Hamish Beath, Research Postgraduate on the Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet Doctoral Training Partnership, blogs about how using…
Tag: energy access
Energy for life – The underestimated component for good healthcare provision
Muriel Hauser, visiting research postgraduate at the Grantham Institute, considers why electricity is so important for healthcare, and how improving…
The future of power in Japan: Connecting life-saving disaster resilience with a low-carbon energy system
Hamish Beath, Research Postgraduate on the Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet DTP, undertook a research placement at the…
Forget about power lines, Pay-As-You-Go is transforming Africa’s energy landscape
Alvaro Lara and Sidney Wakaba, students on the MSc Climate Change, Management & Finance programme, put the spotlight on electricity access for…
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…
Rwanda – the cleantech Silicon Valley of Africa?
Grantham PhD student Oliver Schmidt visited Africa to see two start-ups from Imperial College London that are trying to make the case for low-carbon ‘cleantech’ business in Africa, and compared them to a third operating across the continent.
Technology transfer: how the UNFCCC helps put the right technologies into the right hands
How do you ensure that the developing world has access to the key technologies needed to limit greenhouse emissions and…