Chemistry Council at Downing Street for energy solution talks

25 July 2006

Leaders of the British chemistry community were today at 10 Downing Street urging 'out of the box' thinking to meet the 21st century energy challenge.

RSC contributes to critical UK review of future energy sources

21 April 2006

The RSC has submitted its opinions on Britain's future energy sources to the Energy Review Team at the Department of Trade and Industry

Chemical Science Priorities for Sustainable Energy Solutions

30 March 2005

In March 2005 the RSC launched a report that examines the critical role of the chemical sciences throughout the energy life cycle.

Minister has put drive for carbon emissions into sudden reverse

02 November 2007

But the battle against carbon needs to be moving in the fast lane

World's first hydrogen powered racing car, sponsored by RSC

16 July 2007

Pictured making its debut at Silverstone

RSC puts climate change teaching at top of agenda

02 February 2007

In a day of intense media activity at the RSC, Richard Pike is quoted on the front page of The Independent, while Colin Osborne has appeared on Radio Five Live.

Teaching of global warming flawed, says chemistry chief

11 January 2007

Climate change and global warming teaching in schools is flawed through omission, simplification and misrepresentation, says the Royal Society of Chemistry's chief executive.

UK has great opportunity to lead on carbon imprisonment

16 November 2006

Britain is ideally placed to lead the world in the theory and practice of capturing and storing unwanted carbon dioxide

Hydrogen car for the future

15 August 2006

The green fuel car of the future could be a step closer after the development of materials which store and release hydrogen efficiently.

Petroleum Review article says global oil reserves underestimated

31 May 2006

The journal Petroleum Review will publish an article by the RSC chief executive in which he claims that the world's oil reserves have been grossly underestimated

Growing Energy

Can biological fuels have a substantial role to play in providing the UK with heat, electricity and road fuel?

Can we bury our carbon dioxide problem?

Carbon capture and storage technology promises a route to clean energy from fossil fuels, but significant challenges and innovative solutions lie ahead in its development.

Chemical science and sustainable energy solutions

The importance of chemistry for designing technologies that reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and provide sustainable energy solutions for the future

Down on the plastics farm

Soaring oil prices could see biomass become competitive as a source for chemicals traditionally derived from petroleum. Andrew Scott investigates

Fuel cells head for mass market

Fuel cells have been a 'next big thing' technology for as long as anyone can remember. Joe McEntee investigates when these versatile power sources will reach high-volume markets

Hydrogen gets onboard

Cars that run on hydrogen still fail to compete in real terms with traditional petrol vehicles. Maciej Gutowski and Tom Autrey investigate the advances in hydrogen storage material...