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Local ZeroEnergy networks and smart local systemsWhat role do energy network operators - or DNOs - have in developing smart local energy systems? Becky - along with guest co-host Dr Jeff Hardy - lead an EnergyREV panel discussion with:Maxine Frerk, director at Grid Edge PolicyAdam Bell, head of policy at StonehavenMelanie Bryce, SSEN Oxfordshire programme director on Project LEO (Local Energy Oxfordshire)Doug Cook, deputy director at OFGEM responsible for digitalisation and decentralisation 2023-04-2753 minLocal ZeroLive: Energy-smart places and a just transitionWhat is the role of energy-smart places and smart local energy approaches in securing a just transition? In this Local Zero Live, recorded at EnergyREV's final summit in central London, Becky and Fraser welcome a panel of guests to explore how tech innovations and energy policy can work fairly, and for citizens and communities. Guests in this episode: Karen Barass of Climate InsightsDonal Brown, University of Sussex research fellowJoanne Wade from the Association for Decentralised Energy and the UK Energy Research CentreSyed Ahmed from Community Energy...2023-03-231h 00
Local ZeroThe future of smarter, more local energy systems - Local Zero live from EnergyREV's 2022 summitRecorded at EnergyREV's central London summit on smart local energy, the team explore what a smarter, more local energy system might look like, and how it could drive the push to net zero and tackle the energy crisis. Matt and Becky are joined by EnergyREV's Rob Saunders, Teodora Kaneva from Tech UK, UK100's Karen Barrass, and Professor Jeff Hardy, Senior Research Fellow in Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial College London's Grantham Institute.Links: https://www.energyrev.org.uk/https://www.techuk.org/https://www.uk100.org/...2022-09-201h 04
The SeedThe Current State of UK Policy Ambitions with Dr Matthew HannonMatthew works as Director of Research and Senior Lecturer at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, within the University of Strathclyde’s Business School. His research examines the policy and market conditions necessary to accelerate low-carbon energy technology and business model innovation in both new and old systems. He is a co-investigator on UKRI’s £10m EnergyREV consortium on smart, locally-led energy systems, and the UK Energy Research Centre’s Community Energy Finance project.Matthew has published ‘Financial Times 50’ ranked journal papers, written a book on accelerating low-carbon innovation. His work has received international prizes, been referenced i...2021-06-0441 min
Local ZeroCountdown to COP26 in GlasgowCOP26 in Glasgow is one year away - so where are we on the path to a zero carbon future? In this first episode, the Local Zero team tackle the big questions on climate change, and start to explore how local ‘place-based’ solutions may hold the key.Local Zero is a podcast from Glasgow-based climate change researchers Dr Rebecca Ford, Dr Matt Hannon and Fraser Stewart, brought to you by EnergyREV. Subscribe now to get every episode straight to your podcast feed.Episode 1 contributors: Renee Van Diemen a senior scientist from the Intergovernmental Panel on C...2020-11-0447 min
Recent projectsLocal Zero - smart climate technology from Strathclyde UniversityClimate change and energy experts Dr Rebecca Ford, Dr Matt Hannon, and PhD student Fraser Stewart are your trusted guides in Local Zero - from EnergyREV. Listen: www.podfollow.com/localzero2020-10-2803 min