Tag: STFC

UK green ammonia prototype plant tackles energy storage challenge

Stuart Mitchell

A STFC prototype facility has come online, demonstrating how surplus wind energy could be converted into green ammonia for energy storage. The innovative Ammonia Synthesis Platform using Intermittent Renewable Energy (ASPIRE) plant offers a solution to the significant challenge of energy wastage. About one-tenth of all wind generation in Great Britain in 2024 was produced but not used. Innovative approach to renewable energy storage The ASPIRE plant represents a major advancement in the UK’s green energy landscape. Engineers at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Energy Research Unit have…

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STFC and CERN support environmentally sustainable physics

Stuart Mitchell

The Science and Technology Facility Council (STFC) and CERN have signed a new agreement to support the development of more sustainable particle accelerators. STFC Executive Chair, Professor Mark Thomson and CERN Director General, Professor Fabiola Gianotti committed today to collaborate on the research and development of advanced new technologies. The technologies will make future particle accelerators significantly more sustainable. The agreement includes the proposed establishment by STFC of a new UK-based laboratory to host and support research and development in key technologies that will reduce the environmental impact of accelerators.…

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