There was an excellent workshop last week, entitled ‘How is Technology Shaping the Energy Industry’, organised by Cambridge University Energy Network (CUEN). Once again, I found myself explaining why Hydrogen Read more…
Dr Anna Keyes from Heriot Watt University has been seconded to BEIS for a period of 3 months. As part of her secondment Anna will be reviewing the recent batch Read more…
Two new Assistant Professor posts have been created at Heriot Watt University to support the development of new sustainable logistic courses and a portfolio of executive development courses. The new Read more…
Flexible Power Systems and Heriot-Watt University have secured a grant from InnovateUK for a £150,000 project to investigate the feasibility of storing energy in the batteries of electrically powered lorries Read more…
Heavy Goods Vehicles are a vital component of the global economy but they also make a disproportionate contribution to noxious emissions and greenhouses gases. Experts from Flexible Power Systems and Read more…
Last week’s cover story of Transport Engineer compared platooning of heavy goods vehicles with higher capacity vehicles. At first glance, these two concepts seem similar: connect two or more heavy Read more…
The Centre for Sustainable Road Freight is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a new Grant from the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) that will Read more…
Justin Bishop won an EPRSC Impact Accelerator Account Knowledge Transfer Fellowship to commercialise the ‘SRF Decarbonisation Toolkit’ in conjunction with the Freight Transport Association. As part of the Fellowship, industry-strength Read more…
Over the last year, various parts of the national government have woken-up to the importance of the road freight industry on Carbon emissions. The SRF has responded to three separate Read more…
The Centre for Sustainable Road Freight (SRF) is pleased to announce our new ‘15by25’ (15% by 2025) Carbon Reduction Programme. In addition to the existing benefits of membership, every fleet Read more…