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Plastic bottles and caps used in bottled water could be sources of microplastics but data is ‘extremely limited’

The Smart Efficient Energy Centre in Wales will look into using data science to improve the efficiency of low carbon energy systems

Two facilities for developing hydrogen fuel technologies are located in the Netherlands while the nuclear facilities are in Germany

New research has found more than one in 10 parents of under 18s have already moved to ‘cleaner areas’

It will explore using electricity from offshore wind farms to generate and store hydrogen as a power source

The Supergen Energy Storage Network+ 2019 is a partnership between 12 institutions in the UK and has been backed by 60 additional global organisations

It is partnering with the US Department of Energy to develop technologies related to energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reductions

It is hoped the study will help inform policymaking across various institutions

They will support projects covering areas such as exploration, production and utilisation of natural gas, energy storage and cybersecurity

Such a market would allow consumers to directly buy from and sell to each other, without utilities or other third parties and distribute extra electricity free of charge