SMMT figures for January 2018 show registrations of diesel cars down by a quarter and overall sales down 6.3 per cent compared to the same period in 2017.

Tarmac’s efforts to decarbonise are moving forward in Walsall where the company is carrying out an eight-week trial of an all-electric tipper truck.

Thousands of jobs have been secured for two decades following the award of a £3.7bn contract to BAE Systems for three Type 26 Global Combat Ships.

Open Cosmos has secured a €60m contract to deploy a seven satellite Earth Observation Constellation that will supply daily high-resolution and very-high-resolution imagery.

A team of young engineers from Virginia Tech has designed a thermally absorptive blanket that amplifies the sun’s heat to melt snow faster.

Engineers at Surrey University and Lockheed Martin UK are working on a project to develop appliqué vehicle armour that can withstand multiple ballistic strikes.

The Arizona Public Service Company plans to build a 280MW concentrating solar power plant 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, near Gila Bend.

Chester-based alternative energy company Energetix Group has signed an agreement with E.ON UK to develop and deploy micro combined heat and power technology in UK homes.

A project to develop surface treatments that can provide long-lasting protection against COVID-19 has been launched at Birmingham University. 

Prime minister Boris Johnson has set a new climate target of a 68 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels.