Potential Energy Group ~ News Stories

News items from the activities of Potential Energy Group.

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PiezoCat, Royce funded summer intern starts (June 2026)

A Royce funded summer intern starts on PFAS removal

Tim has started and will further develop metamaterial-based piezo catalysts for PFAS destruction.

PEG invited to UK Global R+D and Science Investment Summit (May 2026)

We are visiting the Royal Society on the 9th of June

The inaugural UK Global R&D and Science Investment Summit will be hosted at The Royal Society and chaired by Professor Dame Angela McLean DBE FRS, the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser.

Rail Power: Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) (April 2026)

MTA signed with Sheffield Supertram

Our MTA enables us to collaborate more closely and develop the Rail Power system informed by the data from the Supertram network.

Rail Power: Patent Applied (Jan 2026)

Application with UK patent office

Initial searches being undertaken on the RailPower system with patent expected late summer 2026.

PEG PiezoCat: water splitting (Jan 2026)

Dashboards + APIs

Prof Dunn awarded funds to continue PFAS studies.

Rail Power: Signal processing (March 2025)

Signal intelligence

Change detection and forecasting models identify anomalies early and track progression over time, demonstrated in laboratory.

Rail Power: Newable support with £4,000 grant funding (Nov 2025)

Grant investment enables development of demonstrator devices

Rugged, low‑power devices developed to capture information‑rich vibration signatures from passing vehicles.

PEG PiezoCat: water splitting (July 2025)

Dashboards + APIs

Laboratory demonstrationn of water splitting through stirring.

Rail Power: Decision support demonstrated in the laboratory (Jan 2025)

Dashboards + APIs

Actionable insight integrates into maintenance planning, incident response and digital‑twin workflows.