Science / Environment / Energy

This Market Business News category includes all of our articles that are related to science or the environment. This includes research projects in science and events that have an impact on the environment (be it beneficial or detrimental). This page is where you will find information on what is happening in the renewable energy industry, news to do with the electric or hybrid vehicle market, and information about electricity consumption, etc.

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Spider silk could be used to make robotic muscle

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Researchers at MIT discovered an unusual property of spider silk that could make it a useful material in the development of artificial, robotic muscle....
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DeepMind Boosting wind energy value with machine learning

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DeepMind, a Google AI division, has deployed machine learning to boost the value of wind energy generation. It claims that its new technology will...
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Climate change has disrupted fisheries across the globe, study finds

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Climate change has had a significant impact on critical fisheries worldwide and overfishing has made the problem even worse, according to a new study...
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TWI coordinating geothermal plants (geosmart) EU project

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TWI, a Cambridge (UK)-headquartered research and technology organisation, will be the coordinator of a new EU €17 million collaborative project. The project aims to...
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NREL devises energy-efficient method of plastics upcycling

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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a recycling method that they believe “could incentivize both improved...
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ScottishPower announces £2bn UK investment in 2019

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ScottishPower announced a record £2 billion investment for this year. This is the Glasgow-based company's largest ever investment in the UK in a single...
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Wind energy generation hit new record in February in UK

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Wind energy generation in the UK hit a new record in February 2019. According to the National Grid, wind energy generation reached 15.32 gigawatts...
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Promising geothermal energy potential in South West England

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The geothermal energy potential from Cornwall's heat-producing granite is promising, says the University of Exeter. Scientists will examine granite from Cornwall as part of...
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Renewable energy growth in USA to continue in 2019, says Deloitte

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According to Deloitte, the fundamental drivers of renewable energy growth last year are likely to continue this year in the US. Deloitte's report - '2019...
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Virgin Galactic sends first test passenger to space aboard VSS Unity

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Virgin Galactic sent its first test passenger to the edge of space aboard the SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity on Friday, a major milestone for space...