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Category: Innovation

Five ways to reinvent energy

Posted on December 6, 2016January 31, 2017 by Grantham Institute
Solar farm at sunrise

On 25 November the Grantham Institute’s Moritz Köhme and Dr Jeff Hardy attended the Reinventing Energy Summit hosted by New…

Posted in Energy, Innovation, MitigationTagged cities, Renewable energy, solarLeave a Comment on Five ways to reinvent energy

Taking the waste out of waste wood

Posted on August 8, 2016January 31, 2017 by Grantham Institute
construction wood

Grantham PhD student Florence Gschwend recently won an impressive £10,000 to put into a new business that harnesses cutting edge…

Posted in Innovation, Mitigation, Student blogsTagged biofuels, circular economyLeave a Comment on Taking the waste out of waste wood

Why clean tech innovation and selfish action go hand in hand

Posted on January 25, 2016January 31, 2017 by Grantham Institute

SSCP DTP student Oliver Schmidt argues that technological innovation is key to empowering individuals to act on climate change. Some…

Posted in Energy, Innovation, Mitigation, Student blogsTagged COP21, Individual action on climate, Innovation1 Comment on Why clean tech innovation and selfish action go hand in hand

How do we make renewable electricity cheap enough to leave coal in the ground?

Posted on December 9, 2015January 31, 2017 by Grantham Institute

Ajay Gambhir discusses the role of public funding on energy technology innovation The Global Apollo Programme proposal aims to get renewable electricity so…

Posted in Energy, Innovation, Mitigation, Paris 2015Tagged COP21, Renewable energy1 Comment on How do we make renewable electricity cheap enough to leave coal in the ground?

World leaders are not the only champions for low-carbon living

Posted on December 5, 2015January 31, 2017 by Grantham Institute

Grantham Institute co-director Professor Martin Siegert on the inspiring role for innovation and entrepreneurship, and a new public exhibition of…

Posted in Communicating climate change, Impacts & adaptation, Innovation, Paris 2015Leave a Comment on World leaders are not the only champions for low-carbon living

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