Current issue

Gareth Hinds FIMMM, Peter Flewitt FIMMM and Stuart Irvine FIMMM from the IOM3 Energy Materials Group and Energy Transition Group on the materials challenges of low-carbon hydrogen production.

IOM3 Student Member Rosanna Roskilly, of the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford, UK, unpacks the Henry Royce Institute’s report into the material requirements for a hydrogen economy.

As the spotlight grows on domestic supply for energy security, Rebecca Allison, Head of Emissions Reduction at the Net Zero Technology Centre in Aberdeen, UK, discusses decarbonising the UK oil and gas sector.

Flash Sintering could potentially reduce the energy demand for processing ceramics for nuclear fuels and for manufacturing the next generation of batteries and fuel cells. Dr Sandra Fisher-John, Development Scientist for Advanced Materials, and Dr David Pearmain, Business Manager for Flash Sintering, at Lucideon, report.

Heating comprises almost a quarter of operational carbon emissions in the built environment. Andrea Gaini reports on an event that explored the challenges and strategies to decarbonise heat.

Clear communication around fuel switching – a key component of the energy transition – can ultimately inform companies’ choices and decisions. IOM3 Affiliate Member Mark Allan, Group Manager Industrial Decarbonisation, and Programme Manager Joe Lee at the UK Materials Processing Institute consider the key questions around hydrogen versus electric.

Can minerals follow oil and petrochemicals as the third pillar of Saudi Arabia’s economy? The path is not without its challenges. Michael Schwartz reports.

Surface engineering consultant, John Yarnall FIMMM, and Adrian Tautscher of Impression Technologies Ltd in Coventry, UK, bring us up to speed on a more energy efficient approach to sheet metal forming aluminium alloys that has been hitting the road.

Dr Emilio Martinez-Paneda MIMMM, Senior Lecturer and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at Imperial College London, UK, on new approaches to predict the integrity of components exposed to hydrogen.

Tomas Garth Jones, energy policy postgraduate from the University of Sussex, UK, reflects on the dovetailing of energy system technologies with national security policies.

Scientists at the UK Atomic Energy Authority are miniaturising testing techniques to bring fusion energy to the power grid. Philip Earp MIMMM and Nick Holloway explain more.