overcoming challenges such as energy poverty and poor air quality in the West Midlands
The Midlands can be at the heart of the UK’s energy market
In this blog in Insider, Emma Kelly, Chief Operating Officer of ERA puts forward the case for the Midlands to become the centre of the UK's energy market.
Trent Basin community energy system goes live
A ground-breaking community energy scheme, which enables residents to generate, store and use solar electricity, has been officially switched on in Nottingham...
It’s time to get disruptive!
In his final blog for ERA, Chief Executive, Gordon Waddington, discusses the need for industry and academia to come together to develop the disruptive technologies that will be needed to achieve the government's aim of reducing CO2;emissions by 80%