- Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance Lord Callanan has opened the Energy Innovation Centre at the University of Sheffield
- Leading global aerospace company Boeing is a founding member and set to use the facilities to research, develop and scale sustainable aviation fuels
- Centre gives industrial partners access to two of the University's world-leading R&D facilities - both of which are UK firsts - to test new technologies at pilot scale, testing beyond the lab which helps to demonstrate the technology before scaling up for commercial use
- Opening is helping put South Yorkshire and the UK at the forefront of efforts to decarbonise the aviation industry
A new centre that enables businesses to carry out innovative research and development projects with some of the largest and most exciting equipment in Europe, has opened at the University of Sheffield.
The Energy Innovation Centre (EIC) gives industries access to some of the University's world class research facilities to test and develop new low-carbon energy technologies.
Leading global aerospace company Boeing is one of the founding members and is set to work with the University to help develop sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).
As the founding industry member, Boeing has access to the University's Translational Energy Research Centre (TERC) and Sustainable Aviation Fuels Innovation Centre (SAF-IC) - two world leading research facilities, both of which are UK firsts. Boeing will use these to advance the development of SAFs and support new SAF producers in the UK, including Bicester-based Zero Petroleum.
