07/02/2013
£3m Investment To Develop Sustainable Energy
£3m is being invested in research at Queen’s University Belfast to develop new methods of sustainable energy and create technologies to lower the cost of power.
The team from Queen’s School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering will also work on transforming fossil fuel resources more efficiently and improving energy storage.
The funding was announced by David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, as part of a UK-wide investment of £12.9m to create a Catalysis Hub.
The Hub will focus on supporting UK economic growth while helping reduce CO2 emissions, produce cleaner water and generate more sustainable energy.
Professor Christopher Hardacre from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Queen’s said: "This funding is tremendously important as the world urgently needs to develop greater sustainability and efficiency in energy use. Queen’s will focus on converting renewable sources such as solar and biomass into chemical and electrochemical energy for use in power generation, for example, fuel cells for cars and mobile phones to domestic and commercial combined heat and power systems.
"By studying the overall processes involved we will be able to see how making changes to them can improve efficiency and develop systems for clean, reliable energy."
Speaking about the new Catalysis Hub, David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science said: "Catalysis science is vital for many areas of the UK economy, from food production to pharmaceuticals. This investment will provide a focal point for the UK’s leading expertise in this area, helping scientists further develop their skills and undertake cutting edge research to drive sustainable growth."
The new UK Catalysis Hub will be divided up into four different themes: Catalyst Design, Catalysis for Energy, Environmental Catalysis and Catalysis for Chemical Transformations.
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The team from Queen’s School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering will also work on transforming fossil fuel resources more efficiently and improving energy storage.
The funding was announced by David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, as part of a UK-wide investment of £12.9m to create a Catalysis Hub.
The Hub will focus on supporting UK economic growth while helping reduce CO2 emissions, produce cleaner water and generate more sustainable energy.
Professor Christopher Hardacre from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Queen’s said: "This funding is tremendously important as the world urgently needs to develop greater sustainability and efficiency in energy use. Queen’s will focus on converting renewable sources such as solar and biomass into chemical and electrochemical energy for use in power generation, for example, fuel cells for cars and mobile phones to domestic and commercial combined heat and power systems.
"By studying the overall processes involved we will be able to see how making changes to them can improve efficiency and develop systems for clean, reliable energy."
Speaking about the new Catalysis Hub, David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science said: "Catalysis science is vital for many areas of the UK economy, from food production to pharmaceuticals. This investment will provide a focal point for the UK’s leading expertise in this area, helping scientists further develop their skills and undertake cutting edge research to drive sustainable growth."
The new UK Catalysis Hub will be divided up into four different themes: Catalyst Design, Catalysis for Energy, Environmental Catalysis and Catalysis for Chemical Transformations.
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