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  • 2016

  • POCAONTAS (Polymer - Carbon Nanotubes Active Systems for Photovoltaics)

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:FLEXINK, Imperial, UPV/EHU, FLEXINK, ISESP +7 partners
    Funder: European Commission Project Code: 316633
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  • China goes global: A comparative study of Chinese hydropower dams in Africa and Asia

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS, SOAS
    Funder: UK Research and Innovation Project Code: ES/J01320X/1
    Funder Contribution: 595,393 GBP

    China's rapid economic growth has created a series of pressures which has forced the country to engage more closely with a number of low and middle income countries. First, China's growth has depleted scarce domestic resources and so part of its 'Going Out Strategy' encourages overseas investment to access natural resources such as energy and minerals. Secondly, as some sectors of the Chinese market become relatively saturated large state-owned enterprises aim to internationalise and acquire new markets. Thirdly, China's rapid technological advances -such as in energy and information technology- have made it possible to expand overseas. These three drivers - resource access, new markets, technological advances - come together in the hydropower sector where China is the pre-eminent global player in major dam projects usually supported by Chinese state finance. The aim of the proposed project is to provide the first systematic and comparative analysis of the social, economic, environmental and political impacts of Chinese dam projects in low and middle income countries that will inform corporate behaviour in the UK and China and shape emerging national and international policy responses. The project will involve detailed empirical research in Ghana, Nigeria, Cambodia and Malaysia, which represent different facets of China's hydropower in the global South. This research aims to address four key issues: (a) Coordination of Chinese investment strategies vis-à-vis low and middle income countries; (b) impacts on local social and environmental conditions in recipient countries; (c) effects on local and regional governance; and (d) implications for both UK firms and OECD aid programmes. To address these key issues we adopt an interdisciplinary, multi-method approach which reflects the international scope of these complex interconnections. We will conduct 4 case studies in Africa and Asia where Chinese hydropower activity is most intense. The selected case study sites are the Kamchay Dam in Cambodia, the Bakun Dam in Malaysia (Borneo), the Bui Dam in Ghana, and the Zamfara Dam in Nigeria. We will conduct a wide range of in-depths interviews with Chinese firms, financiers, policy-makers, African/Asian policy-makers, Asian/African communities, NGOs, UK firms and international aid organisations and evaluate project documentation, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies and firm strategies. The expected outcomes will be (a) the first systematic study of Chinese hydropower projects as part of a wider concern with China's growing role in the developing world and its implications for UK firms and OECD donors; (b) a truly inter-disciplinary theoretical and methodological approach which combines human geography, development studies, environmental sciences, and politics; and (c) the generation of new theory in the area of critical development studies and political ecology, particularly around the implications of 'South-South' relations of resource control.

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  • G8 Initiative: Ink-jet Printed Single-Crystal Organic Photovoltaics

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Funder: National Science Foundation Project Code: 1255494
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  • SEP: Earth-abundant thin-film solar cells as a sustainable solar energy pathway

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:University System of Ohio, University of Toledo, University of Toledo
    Funder: National Science Foundation Project Code: 1230246
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  • NLO FOR PV (NonLinear Optics for Photovoltaics)

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
    Funder: European Commission Project Code: 303921
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  • COMTES (Combined development of compact thermal energy storage technologies)

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:VAILLANT GMBH, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, VELUX AS, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, HSR Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil +13 partners
    Funder: European Commission Project Code: 295568
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  • High Energy Density, High Thermal Conductivity Latent Heat Storage using Inorganic Nanocomposites

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:ASU
    Funder: National Science Foundation Project Code: 1236656
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  • Collaborative research: Warming and irradiance measurements in the Arctic: Determining the link between solar energy absorption and surface warming through long term observations

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:WSU
    Funder: National Science Foundation Project Code: 1203440
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  • Collaborative Research: Integrated Wind Turbine Blade and Tower Health Monitoring and Failure Prognosis

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:UCD
    Funder: National Science Foundation Project Code: 1200521
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  • Biomimetic Advanced Composite Polymer for Wind Turbine Blade

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    Funder: National Science Foundation Project Code: 1236312
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The following results are related to Energy Research. Are you interested to view more results? Visit OpenAIRE - Explore.
38 Projects
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  • POCAONTAS (Polymer - Carbon Nanotubes Active Systems for Photovoltaics)

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:FLEXINK, Imperial, UPV/EHU, FLEXINK, ISESP +7 partners
    Funder: European Commission Project Code: 316633
    more_vert

  • China goes global: A comparative study of Chinese hydropower dams in Africa and Asia

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS, SOAS
    Funder: UK Research and Innovation Project Code: ES/J01320X/1
    Funder Contribution: 595,393 GBP

    China's rapid economic growth has created a series of pressures which has forced the country to engage more closely with a number of low and middle income countries. First, China's growth has depleted scarce domestic resources and so part of its 'Going Out Strategy' encourages overseas investment to access natural resources such as energy and minerals. Secondly, as some sectors of the Chinese market become relatively saturated large state-owned enterprises aim to internationalise and acquire new markets. Thirdly, China's rapid technological advances -such as in energy and information technology- have made it possible to expand overseas. These three drivers - resource access, new markets, technological advances - come together in the hydropower sector where China is the pre-eminent global player in major dam projects usually supported by Chinese state finance. The aim of the proposed project is to provide the first systematic and comparative analysis of the social, economic, environmental and political impacts of Chinese dam projects in low and middle income countries that will inform corporate behaviour in the UK and China and shape emerging national and international policy responses. The project will involve detailed empirical research in Ghana, Nigeria, Cambodia and Malaysia, which represent different facets of China's hydropower in the global South. This research aims to address four key issues: (a) Coordination of Chinese investment strategies vis-à-vis low and middle income countries; (b) impacts on local social and environmental conditions in recipient countries; (c) effects on local and regional governance; and (d) implications for both UK firms and OECD aid programmes. To address these key issues we adopt an interdisciplinary, multi-method approach which reflects the international scope of these complex interconnections. We will conduct 4 case studies in Africa and Asia where Chinese hydropower activity is most intense. The selected case study sites are the Kamchay Dam in Cambodia, the Bakun Dam in Malaysia (Borneo), the Bui Dam in Ghana, and the Zamfara Dam in Nigeria. We will conduct a wide range of in-depths interviews with Chinese firms, financiers, policy-makers, African/Asian policy-makers, Asian/African communities, NGOs, UK firms and international aid organisations and evaluate project documentation, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies and firm strategies. The expected outcomes will be (a) the first systematic study of Chinese hydropower projects as part of a wider concern with China's growing role in the developing world and its implications for UK firms and OECD donors; (b) a truly inter-disciplinary theoretical and methodological approach which combines human geography, development studies, environmental sciences, and politics; and (c) the generation of new theory in the area of critical development studies and political ecology, particularly around the implications of 'South-South' relations of resource control.

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  • G8 Initiative: Ink-jet Printed Single-Crystal Organic Photovoltaics

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Funder: National Science Foundation Project Code: 1255494
    more_vert

  • SEP: Earth-abundant thin-film solar cells as a sustainable solar energy pathway

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:University System of Ohio, University of Toledo, University of Toledo
    Funder: National Science Foundation Project Code: 1230246
    more_vert

  • NLO FOR PV (NonLinear Optics for Photovoltaics)

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
    Funder: European Commission Project Code: 303921
    more_vert

  • COMTES (Combined development of compact thermal energy storage technologies)

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:VAILLANT GMBH, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, VELUX AS, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, HSR Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil +13 partners
    Funder: European Commission Project Code: 295568
    more_vert

  • High Energy Density, High Thermal Conductivity Latent Heat Storage using Inorganic Nanocomposites

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:ASU
    Funder: National Science Foundation Project Code: 1236656
    more_vert

  • Collaborative research: Warming and irradiance measurements in the Arctic: Determining the link between solar energy absorption and surface warming through long term observations

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:WSU
    Funder: National Science Foundation Project Code: 1203440
    more_vert

  • Collaborative Research: Integrated Wind Turbine Blade and Tower Health Monitoring and Failure Prognosis

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:UCD
    Funder: National Science Foundation Project Code: 1200521
    more_vert

  • Biomimetic Advanced Composite Polymer for Wind Turbine Blade

    assignment_turned_inProject2012 - 2016Partners:University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    Funder: National Science Foundation Project Code: 1236312
    more_vert
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