Integrated energy infrastructure driving the Net Zero transition
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A public lecture with Professor Jianzhong Wu (Cardiff University).
Climate change is considered one of the major challenges currently facing the world. Many countries have set up their Net Zero targets to combat climate change. Our integrated multi-energy infrastructure, including electricity, gas, heating, cooling, hydrogen, and transport, will not only play a crucial enabling role for a green carbon neutral future, but also become a driving force which accelerates the journey to net zero. Energy infrastructures exist primarily to tackle the temporal and spatial diversity in energy conversion and use and to exploit economies of scale where they exist. The energy trilemma (energy security, environmental impact and social cost) presents many complex interconnected challenges which have huge relevance internationally. These challenges vary considerably from region to region due to historical, geographic, political, economic and cultural reasons. As technology and society changes so do these challenges, and therefore planning, design and operation of the integrated multi-energy infrastructure needs to be revisited and optimised in order to integrate various renewable energy and low carbon technologies and driving the transition to Net Zero. This talk will use a whole systems approach to analyse the interconnected and interdependent nature of multi-energy infrastructures, and discuss their roles in the Net Zero transition.
Sustainability - what next?
What do we want the world to look like in 2030, and how do we achieve this? In 2015, UN Member States agreed on the Sustainable Development Goals, a blueprint for tackling many of the challenges affecting communities around the world. Meeting these goals requires engagement, including by those involved in the Earth and environmental sciences. In this series, experts from a variety of disciplines examine the concept of ‘sustainable development’ and explore its implications on the use of diverse natural resources.
Our public lectures are free events that attract a diverse audience including the public, secondary school pupils and professionals. The series aims to open up areas of interest in the Earth and environmental sciences and present new research in this area to the public.
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Our on-campus parking rules have changed. Parking at the Bute Car Park will only be available free of charge to attendees who submit their vehicle registration number. A sign-in sheet will be available during the lecture. Please record your details at every event.
The Main Building car park is available to blue badge holders only. Parking is very limited and there are 5 designated accessible parking bays. Visitors can reserve a parking space in advance by contacting carparking@cardiff.ac.uk.
Public street parking is available along Park Place and Museum Avenue. Charges apply before 19:00.
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If you have any questions about this event, please contact Professor Dianne Edwards at edwardsd2@cardiff.ac.uk.
Should you require the Q&A sessions to be in Welsh, please email edwardsd2@cardiff.ac.uk at least two weeks before the event.
You do not need to book a ticket for this event.
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