Imperial College London and Hitachi to research climate solutions
Imperial College London and Hitachi to launch a joint research centre for decarbonisation and natural climate solutions.
Imperial College London and Hitachi to launch a joint research centre for decarbonisation and natural climate solutions.
Imperial College London (Imperial), Hitachi, Ltd. and Hitachi Europe Ltd. (Hitachi) announced that they have signed an agreement to establish a joint research centre for decarbonisation and natural climate solutions.
The new Centre, named the ‘Hitachi-Imperial Centre for Decarbonisation and Natural Climate Solutions’ will enable a fundamental and applied research programme to be established where Imperial and Hitachi will collaborate on selected research projects, reports and white papers on the challenges and technologies in reaching net zero.
Initial research projects will focus on carbon management, the decarbonisation of energy and transport, carbon dioxide removal and biodiversity, with a focus on new technologies and nature-based solutions. The Centre will be a platform to bring together researchers from different faculties and disciplines, to build a truly multidisciplinary, holistic programme.
Imperial is committed to helping societies become more sustainable through bold initiatives that find meaningful solutions to climate change.
Hitachi’s Environmental Vision is to realise a decarbonised and resource-efficient society in harmony with Nature, and thereby contribute to a sustainable society flourishing within planetary boundaries and enhancing human well-being.
Projects under this collaboration will be steered jointly by senior representatives from both Imperial and Hitachi, including Professor Mary Ryan from Imperial’s Faculty of Engineering, and Dr Kazuyuki Sugimura, CTO of Hitachi Europe Ltd.
Professor Ryan, who also leads the Transition to Zero Pollution initiative, said: “There is greater urgency than ever before to tackle global pollution, of which CO2 is one of the biggest sources. This joint research centre will bring together world-leading scientists and innovators in decarbonisation and climate repair to develop new technology and solutions to the climate emergency.”
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