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11 Nov

Prof Jan Rosenow in conversation with Emma Pinchbeck, CEO, Climate Change Committee

Emma Pinchbeck, Chief Executive of the Climate Change Committee, Jan Rosenow, Professor of Energy and Climate Policy

Wednesday 11 Nov 2026 | Harris Lecture Theatre, Oriel College
Now the UK’s statutory climate advisor, Emma Pinchbeck’s career has taken her from campaigning at WWF-UK through the renewables industry and Energy UK to the heart of government advice, and she has often found herself criticised by environmental campaigners and sceptical newspapers alike. Emma will reflect on that journey, the biggest obstacles still standing between the UK and net zero, and [...]

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10 Nov

MT26 Energy Seminar – Week 5: Beyond best practice: technological innovation and future standards for real-world net-zero carbon buildings

Dr Amr Suliman, University of Oxford

Tuesday 10 Nov 2026 | School of Geography & the Environment | Slides available
THIS IS AN IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT Summary: Can today’s best buildings meet tomorrow’s net-zero targets? Drawing on evidence from 37 award-winning and recognised UK buildings, this seminar explores the gap between current best practice and the energy and carbon performance needed by 2050. Informed by expert insights from the ZERO Buildings working group, we examine the technological innovations, design [...]

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02 Nov

MT26 Energy Seminar – Week 4: Power Under Fire: What Ukraine’s Energy System Teaches the World

Mr Maksym Timchenko, CEO, DTEK

Monday 02 Nov 2026 | School of Geography & the Environment
THIS IS AN IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT Summary: Maksym Timchenko, CEO, DTEK will talk about drawing on DTEK’s experience of operating and rebuilding critical energy infrastructure during wartime and could touch on topics such as restoring power under continued attack, investing in new wind generation and battery storage during the war, attracting international financing, and the wider lessons for energy [...]

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27 Oct

MT26 Energy Seminar – Week 3: The social and environmental dimensions of critical minerals in the UK

Jamie Hinch

Tuesday 27 Oct 2026 | School of Geography & the Environment | Slides available
THIS IS AN IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT Summary: Critical minerals sit at the centre of the UK’s ambitions for net zero, national security, and technological innovation. In response to global supply risks, the UK has committed to meeting 10% of annual demand for these minerals through domestic production by 2035. To date, policy and industry discussions have focused on the [...]

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20 Oct

MT26 Energy Seminar – Week 2: Fusion energy – challenge and opportunity

Dr Tim Beswick OBE

Tuesday 20 Oct 2026 | School of Geography & the Environment
THIS IS AN IN-PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT Summary: Tim will describe the journey to fusion energy. The work at UKAEA’s Culham Campus near Oxford has been at the forefront of this field for decades, including operating the international JET fusion machine until 2023. Fusion is now in a transition from primarily laboratory research to commercial activity, with rapidly increasing private-sector activity. [...]

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13 Oct

MT26 Energy Seminar – Week 1: Should the state generate our power? Public ownership and public control in the GB electricity system

Dr Donal Brown

Tuesday 13 Oct 2026 | School of Geography & the Environment | Slides available
THIS IS AN IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT Summary: Andy Burnham has resurrected the idea of the public ownership of energy from the margins into Downing Street, promising “stronger public control” over energy in his forthcoming ten-year plan. But does control mean ownership? This seminar presents preliminary results from new research on how ownership shapes the cost of capital in Britain’s [...]

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17 Sep

Oxford Energy Day 2026 – Towards resilient energy systems: research, policy and practice

Conference | Thursday 17 Sep 2026 | Mathematical Institute
This year’s Oxford Energy Day took place on Thursday 17th September  Highlights from the day Mathematical Institute Andrew Wiles Building Radcliffe Observatory Quarter Woodstock Road Oxford OX2 6GG The theme for this year’s Oxford Energy Day is: Towards resilient energy systems: research, policy and practice Improving energy system resilience is essential at a time of fossil fuel price shocks, rapid socio-technical change and increased dependence on electricity in [...]

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09 Jun

TT26 Energy Seminar – Week 7: Is residential battery and solar the future for UK homes? Some data-driven thoughts

David Howey, University of Oxford

Tuesday 09 Jun 2026 | ECI-OUCE
If you would like access to the slides for this event, please contact David directly [email protected] Summary: David installed a 4 kWp solar array and a 10 kWh battery system at his home in Oxford in 2023. In this talk, David will share what the data so far reveal about system performance, including operational modes, energy production and throughput, and the [...]

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02 Jun

TT26 Energy Seminar – Week 6: The Future of Energy for Transport: Less about source and more about distribution

Dr Hannah Budnitz, Transport Studies Unit

Tuesday 02 Jun 2026 | Diversity Room - ECI, OUCE | Slides available
Summary: Transport is electrifying, and the transition is accelerating. The question is not so much whether electricity is the future of energy for (most) transport, but rather what modes of electrically powered transport are available in which geographies and for whose use? How are the energy and transport systems integrated – and how does that shape or reflect the built [...]

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