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The Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) welcomes Professor Malcolm McCulloch, Head, Energy & Power Group, Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Oxford, UK as a visiting professor to the University of Waterloo.
Professor McCulloch's research interest focuses on low-cost high-value energy systems, technical and socioeconomic assessments of microgrids and the emerging convergences of ICT with the power system. He will be working with professor Jatin Nathwani,…
Energy is the lifeblood of human society. By creatively harnessing energy we can transform it into clean water, food, jobs, and connectivity. The world has enough latent capacity for energy innovation to shift the trajectory of global development. The world needs more disruption that taps into those energy innovations to accomplish a second transformation: the transformation of lives. The 2018 Hult Prize is an invitation to student teams around the world to find and develop energy innovations that can be scaled to improve the lives of millions.
2018 Challenge: Transform – Harnessing the Power of Energy to Transform the lives of 10 million people
Download the 2018 Challenge document
The first step is to complete the General Application with your team. Your application is not based on an existing idea, or one that you may have come up with for the challenge. Unlike any competition in the world, the Hult Prize moves teams into the regional finals that have the potential to create a dynamic and disruptive start-up based on their…
Innovus wins in Major Independent Microgrid study: Provides lowest LCOE and highest reductions in diesel and emissions'
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September 15, 2017 by Paul Pauze
In it’s 2017 study of the use of Variable Speed Generators (VSG) in 6 communities in Canada’s North, the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) concluded that “projects deploying Innovus’ VSG with PowerBridge should be pursued”.
The WISE study shows that Innovus Power technology provides the lowest levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and highest reductions in diesel and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) when paired with high penetration renewables.
The Innovus results show a 20 year fuel…
The Eni Award annually honors the best research projects in the field of energy and sustainability and is addressed to scientists and researchers from around the world.
Established in 2007, the Prize has been completely redesigned in order to focus on technological innovation aimed at enhancing decarbonisation of the energy system, access to energy in developing countries and environmental protection and recovery.
the Eni Award assigns three main international Prizes, two national Prizes reserved for Italian PhD holders and two Prizes dedicated to young African researchers:
- The Advanced Environmental Solutions Prize, worth 200.000 Euros;
- The Energy Frontiers Prize, worth 200.000 Euros;
- The Energy Transition Prize, worth 200.000 Euros;
- Two Young Researcher of the Year Prizes, worth 25.000 Euros each;
- Two Debut in Research: Young talents from Africa Prizes, consisting in two scholarships.
The…
Ali Elkamel, Colin Alie, Peter L. Douglas, Eric Croiset
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an important tool for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired generating stations. CO2-scrubbing systems, for example, use solvents to pull carbon dioxide from the flue gas before it’s released into the atmosphere.
However, because it takes energy to regenerate the solvents used in the process, capturing carbon this way either reduces the power plant’s generating capacity or its efficiency, or both.
That’s why WISE faculty members Ali Elkamel,…
As a part of the Geothermal Symposium on September 26th, WISE is providing the opportunity for students to present their research to individuals from the government, industry and academic communities.
Posters will be accepted based on their relation to the following topics:
- Overcoming R&D Challenges for Geothermal Energy: Navigating Convolutions of Technical, Social, and Political Paradigm Shifts of the 21st Century
- The Future of Geothermal Energy in Canada: Technology Roadmap for…
Where Innovation Meets Capital
DECEMBER 6, 2017 | LOMBARDO'S | BOSTON-RANDOLPH, MA
Join leading VCs, Investment Bankers, Corporate Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, and CEOs of emerging companies at The 2017 New England Venture Summit, being held on Wednesday, December 6th at the Lombardo's Conference Center in Boston Randolph, MA.
A highly productive venture conference, the New England Venture Summit is dedicated to showcasing investors committed to funding early stage and emerging growth companies in the Life Sciences/Healthcare, Clean-tech, Ed-tech, and Technology…
Andrew B. Northmore and Susan Tighe
Energy-generating highways are far from science fiction. Waterloo’s Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT) and other groups have already developed prototypes of modular road panels that can produce electricity thanks to embedded solar cells.
But can panels made of sensitive photovoltaic material and tempered glass withstand the impact of 18-wheelers or Toronto’s rush hour traffic?
To find out, WISE researchers Susan Tighe and Andrew Northmore conducted a finite element…
Partnership Engage Grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the Insight program and the Connection program. They provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector. The small-scale, stakeholder-driven partnerships supported through the Partnership Engage Grants are meant to respond to immediate needs and time constraints facing organizations in non-academic sectors. In addressing an organization-specific need, challenge and/or opportunity, these partnerships let non-academic organizations and postsecondary researchers access each other’s unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities on topics of mutual interest.
SSHRC welcomes applications involving Aboriginal research, as well as those involving research-creation.
Here are the six future challenge areas selected by SSHRC through the Imagining Canada’s Future initiative. Possible subquestions under each challenge area may include, but are not limited to, the ideas listed.
Congratulations to the 2017 Energy Council of Canada Energy Policy Research Fellowship Recipients
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