News
Archive of: 2021
IOM3 - Demand for biomass 'likely to exceed sustainable supply'
10 August 2021
The UK's Energy Transitions Commission (ETC)'s latest report sets out how rapidly increasing demand for bioresources could outstrip sustainable supply, undermining climate mitigation efforts and harming biodiversity.
$200 MILLION INVESTMENT COMMITMENT ANNOUNCED
09 August 2021
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) is pleased to announce a $200 million investment commitment from GEM Global Yield LLC SCS (GEM) as HAV pursues a public listing.
Flying car completes test flight between airports
05 August 2021
A prototype flying car has completed a 35-minute flight between international airports in Nitra and Bratislava, Slovakia.
AFBE-UK - The Hamilton Commission publishes report
03 August 2021
Seven-Time Formula One™ World Champion, Sir Lewis Hamilton and the Royal Academy of Engineering today publish The Hamilton Commission report, Accelerating Change: Improving Representation of Black People in UK Motorsport.
IOM3 - Construction groups unite to hit net-zero target
01 August 2021
The UK's Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), working as part of an international coalition of built environment professional groups, has jointly published for consultation the 'world’s first international standard for reporting carbon emissions across all areas of construction'.
IOM3 - McLaren Racing accelerates F1 with optimal materials use
30 July 2021
Material lifecycle management is moving to the centre of McLaren Racing’s workflow.
Orbital Marine Power’s O2 has commenced grid connected power generation.
29 July 2021
Orbital Marine Power’s O2, the world’s most powerful tidal turbine, has commenced grid connected power generation at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. The innovative, floating turbine is anchored in the Fall of Warness where a subsea cable connects the 2MW offshore unit to the local onshore electricity network.
IOM3 - World’s first full-scale zero carbon emissions steel plant set for Spain
28 July 2021
Facility could produce 1.6 million tonnes of zero carbon steel by 2025.
IOM3 - OEP publishes advice to Government on draft environmental principles policy statement
26 July 2021
The Interim Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has provided advice on the Government’s draft environmental principles policy statement, produced by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
RAEng - British pioneer of rapid, lab-free COVID-19 testing, DnaNudge, announced as winner of the 2021 MacRobert Award
24 July 2021
DnaNudge has been named as the winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2021 MacRobert Award. The London start-up has been honoured for the development of its pioneering consumer genetics technology, pivoting and adapting the technology to deliver a rapid, lab-free RT-PCR COVID-19 test to NHS hospitals.
