Jack Loughran

The University of Bristol has been chosen to host one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, which will serve as a national resource for researchers and industry experts.

Heat pumps have been found to be twice as efficient as heating systems that rely on fossil fuels – even when temperatures are very low outside.

The global automotive industry is on course to overshoot the carbon emission reductions needed to keep global warming to 1.5°C by 75 per cent, according to a report.

UK power firm SSE has reached agreement to sell a 25 per cent minority stake in its electricity transmission network business to a pension fund.

Britain’s energy regulator, Ofgem, has announced that the price cap will rise to an annual level of £4,279 in January – an all-time high – but households will remain protected for the time being under the government’s Energy Price Guarantee (EPG).

China’s greenhouse gas emissions have been in decline since last year but the country’s peak is still expected to be some way off, researchers have said.

Major tax changes for energy companies, fossil fuel providers and electric vehicles headlined an Autumn Statement today that will have significant impacts for many engineering and technology firms.

Researchers have demonstrated a pathway to decarbonising the US aviation sector by substituting conventional jet fuel with sustainably produced biofuels.

A mission to send fresh supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) was completed last night despite the capsule’s solar array failing to open properly.

The UK should ban exports of all plastic waste from 2027 to reduce the country’s contribution to global plastic waste pollution, MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee have said.

A government decision on whether or not to grant planning permission for a controversial new coal mine in Cumbria has been delayed for a third time, angering environmental campaigners.

Major plastic packaging producers such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Mars and Nestlé are expected to miss targets to make their packaging more sustainable by 2025, according to a report.

China has launched the third module for its Tiangong space station which has been designed to allow scientists to carry out experiments in zero gravity.

A cross-party group of MPs has urged the government to improve UK home-energy efficiency and set up an Office for Carbon Removal among other measures as part of a broad set of plans to shore up the country’s net-zero efforts.

UK government plans to cap revenues from renewable energy generators and nuclear power plants could deter investors from funding UK projects, energy bosses have said.

The government should lay out a timeline confirming its plans for major works on the UK’s railways in order to attract more private investment, an industry group has said.

The government should give UK stamp duty rebates of up to 50 per cent for those installing heat pumps and other energy-efficiency measures, the centre-right think tank Onward has said.

The UK’s windfall tax on energy firms should be scrapped or it will have a “detrimental impact” on investment in the domestic sector, a UK oil and gas body has said.

The Online Safety Bill, which will compel social media platforms to tackle online harms, is “not fit for purpose”, IT experts have said.

The UK’s potential as a “science and tech superpower” is being squandered due to the lack of an implementation plan from the government, peers in the House of Lords have said.