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Kerry Young and Helen Fairclough from EU Energy Focus presented valuable information on Horizon 2020 Energy calls and priorities.

Will the future energy mix be decided by government or markets? Leading representatives from government, regulators, industry and academia debated the future of electricity markets as part of an Oxford Energy event at the House of Lords. An introduction by Professor Cameron Hepburn was followed by an open discussion under the Chatham House Rule.

Oxford research into high-efficiency cooling systems for next-generation jet-engines has led to a new design of cooking pan that uses 40% less energy.

A new discovery by scientists at the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), offers a viable solution to the challenges of storage and cost by using ammonia as a clean and secure hydrogen-containing energy source to produce hydrogen on-demand in situ.

The 3rd annual Oxford Energy Conference attracted over 200 participants and heard from leading thinkers about Transformative Change in Energy.

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This book sets out the building blocks of an economic approach to biodiversity, and in particular brings together conceptual and empirical work on valuation, international agreements, the policy instruments, and the institutions. The objective is to provide a comprehensive overview of the issues and evidence, and to suggest how this very urgent problem should be addressed.

A team of Oxford MBA graduates have secured $20m in follow-on funding for their social venture M-KOPA Solar, whose solar home systems are sold to off-grid households in Kenya on an affordable 12-month mobile money payment plan.

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies has been named the top Energy and Resource Policy Think Tank in the world by the University of Pennsylvania’s annual think tank report.

Chancellor George Osborne has announced £30m of Government funding as part of a total investment of £67m in four innovation centres across Oxfordshire.