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Welcome to the Energy Materials Group

Professor Stuart IrvineProfessor Stuart Irvine

The recent Energy Materials Conference, held by Materials UK at Loughborough University has highlighted once again the crucial role of materials across current topical themes of high temperature turbines, a new generation of nuclear power stations, wind energy, marine energy, solar energy, CCS, energy saving, hydrogen fuels and bioenergy to name but a few.  This is a truly diverse and stimulating application area in Materials Science. The Energy Materials Group (EMG) is at the forefront of these developments and brings together a wide range of interests in the Institute with a common focus on energy.

 

Its role cuts across divisional activity and provides a broad view on materials supply, synthesis, and materials application to cover a very broad range of energy generation from conventional power plants to micro renewable energy.  We welcome input from other Divisions of the Institute and further involvement of members.


An event on Sustainable Materials for Emerging Energy Technology (SMEET) was held on the 28th February 2011, which exemplified the cross cutting nature of EMG with presentations on metals supply through to advanced functional materials for renewable energy, energy storage and energy demand reduction.  The presentations from this meeting can be seen on the web page ‘past events’.  A second Workshop in this series will be held on the 27th February 2013 and the aim is to identify key areas for future research in understanding the materials supply pinch points.  Please see the events list for more information on this and other events we will be organising next year.

The EMG has forged close links with other organisations such as the Mats UK – Materials for Energy team, Technology Strategy Board (TSB), Research Councils UK (RCUK) Energy Programme and the Advanced Power Generation Task Force (APGTF). 


We welcome enquiries from anyone interested in the work of the group.

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News

Graphene and vanadium unleash lithium power - advanced Li-ion batteries

Hybrid nanoribbons of vanadium oxide and graphene may improve the development of advanced lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries to power electric cars. 
Materials World Magazine, 30 Apr 2013

The scarcity illusion - rare earth elements

Exactly how rare are rare earth elements? Materials World asks scientists and geologists how close to exhaustion these metals really are
Materials World Magazine, 09 Apr 2013

Breaking conventions - unconventional gas event report

The energy market is on unstable ground. In the end, will it all come down to price? A report on the Unconventional Gas event, held on 6–7 March in London, UK
Materials World Magazine, 02 Apr 2013
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Features

Australia, land of uranium - plans to supply the nuclear industry

Australia has sizeable Uranium deposits but extraction is difficult. Alan Eggers tells Micheal Forrest how they will be accessed.
Materials World Magazine, 09 Apr 2013

Caution to the wind - storing wind power as hydrogen for the grid

German power companies are progressing in storing wind power as hydrogen, but can this gas be used to generate power?
Materials World Magazine, 08 Apr 2013

Spent energy - reprocessing of spent oxide nuclear fuel

Dr Carsten Schwandt from the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge, UK, looks at the reprocessing of spent oxide nuclear fuel.
Materials World Magazine, 09 Feb 2013
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Events

SEE Solar 2013 - Solar PV & Thermal Exhibition

29 May 2013 - 31 May 2013, Sofia, BULGARIA
Profile: Solar PV & Thermal Systems and Technologies

Save the Planet - Waste Management, Recycling, Environment

29 May 2013 - 31 May 2013, Sofia, BULGARIA
South-East European Conference & Exhibition on Waste Management, Recycling, Environment

9th South-East European Congress & Exhibition on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

29 May 2013 - 31 May 2013, Sofia, BULGARIA
Leading companies will showcase innovative systems for bio-, wind- and hydro energy, solutions for increasing the energy
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Jobs

Project Manager/Product Assessor - BBA (British Board of Agrément)

up to £34,123 pa + attractive benefits, Garston - Watford

Assessment of materials used in the construction industry for fitness for purpose.

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Latest status updates

  • SMEET II Workshop on the 27th February 2013
  • The European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes 2013
  • Conference - Energy Materials: Meeting the Challenge, Loughborough, 16-17 October 2012
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Publications

 

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Materials World

The IOM3 member magazine

Materials World is specifically devoted to the engineering materials cycle, from mining and extraction, through processing and application, to recycling and recovery. Editorially, it embraces the whole spectrum of materials and minerals – metals, plastics, polymers, rubber, composites, ceramics and glasses – with particular emphasis on advanced technologies, latest developments and new applications, giving prominence to the topics that are of fundamental importance to those in industry.

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