Developing aerodynamic side skirts for truck trailers wasn’t exactly what Ephicas' founders had in mind when they started studying, but it has put them on the fast track.

The bad news is the world is warming faster than forecast. The good: the US is now ready to engage and Clean Tech is top of the agenda, writes Nuala Moran.

The first third-generation biorefinery demonstration plant in the world has been commissioned in Finland. The plant is the first to process cellulose from crop waste.