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Sep
12th Oxford Energy Day
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08
Mar
Digitalisation of daily life and impacts on carbon emissions
Charlie Wilson
Tuesday 08 Mar 2022 | Oxford Martin School | Slides available
Summary: Digital technologies and applications are shaping the way we shop, eat, travel, and manage our domestic environment. The digitalisation of daily life can have both beneficial and adverse impacts on climate. In this talk I consider how – for better or for worse – the digitalisation of our daily lives is inextricably linked to our efforts tackling climate change.
Digitalisation [...]
22
Feb
Availability of sustainable biomass in Europe: framework conditions and projections from 2030- 2050
Calliope Panoutsou
Tuesday 22 Feb 2022 | Slides available
Summary: Sustainable biomass supply has been highly debated, both at the scientific and at the political levels, for almost two decades with controversial arguments. Some stakeholders strongly support the development of biomass value chains to deliver renewable raw materials, boost economic growth and rural development and increase farm income. Others however express overwhelming concerns about the risks that unsustainable practices [...]
16
Feb
Event: Octopus Energy: Vision, Technologies, and Culture
Wednesday 16 Feb 2022 | Diversity Room
The Oxford Energy Society is pleased to introduce James Doyle, Head of Operations at Octopus Energy for this week’s talk. James will discuss Octopus Energy’s proposition and how they’re seeking to transform the energy system on a global scale. He’ll talk about the use of technology to drive decarbonisation, and equally how their people focused culture is critical to success.
James [...]
09
Feb
Excess? Is it reasonable to put a limit on how much energy we use?
Jillian Anable
Wednesday 09 Feb 2022 | Online
CREDS recently undertook a project to investigate households with the highest energy consumption for transport (e.g. cars, aviation) and for domestic use (e.g. heating, cooking, washing). Energy efficiency and demand reduction measures across the economy could contribute around half of the cut in carbon required by 2050.
The research project sought to understand how to best define high energy use, what [...]
08
Feb
After the market meltdown, how to build a more resilient energy market
Gillian Cooper
Tuesday 08 Feb 2022 | Online | Slides available
Summary: Citizens Advice’s Market Meltdown report outlines how the regulator failed to take meaningful action against unfit and unsustainable energy suppliers, with the subsequent failures due to costs households over £2.6 billion as well as the billions of taxpayer funding set aside for Bulb. Household finances are also set to be under increasing strain from huge rises in energy bills [...]
03
Feb
Prospering from the Energy Revolution: Six in Sixty
Thursday 03 Feb 2022 | Online
Hear about one of the key facets of PFER, a £102m programme focussed on the integration of power, heat and transport and the business models needed to enable Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES) to scale towards net zero.
If you’re part of the smart systems community this session on Technology and Infrastructure within the Prospering From the Energy Revolution (PFER) ISCF, [...]
25
Jan
The past, present and future of ground source heat pumps
Matthew Trewhella
Tuesday 25 Jan 2022 | Online | Slides available
Summary: Matt will give an overview of how a ground source heat pump works and how they have been used in the UK. He will then discuss the cutting edge of how they are being used right now – including the shared ground array approach and the smart controls that are being demonstrated via the Energy Superhub Oxford project. He [...]
18
Jan
Heat: The major technical challenges we face in delivering decarbonised heat in the UK
Andrew Smallbone
Tuesday 18 Jan 2022 | Online | Slides available
Overview: Andrew Smallbone will present a summary of the major technical challenges we face in delivering decarbonised heat in the UK. Using a series of case studies, he will then describe the opportunities for future net-zero compatible energy systems which can support scaled-up hydrogen and electrified heating technology.
Speaker: Andrew Smallbone is the Director of the EPSRC Network+ on the Decarbonisation [...]
30
Nov
Introducing Energy Superhub Oxford: a world leading urban decarbonisation project
Tim Rose
Tuesday 30 Nov 2021 | Oxford Martin School | Slides available
Talk overview: Energy Superhub Oxford is a £41 million project helping to create the low carbon infrastructure Oxford needs to achieve net zero. This pioneering project is showcasing hybrid battery storage, ultra-rapid electric vehicle charging, low carbon heating and smart energy management technologies to cut carbon and improve air quality.
Visit the Energy SuperHub Oxford website here.
Speaker: Tim Rose – Programme [...]
23
Nov
Pathways to a zero carbon Oxfordshire
Sam Hampton
Tuesday 23 Nov 2021 | Oxford Martin School | Slides available
Abstract: Earlier this year the Environmental Change Institute were commissioned by a consortium of Oxfordshire-based organisations, including all six local authorities and the Local Enterprise Partnership to provide an evidence-based analysis of Oxfordshire’s potential to eradicate carbon emissions from the economy. The report highlights the challenges ahead in transforming the county’s energy and transport systems, as well as the need [...]