Two hundred academics and industry professionals came together this week for a series of workshops and discussions on the theme of collaborative innovation to tackle the climate and environmental crises.
Engineered microbes could produce sustainable supplies of rare metals vital to a range of industries, according to Edinburgh scientists featured in a new Government report.
A company that grows nutrient-rich algae from whisky waste to help preserve wild fish populations has been announced as a finalist for the prestigious Earthshot Prize 2024.
Student startup MiAlgae, which uses co-products from the whisky industry to sustainably produce Omega-3 for fish feed, has secured £14 million in funding to build an industrial scale production facility in Scotland.
A first-of-its-kind system in the UK is being trialled in Edinburgh to see if waste heat from a large computing facility can be stored in disused mine workings and used to warm homes.
COP 28 is winding up with a pledge to 'transition away' from fossil fuels. How do we achieve this, whilst delivering net zero targets and addressing wider environmental impacts associated with the extractive nature of our current economic system? The answer lies in the circular economy, writes Charlotte Lee-Woolf, Edinburgh Innovations’ Business Development Manager for Sustainability and Social Responsibility
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team behind new thermal energy storage technology that could help replace
fossil fuels has been awarded £3.6 million by the Department for Energy
Security & Net Zero for a trial at a whisky distillery in Scotland.
A sustainability collaboration between six European partners, including the University of Edinburgh, has won the 'Making an Environmental Difference' award at the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2023.
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