On 9-10 December 2024 we hosted our annual Cambridge Energy Masterclass in the Centre for Mathematical Sciences. This very well-attended event offered an illuminating insight into the state-of-the-art understanding of many vital areas of the energy transition, with talks on everything from wind, solar, and nuclear power; to ammonia, hydrogen, and geothermal energy storage; to
Andy Woods and Nicola Mingotti showcased Institute research in parliament on Tuesday 26th November during a session at which the four national academies presented their research activities related to energy transition. They took with them an analogue experiment demonstrating the dissolution of Carbon Dioxide in a deep saline aquifer. Throughout the morning Andy and Nicola
Today, PhD student Emily Flicos delivered our weekly seminar, with a presentation titled ‘CCS & permeability: thinking about uncertainty through a perturbation analysis’. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) has a crucial role to play in the journey to Net Zero and represents an enormous challenge due to the scale of storage that we must meet.