Durham Energy Institute

Durham Energy Institute (DEI) is a research institute located within Durham University, England. It was launched in September 2009 for research in the fields of energy technology and society.

Background

The current Executive Director is Professor Jon Gluyas.[citation needed]

DEI researches Microalgae biofuels,[1] Cellulosic Crops,[2][3] photovoltaics,[4] clean energy generation,[5] Geo-Energy,[6] Energy and Society, Economics,[7] Regulation,[8] Policy,[9] Fusion Energy,[10] and Energy Decarbonisation.

Its board of advisors includes Ian Burdon, Benj Sykes from DONG Energy, John Loughhead from UKERC, Helen Moss from IBM and Andrew Mill from Narec.

The Durham Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy forms an important and integral part of the DEI, offering an interdisciplinary postgraduate research training programme in energy.[11]

The MSc Energy and Society is led by Durham University's Anthropology Department, in association with the Durham Energy Institute and its partner departments (including Engineering, Social Sciences and Humanities). Unique among Masters programmes, the course emphasizes the insights that the social sciences can offer to energy and development, and vice versa.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Rowbotham, J.S.; Dyer, P.W.; Greenwell, H.C.; Selby, D.A.; Theodorou, M.K., 2012 “Copper(II)–mediated thermolysis of alginates: A model kinetic study on the influence of metal ions in the thermochemical processing of macroalgae”, Royal Society Interface Focus
  2. ^ Durham Energy Institute (11 June 2015). "Durham Energy Institute : Biofuels - Durham University". Dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. ^ Wells, V., Greenwell, F., Covey, J., Rosenthal, H., Adcock, M. & Gregory-Smith, D. 2013. An exploratory investigation of barriers and enablers affecting investment in renewable companies and technologies in the UK. Interface Focus
  4. ^ Groves, C (2013). Suppression of geminate charge recombination in organic photovoltaic devices with a cascaded energy heterojunction. Energy and Environmental Science 6: 1546-1551.
  5. ^ Tavner, P J 2012. Offshore Wind Turbines- Reliability, Availability & Maintenance. Institution of Engineering and Technology.
  6. ^ Durham Energy Institute (10 June 2015). "Durham Energy Institute : Geo-Energy - Durham University". Dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  7. ^ Knight, D. & Bell, S. 2013. Pandora's Box: photovoltaic energy and economic crisis in Greece. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 5(3): 033110.
  8. ^ Bulkeley, H. and Newell, P. (2010) Governing Climate Change, Routledge, London.
  9. ^ Durham Energy Institute (10 June 2015). "Durham Energy Institute : Economics, Regulation and Policy - Durham University". Dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  10. ^ Larbalestier, DC, Osamura, K & Hampshire, DP 2008. MEM07: The 5th annual workshop on mechanical and electromagnetic properties of composite superconductors (princeton, NJ, USA, 21–24 August 2007). Superconductor Science & Technology 21(5): 2.
  11. ^ Durham Energy Institute. "Durham Energy Institute : - Durham University". Dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  12. ^ Department of Anthropology (20 November 2015). "Department of Anthropology : Energy and Society MSc - Durham University". Dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2015.