Past events

Energy is collected from our nearest star by day and stored as chemical energy, so that the observatory can safely be used to observe interesting stars by night. Speaker Katherine Blundell will describe how the commissioning and operation of a solar-mini farm powers an astronomical observatory at a school in rural southern India. She will illustrate its challenges, successes, and its impact [...]

Speaker Robert Llewellyn live, comic actor and television presenter is also a massive advocate of clean energy technologies, especially electric vehicles and renewables. Since 2010, he has been running his own Youtube channel, Fully Charged, on these issues. With over 300 episodes made, more than 200k followers, and some episodes gathering over 1m views, Fully Charged is becoming a vital source [...]

The UK government believes that a smart energy system with storage and demand response could save consumers up to £40bn by 2050. In this colloquium we will unpack the drivers behind the increasing need for flexibility andr eview the potential roles for electricity storage and demand response in addressing them. Interesting tensions between efficient and flexible uses of energy emerge. Speaker Dr [...]

Weekly, term-time talks on topical energy issues. These talks are free and open to all. Tuesdays during term time at 5pm in the School of Geography and the Environment. Lecture Theatre, School of Geography and the Environment Speaker Professor Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith FRS will give a guided tour of the ‘Oxford Energy wheel’ and describe some research highlights. He will then outline [...]

Speaker Eddie is co-founder and chief executive of Mainstream Renewable Power and founder of Airtricity. He is an Honorary Director of the European Wind Energy Association and is widely know as the ‘father of the super grid’. Download a recording of the talk (MOV) Read the full transcript (PDF)