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Solar-Powered Milk Chilling Supports Farmers in Rwanda: Q&A with Mark Spratt
New method for 3D printing thermoelectrics is faster, simpler, and more efficient
Screen-Printing Affordable Solar Cells with Students in Mexico
Our carbon PV team recently visited Merida, Mexico to deliver a university workshop on screen-printed solar cells, meet with collaborators at Cinvestav and hold discussions with local businesses. Dr Becky…
Researchers Develop New Innovative Heat Storage Material for Enhanced Energy Efficiency
New Young Person’s Guide to Active Buildings
Our new Active Building Guide will help young people to consider the impact of buildings on our climate and the ways in which building design can reduce energy consumption and…
An Economic Analysis of the Active Office’s Integrated PV and Batteries
In a new paper, Dr Guangling Zhao and colleagues undertook an economic analysis of the Active Office’s building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) and energy storage. It showed that the Active Office’s BIPV…
SPECIFIC secures funding to continue after EU funding ends
SPECIFIC has secured funding from the UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), which will be co-funded by the Welsh Government. The two-year agreement provides £500,000 from EPSRC, which…
SPECIFIC Researchers Develop World’s First Completely Roll-to-roll Printable Perovskite Solar Cell
SPECIFIC researchers have established a low-cost and scalable carbon ink formulation capable of unlocking, for the first time, the potential for perovskite solar cells to be manufactured at scale. Using…
Q&A Blog: Renewable Technologies at Tan Y Lan Fach Holiday Cottages
The Tan Y Lan Fach holiday cottages in rural Carmarthenshire were early adopters of solar thermal, PV, and heat pumps. SPECIFIC recently worked with the owners, Jim and Sharon Hopkins,…
SPECIFIC’s uncertain future: momentum could be lost, just when we need to accelerate towards Net Zero
SPECIFIC was pleased to welcome Secretary of State for Wales David TC Davies to see the Active Buildings, at a critical time for the project and its staff. The future…
