Alcoa has agreed to sell Southern Graphic Systems, its packaging design and imaging business, to Citigroup Venture Capital Equity Partners for $410 million.

American Electric Power has reached an agreement to sell its Plaquemine Cogeneration Facility in Plaquemine, Louisiana, to The Dow Chemical Company for $64m.

Bioinks containing living neurons have been used to 3D print nerve networks that can grow in the laboratory and transmit and respond to nerve signals.

The UK’s Crown Estate has pledged up to £400m to support the expansion of offshore wind through enhancing onshore infrastructure and the sector’s supply chain. 

Kingston University researchers have developed a software application to ensure that breakdowns in communication are a thing of the past for emergency workers responding to disasters.

Bluestar Secutech, an AIM-listed provider of digital video surveillance, has secured a contract with the China Construction Bank to provide surveillance to its branches in Inner Mongolia.

SunEdison recently launched "SunE Solar Fund I", a $60 million fund to support the installation of up to 25 solar electric systems in the United States.

Liverpool University researchers have developed a prototype dental product to identify plaque build-up in the mouth before it is visible to the human eye.

Researchers at the University of Michigan have found a way to bypass a step that adds cost to converting carbon dioxide emissions into products including biofuels and pharmaceuticals.

Abengoa Solar is to develop a new solar-power tower technology thanks in part to a grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE).