A new €74 million programme, funded jointly by the DAERA, UKRI and Science Foundation Ireland, will support large-scale, virtual Centres with the aim of strengthening the research and innovation base across the UK and Ireland, building strategic partnerships across these regions within the areas of climate, and sustainable and resilient [...]
A new report published by Matrix, the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel, shows that Northern Ireland is the ideal location to develop a future economy powered by green hydrogen. Northern Ireland’s Future Hydrogen Capability and Demand, produced in conjunction with Frontier Economics, reveals that Northern Ireland can utilise its natural [...]
Two complementary reports which will reveal the potential for Northern Ireland to develop a future economy powered by clean hydrogen energy will be launched at an event organised by Invest Northern Ireland at the Stormont Hotel on Wednesday, 19th October. The reports, from The Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC) and [...]
Northern Ireland’s Wrightbus has signed a landmark deal with Australian bus manufacturer Volgren, potentially opening up the Australian export market for the County Antrim firm. Wrightbus has partnered with Volgren to provide its groundbreaking hydrogen fuel cell powertrain technology for the manufacture of two zero-emission hydrogen single deck buses which [...]
Economy Minister Gordon Lyons has met with manufacturers at Ballymena’s ECOS Centre to launch a call to companies for projects developing innovative low carbon technologies. The Challenge Fund, delivered by the Centre for Advanced Sustainable Energy (CASE) hosted by Queen’s University Belfast, an industry led sustainable energy research centre, received [...]
The UK Government has published its Levelling Up White Paper, setting out a plan to transform the UK by spreading opportunity and prosperity to all parts of it. At the heart of this new way of making and implementing policy will be 12 national missions - all quantifiable and to [...]
Dr Robert Grundy, the Chair of the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel - Matrix, recently attended Open Technology for Sustainability, a fringe event at COP26 - The UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. In this article, Dr Grundy shares his impressions of the challenges now facing us as we seek [...]
The Department of Transport has launched a series of consultations aimed at placing the UK as a world leader in shaping the future of transport. Measures to safely maximise the opportunities and benefits from emerging aviation technology, including drones, and expanding electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the UK are among [...]
Nesta, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, is staging a series of events over the autumn and winter examining domestic decarbonisation. One event each month, from October through February, will look at the challenges and opportunities to consumers, businesses and government in battling climate change by making [...]
The UK’s first-ever Hydrogen Strategy has been published. It sets out how the UK government will work with industry to meet its ambition for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030. Read the UK Hydrogen Strategy The UK hydrogen economy could be worth £900 million and create over [...]
The ‘Electricity Consumption and Renewable Generation in Northern Ireland: Year ending March 2021’ report details the percentage of electricity consumption in Northern Ireland generated from renewable sources and includes information on the type of renewable generation used. The report reflects performance against the 2011-15 Programme for Government target which was [...]
Dr. Rob Grundy was recently appointed as MATRIX Chair, following the retirement of Dr. Rob Hardeman. Dr Grundy is the founder of Anglezarke Life Sciences. He was previously CEO of CIGA Healthcare Ltd and Director of Commercial Development and Licensing at Almac Discovery. Rob’s main focus is on the commercial [...]