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⚡🔥🍃 #decarbonization of heat damand is a must in a realistic path towards #netzero! Very interesting to see how #heatpumps can support the decarbonization of high temperature heat demand

The energy landscape is undergoing a dramatic shift, and forward-thinking initiatives like Keele University's Smart Energy Network Demonstrator (SEND), a European first, are leading the charge. ⚡️ SEND isn't just a fancy acronym - it's a real-life laboratory transforming the entire campus into a testing ground for smart and low-carbon energy technologies. Tour the project if you get a chance. #keeleuniversity #smartenergy #greenenergy #climateaction

Our May 2024 International Issue is here! Learn more from the NOC chair, microplastics, dive into the International Seed Federation's centennial year and more now: https://hubs.li/Q02ysc9L0

Our May 2024 International Issue is here! Learn more from the NOC chair, microplastics, dive into the International Seed Federation's centennial year and more now: https://hubs.li/Q02ys8nm0

Who said undergrads can't publish? Coauthored my second paper and it's officially out! 🚀 In 2022, I joined a wonderful team with members from Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Fairfield University, and The University of Edinburgh to research the institutional, economic, and technical barriers to decarbonizing maritime transport in the Galapagos Islands. This study underscored the importance of water taxi owners in this decarbonization effort. We just published our results on their individual and group preferences for electric outboard engines in the Journal of Transportation Research Part D (Q1, impact factor: 7.6!). If you want to check it out, here is a link with free access for the next 50 days: https://shorturl.at/LtdHD

In Lithuania, there are already more than 12,000 EV on the roads – their number has increased by as much as 61% in a year. Despite the rapid growth, electric vehicles still make up only a very small part of the overall national transportation, which currently stands at about 1.7 million vehicles 🚘   One of the main reasons for this is the slow development of charging station infrastructure. While the number of charging stations is growing, their distribution and accessibility across the country, particularly in regions areas, remain insufficient to serve all EV users' needs.   Kazys Pupinis, the Head of Eleport Lithuania, shares his expertise on this matter and the broader EV charging landscape in the regions of Lithuania 🇱🇹 Discover the article here:

In case you missed it, this year marks Savannah River National Laboratory’s 20th anniversary as one of the Department of Energy’s national labs! L&A is proud to be part of the team managing this important facility. You can learn more about the lab’s anniversary (and catch great remarks from SRNL Director Dr. Vahid Majidi) in this article from the EM Update newsletter: https://lnkd.in/ehZrr2de

Good business is GREAT for everyone, and Lithuania’s EV charging station expansion model is proving the point. There are challenges in charging station infrastructure development to be sure. Development, innovation, and regulatory development are critical to the growth of the EV market in the US and abroad. Good on Lithuania for setting a great model for exploration. #transportation #infrastructure #ev

Discover the fascinating intersection of science, engineering, and cultural heritage in our latest IMSE blog by Isabella von Holstein. 🏛️ Learn how technology and research are shaping the future of preserving our cultural treasures: https://ow.ly/yre450Q0f5o..

🏆 We did it! My PhD supervisor Clemens Thielen and me won the EURO Prize for the Common Good 2024 👨🔬 This would never have been possible without the support of our wonderful team, Inka Kaufmann Alves and Mirjam Lawens-Rotter from Hochschule Mainz - University of Applied Sciences, Stefanie Seiffert from igr GmbH, Michael Marques Alves from VG Enkenbach-Alsenborn, and Lars Stuckert from KMB. A big thank you for your support and cooperation during and after the project! 🚀 Congratulations also to the other nominees who had great projects. Ohad Eisenhändler and his colleagues showcased how Israel could transform its energy-mix towards renewables until 2050 and Ashraf Labib and his colleagues were part of an impressive project investigating search and rescue strategies in the arctic sea. I can only encourage everyone to also check out their work. ⚖ Also thanks to the jury consisting of Cathal Brugha, Claudia D'Ambrosio, Alec Morton, Eeva Vilkkumaa, and Ulrike Reisach and to EURO - The Association of European Operational Research Societies for offering the prize. Your engagement inspires all members from the OR-community to think how their science can make the world a better place. 🏛 I could probably tag half my LinkedIn-contacts in this post, which I will not, but I definitely have to thank my research group at Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (and I will not tag them all) since working with them is just awesome. Period. 🔜 What's next? Tbh, idk. I'm coming home from the conference with a bunch of new ideas and I will have to get them sorted in the next days. In any case, I spent my last months on evaluating how open-source APIs can be integrated into my software. First APIs are already connected and I'm hoping to release the next generation of rocket science municipal flood mitigation soon. Considering this year's floods, we all need it desperately. 🚅 By the way, I realized that taking the night train is a great way to travel to conferences. If you want to save about 1t of CO2 equivalents, or just want to avoid not getting onto your flight because it was overbooked, you're very much invited to take the railway next time.