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SUMMARY:Running Out of Energy?  The Future of the UK’s Electricity Suppl
 y. - Richard McMahon\, Cambridge University Engineering Department
DTSTART:20150319T183000Z
DTEND:20150319T200000Z
UID:TALK54058@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Tim Wilkinson
DESCRIPTION:Energy is constantly in the news.  Whether it is power prices\
 , the prospect of blackouts\, dependency on uncertain sources of supply or
  concerns about climate change\, the debate rages.  Pressure groups\, indu
 stry and politicians all try to gain the public’s ear with competing cla
 ims.  There is\, however\, a consensus between Government and industry tha
 t an ever greater fraction of the UK’s energy will be from electricity\,
  for example for heating and transport.\n\nThis talk will address three po
 ints:  what is driving the shift to electricity\, how will the extra power
  be generated and what will be the environmental side effects.  The focus 
 will be on technical feasibility\, progress towards goals and political ac
 ceptability.\n\nDr Richard McMahon is a Senior Lecturer in the Department 
 of Engineering at Cambridge University. His research interests fall into t
 he two main application areas related to clean power and energy efficiency
 . The first is drive trains for wind power\, particularly the development 
 of the brushless doubly fed induction generator as a high reliability\, lo
 w cost medium speed drive train. The second area is the study of linear ma
 chines for wave power generation. In both cases\, the research covers the 
 design of the machine itself using both analytical and computational elect
 romagnetic methods\, as well as associated power converters and control sy
 stems.   \n
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 0\, University of Cambridge Engineering Departmen
 t\, Trumpington Street\, Cambridge
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