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FACT SHEET: Obama Administration Announces Federal and Private Sector Actions to Accelerate Electric Vehicle …
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The Obama Administration is taking responsible steps to combat climate change, increase access to clean energy technologies, and reduce our dependence on oil. That is why, today, on the heels of the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) first-ever...
A government report just backed a renewable energy revolution
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Harnessing the tides could provide major amounts of cheap, reliable and renewable energy, according to the author of a report commissioned by the Government into what could be the world's first lagoon power plant. A private firm, Tidal Lagoon Power...
Drumbeat: August 8, 2012
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Calls to scrap ethanol mandate intensify with drought NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The drought that's killing crops across the Midwest and sending corn prices to record highs has revived calls to end or ease the government's requirement that corn-based ethanol...
As Washington Stalls, a New Economy Is Growing Under the Radar of the Corporate Media -- Join It and Celebrate It!
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DC elites are scheming for cuts to Social Security, Medicare and overall austerity -- we've got to stop this and build our own economy. When we review all that is going on the resistance movement – people protesting the policies we oppose and...
Book Review: “Energy in Australia – Peak Oil, Solar Power, and Asia’s Economic Growth”
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Guest post by John Morgan. John runs R&D programmes at a Sydney startup company. He has a PhD in physical chemistry, and research experience in chemical engineering in the US and at CSIRO. He is a regular commenter on BNC. You can...

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Balancing heat pump performance and cost in Net Zero energy systems

Electric air-to-water heat pumps will play an essential role in the global shift towards decarbonised heat. A plethora of design options for this technology exist, each with performance and cost characteristics that are correlated. This gives rise to...
Optimal net-zero energy system transitions: The impact of fuel prices

The recent extreme fuel price hikes raise questions regarding the affordability of net-zero energy system transitions. Researchers on the IDLES Programme have performed a study on the impact of different fuel prices on the optimal net-zero energy system...
Calculating emissions from charging electric vehicles in the UK

The transportation sector is a significant source of greenhouse gases and air pollution, contributing to climate change and affecting human health. The transition from traditional Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles to Battery Electric Vehicles...
Delivering net-zero carbon heat: What’s best for homeowners and the energy system?

Proposed sustainable transition pathways for moving away from natural gas in domestic heating focus on two main energy vectors: electricity and hydrogen. Electrification would be implemented using vapour-compression heat pumps, while hydrogen could substitute...
Future electricity networks: how smart EV charging can help hedge against long-term uncertainty

Stefan Borozan, a doctoral researcher in the Control and Power Group at Imperial College London, discusses the role of EV smart charging options (G2V, V2G, and V2B) in hedging against uncertainty and providing wider system benefits in long-term network...

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Alumni profiles

The first cohort on Energy Futures Lab's MSc in Sustainable Energy Futures course graduated in 2008. There are now 300 graduates of the course who live and work in literally every corner of the world....
Five minutes with…Gearóid Maher

Clean Energy Transactions Manager Gearóid Maher graduated from the MSc in 2010. Here he talks to us about his job, some of the things he loves, some which he loves to hate and his memories of the Sust...