Alvaro Lara and Sidney Wakaba, students on the MSc Climate Change, Management & Finance programme, put the spotlight on electricity access for…
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Leading ladies in climate and environmental science, and why their profile counts
To mark International Women’s Day, archivist Anne Barrett, author of “Women At Imperial College Past Present and Future”, and Alice…
The future of the electricity utility – decision time for US stakeholders
Last month, Grantham Affiliates Dr Jeffrey Hardy and Dr Chris Mazur travelled to Chicago to run a ‘Decision Theatre’ workshop…
Getting renewable electricity to Canada’s remote communities
Alvaro Lara, a student on the MSc Climate Change, Management & Finance programme, considers the challenges faced by off-grid communities in…
Now we can have a genuinely global energy body
While the 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP23) has been going on in Bonn, another international meeting – also significant…
What does business-as-usual mean today?
Energy models are a vital tool to help predict what the future energy system could look like. Conventionally, such models…
China is entering a new era of climate change mitigation and environmental protection
Professor Yufeng Yang from the Energy Research Institute (ERI) of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China, joined the…
Could solar-thermal be the solution for low-carbon heating?
Well-established solar heat technologies could be playing a key role in creating a sustainable future energy system and meeting an…
Energy Utopia: What stands in the way of smart, clean, affordable, customer-led energy?
Last year, Dr Jeffrey Hardy took a career break from his role as Head of Sustainable Energy Futures at Ofgem…
Researchers need to reach out to other disciplines to face up to the challenges of climate change
Healthy People, Healthy Planet is a challenge team formed by students from the Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet…