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Insights into China’s energy storage

WISE Public Lecture | FuelPositive's Containerized Green Ammonia Systems: Prioritizing Farmers and Food Security

Professor Amelia Clarke presented the Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership (N-ZAP) poster at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Sustainable Communities Conference in February of 2023.

Ambika Opal was invited as a guest presenter and judge for the Velocity Innovation Challenge, ran by Velocity. Three global challenges were presented to student participants: energy, food, and health. Ambika led the energy challenge. She conducted a presentation on energy access challenges and technologies to the students teams, including access to electricity, access to clean cooking fuels and technologies, and global statistics on energy access. Four teams chose to focus on the energy challenge, developing solutions such as clean cookstoves, lighting efficiency education programs, and renewable energy policy improvements for specific countries. The overall winner of the event was an energy team who designed a new clean cookstove and venting process to reduce indoor air pollution.

Building batteries to get flying cars off the ground

It was held at the National Fuel Cell Research Centre, the University of California Irvine. Professor Xianguo Li (Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering) served as the conference co-chair. It was a multidisciplinary conference that covered the latest developments and advancements in fuel cells, from fundamentals, to advanced materials, design, engineering, products, and applications. It was of a particular value and interest to those in the relevant fields.