Press Release
18 May 2009 - Prestige Lecture to address sustainable energy issues
Cranfield University is to host a prestigious event next month to address the issues and opportunities facing sustainable energy supply.
The free lecture entitled ‘Keeping the lights on – affordable engineering and technology solutions’ will be presented by Dr David Clarke, Chief Executive Officer at the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).
The event will discuss the pressures the UK energy system is under, requirements for substantial upgrading and tackle the challenges of climate change.
The UK Government has estimated that an investment of around £100bn will be required to reach the UK’s target for 15% of all energy to come from renewable sources by 2020. Currently less than 3% comes from renewable sources.
The ETI has been set up to accelerate the development of engineering solutions for affordable, reliable and clean energy systems which will only be properly achieved if all sectors are involved – power, heat, transport and their supporting infrastructures.
Cranfield is well-positioned to help the ETI meets its 2020 energy efficiency targets due to extensive research in many areas including the designing of a unique vertical wind turbine as part of Project Nova, material technologies in energy systems, the development of advanced gas to protect the environment and hybrid and electric vehicle design.
The event will be held at Cranfield campus on 8 June from 5-8pm.
To book your place or to find out more visit www.cranfield.ac.uk/lecture
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Further information
Cranfield University is a wholly postgraduate institution with a worldwide reputation for excellence and expertise in aerospace, automotive, defence, engineering, environment and water, health, management and manufacturing. The University is made up of the following Schools: Cranfield Health, School of Management, School of Applied Sciences, School of Engineering, and The Defence College of Management and Technology at Shrivenham. For more information visit http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/
The Energy Technologies Institute is a unique partnership between global industries and the UK Government, revealed funding for its first four projects, all with the ultimate aim of providing the public with more affordable, low carbon electricity. While Offshore Wind and Marine technologies are the focus of the first round of projects to be funded, the ETI is also addressing the areas of Transport, Distributed Energy, Carbon Capture and Storage and Energy Networks. The next set of Offshore Wind and Marine projects to be funded by the ETI will be announced soon. The funding for the projects comes from the six current private sector partners –BP, Caterpillar, EDF Energy, E.ON, Rolls-Royce and Shell. The ETI’s public funds are received from the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) through the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) with additional funding from the Department for Transport.
Project Nova: A UK-based consortium led by Guildford energy specialists OTM Consulting and including representatives from three universities – Cranfield, Strathclyde and Sheffield – the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture (CEFAS) and SME Wind Power. Key sub-contractors include James Ingram Associates and QinetiQ. The project aims to assess the feasibility of a unique wind turbine with a pair of giant vertical wings, which has the benefit of ruggedness, stability and simpler maintenance access, compared to the horizontal axis concept of conventional turbines.
For further information please contact: Naomie Stanford-Jones, Press Officer, Cranfield University, tel: +44 (0) 1234 754999
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Press release number: PR-06-09-SOE
