"We aim to provide an environment where high quality research can
flourish, where we can encourage multidisciplinary work and support researchers to share their expertise to the benefit of the UK economy and
the nation’s quality of life."
Keele Environmental Research Groups
Wind Energy
WIND ENERGY SOLUTION HELPS UK MEET KYOTO TARGETS
'The UK Government has set a challenging target of reducing the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by 2050.'
The Ministry of Defense dropped its objections to the building of wind farms in a wide area around one of its military installations, in a major turning point in Britain’s policy of developing wind power after ground-breaking research by scientists from Keele University’s Research Institute for the Environment, Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics
Incorporating Sustainability
Academics working within Keele’s Research Institute for Law. Politics and Justice have held a series of seminars entitled
‘Sustainability as a Vehicle for Competitive Advantage: ecological redevelopment, strategic marketing and the University campus’.
The series examined the extent to which the costs of environmental ‘good citizenship’ can be offset by short-term marketing opportunities as well as the longer-term benefits that may come from anticipating the wider trajectory towards environmental regulation.
The ecological redevelopment of universities will be used as the focus for an exploration of this topic.
Running Fuel Cells on Vegetable and Animal Waste
‘Solid oxide fuel cells potentially offer a way of generating useful renewable energy from waste matter with very significant environmental benefit in terms of reduced greenhouse gas emissions and climate change’.
Work undertaken within Keele’s Research Institute for the Environment, Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics, has demonstrated that it is possible to run a solid oxide fuel cell both indirectly and directly on forms of biogas produced from domestic and industrial waste, animal waste and vegetable matter converting the methane present into electrical power and useful energy.
