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New Paper in Applied Energy… A fork in the road: Which energy pathway offers the greatest energy efficiency and CO2 reduction potential for low-carbon vehicles? By: Molly J.Haugen, Leonardo Paoli, Jonathan Cullen, David Cebon, Adam M. Boies Summary This novel study Read more…

Introduction This article discusses whether the UK should embrace a hydrogen economy or one based on electrification.  It draws together evidence from three previous articles on: (i) heavy goods vehicles; (ii) Read more…

Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft: A few numbers In 2006, Ulf Bossel, founder of the European Fuel Cell Forum, published an excellent article about the hydrogen economy [1].  The paper contains simple fundamental analyses of the Read more…

In September, 2020, the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight held an online event entitled a ‘Virtual Tour of Frankfurt eHighway Project’.  (This event replaced a physical tour that was originally Read more…

Introduction A central issue in the low carbon future is large-scale energy storage. Due to the variability of renewable electricity (wind, solar) and its lack of synchronicity with the peaks of electricity Read more…

Congratulations to Dhanan Utomo from (Heriot Watt University) on winning the European Social Simulation Association’s Distinguished Dissertation (ESSA) Award in social simulation. His PhD research entitled “Improving and Comparing Data Collection Methodologies for Decision Rule Calibration Read more…

The most frequently proposed ways to heat buildings in a low carbon future are using hydrogen to power hot water boilers or electricity to power heat pumps.  There are two low-carbon ways to make Read more…

This article is the full text of a letter to the editor of The Times newspaper.  An abridged version of the letter was published in the newspaper on Thursday 24th Read more…

The race is now on to develop, test and manufacture an effective COVID-19 vaccine and to distribute it globally. The vaccine will have to reach the world’s population and meet global health and economic goals, while minimising Read more…