Is your future electric?
Waterloo researcher is leading the charge to create technologies and policies that will support an electrified energy future.
Waterloo researcher is leading the charge to create technologies and policies that will support an electrified energy future.
By Staff Communications & Public AffairsBy 2030, we should be living in a low-carbon energy world. This is the goal outlined in the Equinox Blueprint, which provides feasible and flexible options from top researchers in sustainable energy, who met in Waterloo for the Equinox Energy 2030 summit. Their Blueprint recommends better energy storage technologies, enhanced geothermal, advanced nuclear reactors, off-grid electrification and a focus on smart urbanization.

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Temperatures are rising around the world, and so is the population. As our planet becomes more crowded, the global energy demand will be greater than ever before.

Waterloo researcher Dr. Tizazu Mekonnen stands next to a rheometer, which is used to test the flow properties of hydrogels. (University of Waterloo)
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Plant-based material developed by Waterloo researchers absorbs like commercial plastics used in products like disposable diapers - but breaks down in months, not centuries

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Here are the people and events behind some of this year’s most compelling Waterloo stories
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