25 – 29 April 2022
As part of the Green Infrastructure Week, we are hosting 3 live online sessions discussing challenges to Net Zero Infrastructure.
Details for each session are below, with recordings of the live sessions being made available on our YouTube site and on the Green Infrastructure Website for those that are not able to join live.
More information about the events during 25 – 29 April, including relevant reports, can be found on the Green Infrastructure Website.
Panel Discussion – Vulnerabilities to UK CNI: Climate Change & Extreme Weather (29/04) 12:00 BST
Panel Discussion:
- Spyros Skarvelis-Kazakos, Sussex University
- Janusz Bialek, Newcastle University
- Chris Dent, Edinburgh University
- David Brayshaw, Reading University
Following submission of their written evidence to the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy, the Supergen Energy Networks Climate Adaptation panel will discuss the resilience of Power System Infrastructure, including vulnerabilities to extreme weather events and climate change.
If you missed the session this is available to view on demand via our YouTube Channel.
Joint Supergen Webinar – Challenges to delivering Net Zero Infrastructure (29/04) 13:00 BST
Panel:
- Andrew Wright, | Chair
- Phil Taylor, Director, Supergen Energy Networks Hub| Speaker
- Katie Chong, Topic Group Representative, Supergen Bioenergy Hub | Speaker
- Yulong Ding, Supergen Energy Storage Network+ | Speaker
- Jasmin Cooper, Research Associate at the Sustainable Gas Institute | Panellist
- Georgina Morris, Innovation Programme Manager – Energy Storage at BEIS | Panellist
- Zhongdong Wang, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean at University of Exeter | Panellist
- Aoife Foley, Reader, Queens University Belfast | Panellist
Supergen Bioenergy Hub, Supergen Energy Networks Hub and Supergen Energy Storage Network+, will examine the challenges to delivering net zero infrastructure in the UK. The format of the event will be a presentation from each Supergen hub, followed by a panel discussion with representatives from industry, policy and academia.
If you missed the session, this is available to view on demand via our YouTube Channel.
For more information on the speakers/panellists, please visit the Green Infrastructure Website.
Webinar: Climate Finance (25/04)
In the first of our 3 live events, Professor Iain Clacher, Leeds University gave an overview of Climate Finance based on his experience at COP26 in November 2021.
If you were unable to join us live, the session is available to view on the SEN youtube channel or via the Green Infrastructure Website.
Green Infrastructure SEN Publications
The Supergen Energy Networks Hub has published a number of articles related to Green Infrastructure.
Publications include written evidence submitted to the Joint Comittee on the National Security Strategy as part of a session on critical national infrastructure and climate adaptation as well as an article published in The Conversation, Heat pumps: UK to install 600,000 a year by 2028 but electrical grid will need massive investment to cope.
If you would like any further information, or have any questions/queries on any of the webinars, panel discussions or publications, please contact: supergenen@ncl.ac.uk.
