Future events

Our events page covers seminars from the Energy Network and selected, energy-related events across Oxford University. Student-led energy events can be found by visiting the Oxford Energy Society page.

18 Feb

Energy Seminar – HT25 Week 5: Hotter Days Ahead: Why We Must Prepare Victoria’s Electricity System for Climate Change

Eleanor McIndoe, Analyst, Low Carbon Contracts Company

THIS IS AN IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT – PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE AND ROOM CHANGE – CITY ROOM, SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHY Summary: Victoria, Australia has experienced multiple large-scale power outages due to heatwaves, which are expected to intensify with future climate change, posing a risk to the security of the state’s electricity system. This talk will examine the impacts [...]

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25 Feb

Energy Seminar – HT25 Week 6: ‘Seeing inside’ energy materials – understanding why and how materials in electrochemical devices fail

Dr Jennifer Johnstone-Hack

THIS IS AN IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT Summary: From batteries for electric vehicles to electrolysers for green hydrogen production, the need for electrochemical technologies is clear. These technologies rely on a range of critical minerals, making high performance and long device lifetimes essential in ensuring sufficient materials supply in the decades to come. This talk will discuss the use of advanced [...]

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26 Feb

Cleantech/Energy Startups – prospects and challenges

Peet Denny, Founder and Climate VC

Join the OES in their next speaker event this term. Peet Denny will be joining them to talk about the prospects and challenges of building a cleantech/energy startup. As a Founding Partner of Climate VC, Peet is a seed investor investing in technologies that have a clear path to at least 10MtCO2e-scale annual impact. Their mission is to find, foster and fund crazy, unusual, and [...]

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04 Mar

Energy Seminar – HT25 Week 7: Harvesting energy from the Cold Universe: The missing piece in the renewables puzzle?

Professor Ioannis Papakonstantinou

THIS IS AN IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT Summary: On a bright, warm day, the more than 1TW of installed solar power capacity worldwide works tirelessly to light up our houses, charge our cars, power our business and in general, to seamlessly support our daily lives. This remarkable achievement has been made possible by over 60 years of advancements in photovoltaics, [...]

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11 Mar

Energy Seminar – HT25 Week 8: The astonishing rise of solar PV

Dr Chris Jardine

THIS IS AN IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT Summary: 25 years ago, solar PV was a hugely expensive, niche energy technology.  Today, it’s one of the cheapest means of generating electricity worldwide and we’re installing Gigawatts every single day.   It’s easy to take this for granted, perhaps – so here’s a light-hearted review of how it all happened. Speaker: Chris joined the [...]

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