New £6.5m international centre for sustainable energy research

PA 235/10 A new £6.5m research centre will bring together world-class experts in energy research at The University of Nottingham. The Energy Technologies Building (ETB) underlines Nottingham's leading role in global energy research, and its commitment to developing low-carbon technologies with the potential to touch every aspect of 21st century life. It also highlights the strength of the University's links with industry, and its commitment to further regeneration of the former Raleigh site on which the centre will be built. The building itself will have excellent environmental credentials, with designers aiming to make it one of the lowest-carbon buildings in the country. The ETB will be constructed on the University's Innovation Park, adjacent to the Jubilee Campus and alongside the recently-opened Nottingham Geospatial Building, a focus for research into global positioning systems. The University of Nottingham is already at the forefront of energy research, with internationally-recognised teams working in the fields of bioenergy, hydrogen fuels, carbon capture and storage, sustainable architecture, biomass and many other areas. Professor Alan Dodson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Infrastructure, said: "The Energy Technologies Building will reinforce Nottingham's place in the vanguard of global energy research.