Episodes
Alyssa Gilbert and Ajay Gambhir are two experts from Imperial's Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Envrionment who were in Paris observing the talks. Here they give their reaction and thoughts going forward.
Published 12/18/15
What is our current understanding of greenhouse gas emissions released during the production of natural gas? How can we reduce these emissions? Dr Paul Balcombe discusses the context for the Sustainable Gas Institute's first White Paper.
Published 09/25/15
Dr Wolfgang Epple, Director Research and Technology of Jaguar Land Rover, presents the Energy Futures Lab Annual Lecture 2014
Published 11/14/14
Electrical engineer, Professor Tim Green gives his introductory lecture as Director of the Energy Futures Lab
Published 11/06/14
A panel debate on UK shale gas and fracking, with Francis Egan (Cuadrilla), Jane Burston (NPL), Geoff Maitland (Imperial) and Nick Riley (Carboniferous)
Published 07/31/14
Dr Arthur Turrell explains his Royal Society Summer Science exhibition, which gives a flavour of experiments that aim to recreate the centre of the sun. (Extract 2 of 4, Imperial Podcast 2 July 2014)
Published 07/02/14
Charles Hendry MP discusses the policy challenges facing the UK energy sector.
Published 04/08/14
Colin Smith chats to Dr Salvadro Acha about how the Grantham Institute for Climate Change has teamed up with Sainsbury’s to investigate ways the supermarket can save energy. (Extract 2 of 4, Imperial Podcast 19 March 2014)
Published 03/19/14
In this EFL Policy Seminar Dr Rob Gross presents a report by the UK Energy Research Centre's Technology and Policy Assessment Function
Published 03/18/14
Dr Safa Shoaee (Chemistry) on her recent finding that solar cells are more efficient when music is played, and prefer Adele to Beethoven. (Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 11 December 2013)
Published 12/10/13
Rosemary Peters visits the Energy Futures Lab to see how students are using hydrogen fuel cells to power guitar amps and building powerful electric vehicles. (Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 28 August 2013)
Published 08/28/13
Professor Joanna Haigh, Head of the Department of Physics, discusses the effect of the variations of solar forces on the earth's climate at Imperial Festival, 2013.
Published 05/13/13
In this Grantham Special Lecture, Professor Ted Shepherd, Grantham Chair in Climate Science at University of Reading looks at the persistent uncertainties in model predictions of the atmospheric circulation response to climate change.
Published 12/10/12
Prof Jim Skea, research director of UKERC, speaks on the UK energy research landscape and what is needed for the future. http://goo.gl/sOgs7
Published 07/24/12
Fran Bennett, CEO of Mastodon C, talks on the need to reduce carbon emissions cloud computnig operations. http://goo.gl/73cMZ
Published 07/24/12
A panel discussion on European Energy Finance, organised by students from the MSc in Sustainable Energy Futures. http://goo.gl/3gQpd
Published 07/09/12
Sir Ernst Chain Distinguished Lecture given by Prof Jim Barber
Published 05/25/12
Prof Tom Faunce of Australian National University speaks as part of the Energy Futures Lab lecture series. More details: http://goo.gl/zPuFD
Published 05/08/12
Charles Soothill, Chief Technology Officer of Alstom Power, presents the Energy Futures Lab Annual Lecture 2012. More info and slides: http://goo.gl/bn7Uu
Published 04/24/12
A Grantham Special Lecture by Dr Yang Yufeng of the Energy Research Institute (ERI) of China's NDRC, and Ajay Gambhir of the Grantham Institute.
Published 04/03/12
Professor Konstantin Novoselov talks about his Nobel Prize winning discovery graphene, and what the future holds for it in the 2012 Kohn Award Lecture
Published 03/22/12
We need a more informed public debate on renewable energy, says Dr Robert Gross. (Extract 5 of 5 from the Imperial College Podcast 29 February 2012)
Published 02/28/12
A Grantham Institute for Climate Change Special Lecture by Dr Fatih Birol, Chief Economist at the International Energy Agency.
Published 02/07/12
Unwanted Christmas cards and wrapping paper could provide enough energy to send a bus to the moon more than 20 times, according to Imperial researchers. (Extract 3 of 5 from the Imperial College Podcast 18 January 2012)
Published 01/17/12
This presentation describes how new solar energy conversion technologies will enable us to harness solar energy efficiently with low cost materials and devices, focusing on the photochemistry of solar energy conversion in such systems
Published 01/17/12