FAPESP, a Brazilian funding agency, has written an extensive article covering CLCF's recent presence in Brazil. The article is focused on the progress of liquid air technology in the UK driven by CLCF members.
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Jon Price of the Centre for Low Carbon Futures joined a series of discussions in Kolkata with Greg Barker, UK Minister for India and Scott Furssedonn-Wood, the British Deputy High Commissioner with the Mayor of Kolkata, Municipal Commissioner and Dr Amrit Mitra, West Bengal Minister for Finance, Commerce and Industries. The Centre for Low Carbon Futures is supporting projects in India on low carbon cities, energy storage and high calorie food supply chains.
CLCF, Liquid Air Energy Network and the University of Birmingham launched the first in the 'Game-changing technologies' series of reports today at the Bimingham in Parliament Day in Westminster.
The University of Birmingham has been granted a £6 million fund to create a new facility to support research into energy storage technologies.
Cryogenic energy storage systems – which uses liquid nitrogen to store and release energy – use off-peak electricity to liquefy air. The cryogenic liquids that is formed is stored in a vessel and vapourised into gas during an expansion process which drives a turbine.
Full overview of media coverage on liquid air provided courtesy of the Liquid Air Energy Network
A six-month study on the potential of liquid air as a new and sustainable energy vector, published by the Centre for Low Carbon Futures, will be presented at a one-day conference hosted by the Royal Academy of Engineering on the 9th May.
Kolkata ranks seventh highest in climate change in coming decades: Sanjay Wadhwani
Leading academics, senior government officials and industry executives will meet at the UK’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers on Tuesday 2 October to consider how liquid air can help deliver a zero carbon economy.
http://azertag.com/en/node/1001594
Asia set to see marked rise in severity of drought in next 10 years
www.climateactionprogramme.org
William Brittlebank
Research highlighted in the 'Food Security: Near future projection of the impact of drought in Asia' report shows that within the next 10 years large parts of Asia probably have to face increased risk of more severe droughts, which will impact regional and possibly even global food security.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/economy/article3888519.ece
In the next 10 years, there will be a marked rise in severity of drought in large parts of Asia, impacting global food security, says a new research by the UK-based Centre for Low Carbon Futures.
Rory Sullivan, Andy Gouldson and Philip Webber
www.voiceofamerica.com 8th August, Ron Corben
Experts Warn of Future Asia-Pacific Food Vulnerability
BANGKOK — Drought in the United States and India is leading to higher food prices and has some experts warning Asia Pacific countries to step up investment in agriculture. Asia’s shifting dietary habits require greater imports and are raising fears over future food vulnerability.
July 13th 2012, Karl Wilson
By Prof Piers Forster and Dr Lawrence Jackson, University of Leeds and Jon Price, Director of the Centre for Low Carbon Futures.
The Lima-Callao area has a population of 9 million andan economy worth US$66 billion in 2014. The preliminary results of our research indicate that the total energy bill for the city was US$4.7 billion and that the bill for waste and water was US$50 billion - meaning that 8% of everything earned in the local economy was spent on energy, water and waste.
The Centre for Low Carbon Futures (CLCF) is a collaborative research centre that focuses on the evidence base and demonstration of low carbon innovations, formed by the Universities of Birmingham, Hull, Leeds, Sheffield and York.
