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07 Feb

Energy Seminar – Week 4: Heat pumps: how to scale this critical clean energy technology across the world?

Jan Rosenow - speaking in person and online

Seminar | Week 4 | Tuesday 07 Feb 2023 | Atmosphere Room - ECI OUCE | Slides available
Summary: Heat pumps are widely recognized as a key clean energy technology in the energy transition. While the global heat pump market has expanded significantly, more than doubling in some countries in a single year, expanded policy support will be needed to build confidence in the technology and meet climate goals. In his talk Dr Jan Rosenow sets out recent [...]

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Seminar | Week 4
26 Jan

SLES and the DSO: The Role of the DSO in Unlocking SLES Value

Thursday 26 Jan 2023 | Online
The UK’s Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) are embarking on the journey to the creation of Distribution System Operators (DSOs), as the electricity networks adapt to the roll-out of smart grid technologies, including smart meters, and increasing uses of storage and flexibility services. As such, DSOs are critical to the success of Smart Local Energy Systems. This workshop will explore how DSOs [...]

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24 Jan

Energy Seminar – week 2: Positive low energy futures – Energy demand reduction options for meeting national zero-emission targets in the United Kingdom

John Barrett - speaking in person and online

Seminar | Week 2 | Tuesday 24 Jan 2023 | Atmosphere Room - ECI OUCE | Slides available
Summary: In recent years, global studies have attempted to understand the contribution that energy demand reduction could make to climate mitigation efforts. I will present the bottom-up, whole-system framework that we developed for the UK to estimate the potential for energy demand reduction at a country level. Replicable for other countries, our framework demonstrates that the UK can reduce energy [...]

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Seminar | Week 2
17 Jan

Energy Seminar – Week 1: Energy policy at a time of multiple crises: is the UK government getting it right?

Jim Watson - speaking in person and online

Seminar | Week 1 | Tuesday 17 Jan 2023 | Main Lecture Theatre, Oxford University Centre for the Environment | Slides available
Summary:  Energy policy has rarely been so challenging. The imperative to rapidly reduce emissions to climate change has been reinforced by increasing evidence of climate change impacts. During the past year, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has accelerated increases in oil and gas prices, with serious implications for Europe and many other regions of the world. This has piled pressure on [...]

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Seminar | Week 1
06 Dec

CREDS in Conversation series: Digitisation for People and the Planet

Tuesday 06 Dec 2022 | Online
Digitalisation is one of the high-level trends that will significantly impact future energy demand and carbon emissions, whilst creating social challenges and opportunities. Drawing on work within CREDS and by leading European researchers, this seminar will examine how pathways for digitalisation in energy and mobility could be directed towards reducing energy demand and enhancing social justice. Steffen Lange and Tilman Santarius [...]

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06 Dec

The Role of Climate Education in Achieving Net Zero: A Cross-Sector Perspective

Tuesday 06 Dec 2022
With speakers including Jonathan Dewsbury, Senior Responsible Owner for Sustainability and Climate Change, Department for Education and Dr Lynda Dunlop, Senior Lecturer in Science Education, University of York Science Education Group. We are delighted to welcome an expert panel to discuss the importance of climate education in tackling the climate crisis and supporting the UK’s Net Zero strategy.  Join us for [...]

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01 Dec

UK Climate Change Ambition: Meeting the UK’s Climate Mitigation & Adaptation Commitments

Thursday 01 Dec 2022 | Online
Key speakers: Cllr Donna Stimson, Cabinet Member for Climate Action and Sustainability, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Cllr Jennifer Wilson-Marklew, Cabinet Member for Climate Action and Sustainability, Milton Keynes Council Prof John Barry, Professor of Green Political Economy & Director of the Centre for Sustainability, Equality and Climate Action at Queens University Belfast, & Co-Chair of Belfast Climate Commission James Hand, Co-Founder of [...]

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29 Nov

Drop-in fuels from sunlight and air

Professor Aldo Steinfeld, Chair of Renewable Energy Carriers, ETH Zurich

Tuesday 29 Nov 2022 | Oxford Martin School
Developing solar technologies for producing carbon-neutral transportation fuels has become a global energy challenge, especially for the long-haul aviation sector. A promising solution are drop-in fuels produced from H2O and CO2 − synthetic alternatives for petroleum-derived liquid hydrocarbons such as kerosene, gasoline or diesel, which are compatible with the worldwide existing infrastructures for fuel distribution, storage, and end-use. Professor Aldo [...]

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