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Energy Resources and Environment

GeoTalk: meet Jarmo Kikstra, researcher in energy transition under climate change!

Simon Clark August 19, 2022

Jarmo Kikstra

Hello Jarmo. Thank you for joining us for the interview today! Before we put our foot on the gas, could you tell us a little bit about yourself and your research? Hi Simon, nice to meet you! Thanks for inviting me to chat with you about my research, and perhaps a bit about the person behind this research – it’s an honour! The basics; I was born in the Netherlands and lived in South Korea, the UK, ...[Read More]

This World Biofuel Day, we look to the future with optimism

Gillian D'Souza August 10, 2022

Credit: Gabriel Sigmund (from imaggeo.egu.eu)

Fossil fuels have dominated the global energy market for centuries, and so most people find it surprising to learn that the first ever diesel engine (1892) was run entirely on peanut oil. German engineer Sir Rudolf Diesel who built the engine was almost prophetic when he said the use of vegetable oils for engine fuels “may seem insignificant today, but such oils may become in course of time as imp ...[Read More]