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The retrofitting challenge in Manchester

Elvira Uyarra By Matt Ziembla, Elvira Uyarra and Jonatan Pinkse Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Energy and Environment, Urban Posted: July 13, 2020

During January-March 2020, Mateusz Ziembla, together with Dr Elvira Uyarra and Professor Jonatan Pinkse, undertook a study for the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), funded by Research England, aimed at analysing the challenges associated with improving the energy efficiency of existing housing stock in order to articulate recommendations for policy action. Cost-effective decarbonisation of domestic […]

Tagged With: AMBS, carbon reduction, energy, environment, GM COVID-19 recovery, Greater Manchester, housing, innovation, MIOIR, net zero, productivity, retrofitting

Power from the sun, money from the crowd: community energy offers low-cost finance for renewables

Tim Braunholtz-Speight By Tim Braunholtz-Speight Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Energy and Environment, Renewables, Science and Engineering, Science and Technology, Urban Posted: March 25, 2020

The fall in the cost of renewable energy has created new possibilities for citizen investors to fund community energy projects. However, the majority require some level of price support. In this blog, researchers from The University of Manchester call for policies to support the growth of this sector, such as encouraging the purchase of community-generated […]

Tagged With: business, Business Energy & Industry, community, consumption, energy, energy & industry, Energy Community, environment, infrastructure, productivity, renewable energy, renewables, science & engineering, technology

Graphenes innovation could give UK economy a positive charge

By Craig Dawson Filed Under: Science and Engineering Posted: December 10, 2019

This week, The University of Manchester is hosting a Graphene Industry Showcase. Ahead of this Dr Craig Dawson – Application Manager at the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre shines a light on how, as the UK looks to build a globally leading carbon neutral economy, The University of Manchester is providing an innovation flagship for energy […]

Tagged With: advanced materials, batteries, Business Energy & Industry, carbon reduction, energy, graphene, innovation, technology

Climate Change: Should we take the nuclear option?

By William Bodel Filed Under: Energy and Environment Posted: November 28, 2019

In this blog, William Bodel a post-doctoral research associate at the Dalton Nuclear Institute at The University of Manchester, looks at the future of low-carbon energy generation in the UK to see whether nuclear energy should support the UK Government’s climate change commitments. Concerns around climate change, and the political drive to achieve net-zero greenhouse […]

Tagged With: Business Energy & Industry, carbon reduction, climate change, Dalton, Dalton Nuclear Institute, energy, environment, innovation, low carbon, nuclear, nuclear energy, sustainability

Community resilience – Are we unable to deal with power cuts?

Matthias NoebelsMathaios Panteli By Matthias Noebels and Mathaios Panteli Filed Under: Energy and Environment Posted: November 11, 2019

In this blog, Matthias Noebels and Mathaios Panteli from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Manchester discuss, motivated by the recent UK wide power cut in August 2019, the need in the UK to think beyond electricity infrastructure resilience to be able to handle such events in the future. In August […]

Tagged With: Business Energy & Industry, communities, community engagement, energy, infrastructure, power grids, sustainability, weather resilience

Advanced materials and electricity: the power to help save the world?

By Richard Fields Filed Under: Energy and Environment, Science and Engineering Posted: September 11, 2019

In this blog, Dr Richard Fields looks at the need to be creative in developing transformative technologies such as advancements in battery life, in order to stave off an environmental disaster and ultimately safeguard humanity’s survival. • The cost of batteries has fallen faster than even the most optimistic forecasts, which means the future for […]

Tagged With: advanced materials, battery technology, Business Energy & Industry, carbon reduction, electric vehicles, energy, graphene, innovation, OnMaterials, science & engineering, sustainability, technology

Setting climate targets: when is net zero really net zero?

By Jaise Kuriakose, James Mason and Brendan Moore Filed Under: Energy and Environment Posted: April 15, 2019

‘Net zero’ and ‘carbon neutral’ have quickly become the go-to phrases for ambitious declarations on climate change action. But what do ‘net zero’, ‘zero carbon’ or ‘carbon neutral’ actually mean in practice? As climate action targets are increasingly announced both locally and nationally, it’s even more important that the assumptions involved are properly understood to […]

Tagged With: #SDG, #SDG Affordable and Clean Energy, #SDG Climate Action, #SDG Sustainable Cities and Communities, carbon budget, carbon emissions, Carbon Neutrality, carbon reduction, climate change, Climate Policy, energy, net zero, sustainability, Tyndall

How policy instrument choice will shape attitudes to negative emissions

Terri Lucas By Terri Lucas Filed Under: Energy and Environment Posted: April 11, 2019

The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change has set out commitments to limit the increase in global average temperature to “well below 2°C and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C”. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has concluded that this is still possible, but nearly all of their scenarios assume that it will require […]

Tagged With: #SDG, #SDG Affordable and Clean Energy, #SDG Climate Action, #SDG Industry Innovation and Infrastructure, BECCS, bioenergy, Business Energy & Industry, carbon emissions, carbon reduction, climate change, energy, environment, NETs, social opinion

Fuel poverty and low-carbon investment: a role for area-based policy?

picture of Stefan By Stefan Bouzarovski Filed Under: Energy and Environment, Growth and Inclusion Posted: March 25, 2019

The GMCA plans to launch a five year plan for carbon neutrality in Greater Manchester by 2038 at the Green Summit today. Stefan Bouzarovski, Professor of Human Geography, will be hosting a discussion table at the public sector space within the Green Summit. Here, he blogs about the importance of area-based fuel poverty and energy […]

Tagged With: #SDG Affordable and Clean Energy, #SDG Climate Action, #SDG No Poverty, #SDG Reduced Inequalities, #SDG Sustainable Cities and Communities, area-based policy, climate change, energy, fuel poverty, Green Summit, Green Summit 2019, inequalities, local government, poverty, sustainability

Worryingly windy weather or a strong tail-wind?

By Laurence Stamford Filed Under: All posts, Energy and Environment, Renewables Posted: March 19, 2019

On the 7 March, the long awaited “Offshore Wind Sector Deal” was launched, laying out the UK Government’s vision for the future of offshore wind power to 2030. So far, responses to the deal have been somewhat mixed: it’s been welcomed by various industry players as a sign of the Government’s commitment, but has faced […]

Tagged With: #SDG Affordable and Clean Energy, #SDG Climate Action, #SDG Industry Innovation and Infrastructure, #SDG Responsible Production and Consumption, Business Energy & Industry, climate change, consumption, energy, renewables, sustainability, wind power

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