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Exciting news from last week—NIER announced the winners of the 2024 Research Collaboration Awards! 🎉 These awards celebrate the incredible research solutions that come to life when researchers and industry partners work together. Today we’re highlighting the awesome (and potentially industry changing!) research of award winner for Higher Degree by Research Student Excellence in Industry Collaboration category - Jackson Lee. Did you know over 80 million tonnes of solar panels could end up as waste by 2050? 😱 That’s why Jackson’s research - guided by Dr. Jessica Allen (as part of the CSIRO Industry PhD program and in partnership with PV Industries) - is so important. They're working on ways to recover critical materials like copper, silver, and silicon, making solar energy even more sustainable. 🌱✨ Check out his video for more. University of Newcastle

☀️ Enhancing Solar Panel Yield in Off-Peak Times ☀️ During my master's thesis, I studied how reflectors can enhance the yield of solar panels during off-peak times, such as in winter. I'm excited to share that this work has been published and is freely accessible! A big thank you to my co-authors and supervisors Rebecca Saive, Shweta Pal, Leonie Horst and Jelle Westerhof! Please find the article here: https://lnkd.in/eU4ypWuP

As part of the World Science Forum’s Science Expo, I joined the roundtable discussion titled „Renewable Energy: New Horizons for Sustainability.” The conversation, featuring experts from the HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research, Department of Energy Engineering (Budapest University of Technology and Economics), Department of Environmental and Landscape Geography (Eötvös Loránd University), Pannon University, and University of Sopron, focused on innovative solutions and future directions in renewable energy. This engaging discussion underscored the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in shaping sustainable energy systems and tackling global challenges.

What started as novel research 100 years ago is a major source of energy today, in part because of a research prize established by an Academy member. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ej_upb-Y

I’m excited to share a paper, which presents a new roadmap to reducing emissions in hard-to-electrify segments of the economy published in Nature Reviews Chemistry where I am one of co-authors. The paper outlines how in the defossilized future without waste, carbon will be treated as a commodity for production of renewable fuels and chemicals. The roadmap is the outcome of a joint workshop entitled “Closing the Carbon Cycle: Opportunities in Energy Science,” organized by researchers from seven different DOE labs at PNNL on July 18 and 19, 2022. https://lnkd.in/gC9UyPn4

☀ Organic solar cells are among the most promising photovoltaic technologies in terms of performance and possible application. However, a big challenge is to increase their poor stability, which is due to intrinsic degradation processes. Discover how scientists from Technical University of Munich tackled this challenge on our latest highlight: https://bit.ly/3JeHpMU

Hey connections!! I presented my paper on Automatic Solar Tracker in PSG Institute of technology and applied research.

One of my first scientific publications (pergamon press) on the decarbonization of power plants using solar energy ... 1997 and a first prototype was built by my start-up in Switzerland in 2000 "CO2 MITIGATION THROUGH THE USE OF HYBRID SOLAR-COMBINED CYCLES"

I am happy to share and congratulate my doctoral advisee, Dr. Shubham Tiwari (who has graduated in December 2023 and is working as a postdoctoral research fellow in IIASA, Viena), for his 4th International Journal publication from his doctoral dissertation in the journal ‘Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (Elsevier)’ with Impact Factor 8.0. This work elaborates on the cooperation-based transactive energy management (C-TEM) for multi-carrier networked energy hubs (EHs). Transactive energy facilitates peer-to-peer energy exchange among the EHs and ensures dynamic energy balance to achieve economic and environmental benefits. Based on the cooperative theory, individual EHs collate to secure maximum profit, which is then fairly and stably allocated among the hubs. Hence, this research formulates an improved and updated payoff allocation mechanism that incorporates the special features (emission-free generation) of EHs to ensure the economic stability of the coalition. More details are available at the link https://lnkd.in/gjjg-3hX.

Last month, PhD students from across the Energy Resilience and the Built Environment Centre for Doctoral Training (ERBE CDT) showcased their innovative research at the Annual Colloquium, hosted by the Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources. 👋 Simon Vakeva-Baird (The Bartlett School of Environment, Energy, and Resources) presented his framework for net zero building design, combining performance simulation, decision analysis, and stakeholder-driven insights. 👋 Laurel Northmore (Loughborough University) shared her work on heat pump readiness, creating tools to assess homes for heat pump suitability, helping homeowners, researchers, and policymakers. 👋 Talie Tohidi Moghadam (MaREI) discussed her research on achieving indoor air quality and thermal comfort using solar energy and MVHR systems, highlighting the role of renewables in sustainable HVAC solutions. Hear directly from Simon, Laurel, and Talie about their exciting research and experiences presenting at the Colloquium - on Instagram: https://lnkd.in/ep-WsSjW