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An innovative project to create an educative package about community energy in Wales

A brand new educative resource about community energy was trialled amongst pupils in Dyffryn Ogwen Secondary School, Bethesda on Wednesday the 12th of July. The cartoon novel ‘Tick-Tock: A graphic novel about energy, ownership and community’ was developed by Sioned Hâf and Angharad Penrhyn Jones, as a part of an initiative to raise awareness of the community energy sector in Wales. This online graphic novel follows in the footsteps of Gwenno, the main character of the story, as she questions the present energy system and discovers the potential of community energy in contributing towards her villages’ long-term future sustainability.

Publication date: 13 July 2017

³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ and Horizon Nuclear Power sign up to formal joint-working

³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ and Horizon Nuclear Power, which is owned by leading global electronics company Hitachi, Ltd., have signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding which will enable both organisations to collaborate and work more closely together in future years.

Publication date: 27 January 2015

³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ goes 100% renewable

³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ has announced that 100% of its electricity is now supplied from guaranteed renewable sources.

Publication date: 31 October 2019

Bangor staff and students sample Nuclear Skills Training

Horizon Nuclear Power (a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd), is currently looking to invest over £10bn in a new nuclear power station at their Wylfa Newydd site, Northern Anglesey. It will provide 2,700MW of new power station capacity to the UK, enough to power around 5 million homes. Given its proximity to the University, ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ and Horizon have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will enable both organizations to collaborate and work more closely together in future years.

Publication date: 11 February 2016

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Publication date: 26 November 2024

EU project to support water industry in Wales and Ireland

A £2.5m EU-backed project to improve the long-term sustainability of water supply in Wales and Ireland has been announced by Finance and Government Business Minister, Jane Hutt.

Publication date: 31 March 2016

Flushed with success: How the National Trust plans to stop energy going down the drain.

Over the past 18 months the National Trust has spent almost half million pounds at Penrhyn Castle on projects to create sustainable energy and hot water - yet much of this energy goes to waste - simply flushed down the drain. To combat this the team at Penrhyn Castle, in collaboration with ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ and Trinity College Dublin, are embarking on an exciting new heat recovery project to make use of the huge amount of hot water that usually goes, quite literally, to waste.

Publication date: 17 April 2018

Hitachi-GE, Imperial and ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ developing UK and Welsh BWR expertise

Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd. (Hitachi-GE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Imperial College London and ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ, enhancing its commitment to support Welsh and British expertise.

Publication date: 31 October 2016

Succeeding in Nuclear industry

A pair of students from North Wales attending ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ have recently taken huge strides forward in pursuing their ambitions to carve out future careers in the nuclear industry.

Publication date: 5 July 2016

Successful workshop on careers in the Nuclear industry

Over 70 students from a range of disciplines including engineering, chemistry, environmental science, business, law, psychology and geography came together at a workshop held recently at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ to learn about careers in the nuclear industry. The workshop was held in partnership with Horizon Nuclear Power, National Skills Academy for Nuclear (NSAN), and the Nuclear Graduates Programme.

Publication date: 12 May 2015

UK’s national lab for nuclear fission to fund doctoral researchers

The UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) is to sponsors two PhD students at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ.

Publication date: 26 October 2021