Power and Energy Networks

Nuclear Science Unplugged: My Experience at the Autumn Nuclear Science Workshop in Helsinki
Words by Sanya Panda, Earth and Environmental Science student specialising in Earth & Planetary Science (Geochemistry) Collaboration and exploration: these two things fuelled Sanya’s recent trip to Finland’s capital. Scientists, researchers and students travelled far and wide to Helsinki in late October, all ready to discuss one of the most misunderstood forces on Earth: nuclear […]

Guest post: Update – evaluating the resilience of our electricity network during COVID-19
Matthias Noebels and Dr Mathaios Panteli provide an update on the resilience of the UK’s electricity network as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

The lightning bolt at the heart of Manchester
Tucked away on The University of Manchester’s North Campus, researchers are harnessing lightning – not to bring monsters to life, but to safeguard the future of the UK’s power network.

Bright sparks and Black Swans: protecting energy networks in the face of disaster
If 2018 is remembered for anything (and a lot has happened this year), it will be the extreme weather. This was the year the UK experienced its longest sustained heatwave for 12 years, beginning just three months after the spring cold wave known as the Beast from the East froze our toes. Swapping from thermals […]

Intelligent energy: how smart districts could change the world
“HAL: I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.” Thankfully, we’re a little way off from having computers like HAL 9000 of 2001: A Space Odyssey in our houses, but our homes are becoming smarter. The realm of smart technology […]

New world fair lights the way to future energy
Since London’s The Great Exhibition of 1851, world fairs and expos have introduced and popularised some of the most important inventions of the modern age. Don’t believe us? Take a look at your phone. Alexander Graham Bell’s invention was first shown to the public at the Philadelphia World Fair of 1876. Hard as it may […]