Off to London on Monday for a TSB funding briefing: The Technology Strategy Board is to invest up to £2.5m to support the development of low-power energy harvesting technologies for autonomous electronic systems. Energy harvesting is the ‘scavenging’ of energy from the surrounding environment and converting it into useable electrical energy. We are funding projects […]
Energy research
Research Collaboration meeting with Professor Rui Chen from the University of Loughborough
Yesterday (25th Sept 2012) Rui Chen, Professor of Low Carbon Engineering in the Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering at the University of Loughborough visited PESRI to discuss research collaboration. Prof Chen and PESRI’s Prof Paul Stewart have been collaborating on research for around 10 years, including being Principal Investigators on the EPSRC Grant: GR/S97507/01 ‘Zero […]
FP7 Energy – Final Call
Info and Partnering Day – Bilateral meetings 4th/5th July 2012 Brussels Jill and I will be attending these events on behalf of the School of Engineering The Partnering Day will be organised on the 5th of July 2012 as a Networking Event in addition to the FP7 Energy Infoday 2012 of the European Commission FOCUS […]
Collaborative discussions with United Arab Emirates University
As a result of initially being invited to present at the Energy Security collaboration event in Qatar, in Nov. 2011 (sponsored by the British Council), Professor Bingham is now meeting with senior representatives of the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) in Al-Ain (Abu-Dhabi) to discuss strategic collaborative research opportunities, joint conference organisation, and post-graduate and […]
Call for Papers – Special Issue “Electrical Power and Energy Systems”. A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Tweet Special Issue submissions now open, deadline 30th April 2012: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/special_issues/electrical_power/ Special Issue Information Dear Colleagues, Electrical power and energy systems are at the forefront of application developments in renewable energy, smart grid, more electric aircraft, electric and hybrid vehicles and much more. The associated technologies and control methods are crucial to achieving global targets […]