What if energy storage could be built directly into the materials that make up everyday products? Our Engineering, Chemistry and Anthropology departments are part of a major new project exploring materials that can combine energy storage and structural performance.

The UK government is considering approving a licence for the Jackdaw gasfield, but would it answer Britain’s energy security problem? Or are there other ways to use the North Sea to reduce bills, increase energy security and create jobs in clean energy storage? Durham Energy Institute experts Professor Stuart Jones and Professor Jon Gluyas, Emeritus Chair in Geoenergy, Carbon Capture & Storage, both Department of Earth Sciences, and Dr Andrew Crossland, Department of Engineering, take a look.

The UK could store enough green hydrogen in depleted North Sea oil and gas fields to meet the country’s future electricity demands for seven years. The researchers behind this discovery, Professor Stuart Jones, Professor Chris Groves, and Associate Professor in Practice Dr Andrew Crossland, tell us how using the depleted fields for hydrogen storage could take conventional gas power stations off the grid altogether by 2040.

Dr Andrew Crossland, Associate Professor in Practice in our Department of Engineering, explores how AI data centres could evolve from major energy users into valuable assets that support a cleaner, more flexible electricity grid.

We’ve secured over £700,000 from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to help more young people access technical careers in environmental science.

We’re helping to shape a major new facility to support advanced microfabrication activities across North East England’s universities and high-tech industries.

Professor Ashraf Osman and Co-authors received the 2025 BGA Medal for advancing understanding of pile behaviour in unsaturated expansive clays through innovative experimental testing and advanced numerical modelling.

A pioneering clean tech company that was spun out of Durham academic research has secured £1.5m of funding to further its development.

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Cutting-edge Engineering research into custom 3D plates for reconstructive surgery has been awarded funding from the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Researchers from our top-rated Engineering Department have used travel to cricket matches at Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham to test a new tool designed to help cut transport emissions in cities.

Experts from our Engineering and Philosophy departments have contributed to a new report highlighting the importance of soil in building the UK’s national resilience.