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Tackling The Energy Trilemma: Delivering Clean, Secure, and Affordable Energy for a Net Zero Future

Topics Include:

• The intersection between energy affordability, security, and sustainability

• Challenges and opportunities in a world of increasing uncertainty and changeThe CUEN Conference is a prestigious annual event that engages Cambridge's extensive academic and industrial ecosystem to address pressing issues in the energy sector.

• This year, our focus will be on the energy trilemma (sustainability, affordability, and security). The topics will be covered through three panel discussions, providing a forum for in-depth discussion and contemplation on challenges current and future energy leaders will encounter in their careers.

• Tickets available now: https://www.cuen.uk/copy-of-2024-energy-conference

Speaker: Dr Emil Dimanchev (Princeton University) 

EPRG Energy & Environment Seminars Easter Term 2025 Tuesdays fortnightly at 12.30-1.30pm (in-person)

Please contact EPRG Administrator (eprgadm@jbs.cam.ac.uk) for further detail

Seminar organizer: Zeynep Clulow (z.clulow@jbs.cam.ac.uk)

MATERIALS RIG SEMINAR

Speaker: Professor Sally Brooker, Department of Chemistry / MacDiarmid Institute / He Honoka Hauwai, University of Otago, New Zealand

ABSTRACT:

The increasingly severe impacts of climate change demand us to: (a) reduce energy use (b) decarbonise existing high emissions industrial processes and (c) rapidly replace our present range of carbon-emitting fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) with a suite of carbon-zero and carbon-neutral fuels. The best carbon-zero fuel is direct electrification (from renewable generation), followed by batteries and green hydrogen. New Zealand is very well placed to take up this amazing economic opportunity, and become an exporter of green, energy-intense, high-value products. 

After setting the scene, I will briefly introduce the German-New Zealand Green Hydrogen Centre / He Honoka Hauwai and summarise NZ-wide industry green hydrogen activities, before focussing on my team’s research into improved catalysts for H₂ production from water (Figure, second left), and CO₂ reduction into commodity chemicals (Figure, third left). 

The goal of this conference is to bring together researchers working on the theme of Molecules for Net Zero and Materials for Net Zero to join forces in developing solutions to the challenges of Net Zero. Some topics related to both the themes are described below:

1. Green Synthesis/Catalysis involving small molecules or materials/polymers especially from bio-derived feedstock or CO2
2. Development of molecules/materials or related concepts for applications in energy storage (e.g. battery, and hydrogen storage)
3. New approaches/concepts of circular economy and waste recycling (e.g. CO2 capture and chemical recycling of plastic waste)

The conference will involve 7 plenary lectures, and 18 session plenary lectures on both the themes. Additionally, there will be 36 oral presentations and poster/flash presentations to be selected from the submitted abstracts.

We look forward to seeing you in St. Andrews which is a delightful mediaeval town on the sea with beautiful beaches and is the home of golf and June is one of the best times to visit.

For further information: https://icsc-nz.com/

Co-chairs

Dr. Amit Kumar & Prof. David Cole-Hamilton
University of St. Andrews

Speaker: Dr Kathy Davies (The British Library) 

EPRG Energy & Environment Seminars Easter Term 2025 Tuesdays fortnightly at 12.30-1.30pm (in-person)

Please contact EPRG Administrator (eprgadm@jbs.cam.ac.uk) for further detail

Seminar organizer: Zeynep Clulow (z.clulow@jbs.cam.ac.uk)