Category: Energy
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Floating Solar in Northern Ireland: Harnessing sunlight from our lakes and seas
By Dr Madjid Karimirad, School of Natural and Built Environment. Northern Ireland has ambitious climate goals for achieving NetZero emissions and combating the climate emergency. One of the promising technologies is floating solar – solar panels mounted on floating pontoons. The global floating solar market is expanding rapidly, with capacity expected to surpass 7.7 GW…
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Why the US oil majors may end up doing more for the green transition than their (slightly) more progressive European rivals
Article originally appeared in The Conversation.
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Closure of Kilroot – or how NOT to manage a ‘just transition’ to a low carbon energy economy
Following the recent announcement to close Kilroot power station, Professor John Barry looks at how this is not only disastrous for workers and their families but it’s also a major setback for the island’s managed transition to a renewable energy economy
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Protests in Jordan over gas deal with Israel expose wider rifts
Article first appeared on the Brookings Blog where Professor Beverley Milton-Edwards looks at the fall-out of the recent gas deal between Jordan and an Israeli supplier.
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Global Impact of the US Shale Revolution: here to stay?
Dr Stefan Andreasson examines the global impact of the US shale gas revolution and asks what this might mean for the rest of the world in the future.