Past events

29 Apr

Energy Seminar – TT25 Week 1: Grounding domestic energy models with empirical data

Tadj Oreszczyn, UCL Energy Institute

THIS IS AN IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT Summary: Domestic Energy Models have been used in the UK to energy rate buildings since the 1980’s. They have become a critical tool for policy makers, building regulations and helping  homeowners decide what homes to purchase, rent and refurbish. Domestic energy models all need grounding in empirical data. The roll-out of smart meters [...]

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25 Mar

Oxford Advanced Materials Network Launch

various speakers

Next generation applications including energy generation and storage systems, medical devices, functional lightweight composites, autonomous vehicles, packaging, and multi- functional materials such as conducting glasses, fibres, and smart polymers critically depend on the design and controlled, sustainable manufacturing of materials. Input from across different departments will be essential to create real innovation in these areas. Advanced computational methods have reached a [...]

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13 Mar

Using geophysics to understand volcanic eruptions and search for geothermal energy resources

Prof Martyn Unsworth

Volcanic eruptions can be very destructive and have significant economic impact. However, active volcanoes are also a source of geothermal energy, and are used to produce heat and electricity in a number of locations around the world. Understanding the risks of a volcanic eruption, and developing geothermal energy resources, requires information about where molten rock and hot water is located [...]

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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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06 Mar

The MEGA Green Tech Series – part 3 carbon capture

Tim Kruger, Founder & Chief Scientist, Origen Power; Senior Associate, Oxford Net Zero; Co-founder, Carbon Gap, Amrit Gill, Molecular Biologist, CyanoCapture

Net-zero does not mean zero emissions! Carbon capture is a vital part of the strategy, helping us to remove greenhouse gases emitted from hard-to-abate sources like aviation and livestock. Moreover, carbon capture is the integral mechanism in 2oc-target models which predict some degree of ‘overshoot’. This week at MEGA they introduce companies from two of the main carbon capture modes: geological [...]

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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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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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