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UK research consortium receives £5 million investment to grow national greenhouse gas measurement capability
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), alongside the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), the University of Bristol, and the James Hutton Institute have been awarded £5m in funding to develop the UK Greenhouse Gas (GHG) measurement capability in support of the UK’s net zero transition.
The investment is funded by the National Environment Research Council (NERC), part of UKRI, and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Aligned to the Building a Green Future strategic theme set out in the UKRI strategy, it will improve the UK’s current capability to determine when and where GHGs are being emitted and from which sources.
The investment will focus on the development of ground- based instrument networks that provide essential capability for monitoring the sources and sinks of greenhouse gases in the UK. It will also support the assessment and advancement in using space-based measurements of atmospheric greenhouse gases. The investment in capability will bolster efforts to improve national greenhouse gas data, which provide powerful and timely insight into the UK’s net zero transition.
Achieving UK emission reduction targets and limiting global warming in line with the Paris Agreement target of 1.5 °C is a significant challenge. The UK government has committed through the Climate Change Act 2008 to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and the Sixth Carbon Budget brings greater clarity and guidance on the pathway the UK must follow. Beneath the ambition is a highly complex societal challenge for which measurements lie at the heart of the solution. The UK must be able to accurately measure and assess changes in atmospheric GHGs, and be able to attribute those changes in source emissions as well.
The beneficiaries of the new funding will work alongside the Met Office and continue to collaborate and seek new opportunities to further their work in support of this critical area.
Tom Gardiner, Principal Research Scientist, NPL, said: “Valid knowledge of GHG emissions is crucial to demonstrating progress towards net zero. This capability investment is part of a longer-term goal to develop an integrated system to
provide independent evidence of changes to GHG sources and sinks, underpinned by the latest atmospheric science and metrology. We will be working closely with partners to utilise UK expertise and support national and international climate targets.”
Professor Paul Palmer, Science Director, NCEO, said: “UK GHG emission estimates inferred from the atmospheric data we collect provide an independent verification of our ability to meet our net-zero commitments, with the empirical evidence laid out in a transparent manner. This work also lays the foundation for our future use of satellite measurements of GHGs thereby future proofing the integrated measurement system we develop.”
Matt Rigby, Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at the University of Bristol, said: “The UK has a world-leading system for measuring greenhouse gases and is one of only a handful of countries that use atmospheric observations to evaluate its emissions reports. This funding is the first step towards a next-generation system that can estimate emissions in a timelier manner and with more detailed information on major source sectors and regions.”
Alistair Manning, Scientific Manager at the Met Office, said: “This investment in better understanding UK emissions will enable us to quantify our progress to meeting net zero and the UK’s contribution to ensuring we keep global warming as close to 1.5C by the end of the century as possible.”
Dr Grant Forster, Research Scientist and Joint Deputy Head of the Atmospheric Measurement and Observation Facility says: “It’s very exciting that measurements from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science’s Weybourne Atmospheric Observatory will be part of this national collaboration. Our observations will provide independent verification of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. Bringing together the UK’s ground-based greenhouse gas measurement capability will also better support modelling activities, which will allow us to track the UK’s progress towards achieving net zero”
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ABB announces winners of Analytical Measurement Startup Challenge
ABB Measurement and Analytics have announced the winners of the 2022 ABB Analytical Measurement Startup Challenge. The challenge was divided into two categories, with the winner of each category being awarded a collaborative project with ABB worth $30,000, with the aim of taking the chosen solutions to market.
A record number of start-ups worked to a high standard, focusing on either Measuring Sustainability or Re-imagining Imaging. The winners in this year’s ABB Analytical Measurement Startup Challenge have been announced at an awards ceremony in Ottar, Sweden, where 14 finalists from five continents pitched their digital innovations in the fields of measurement and imaging to a panel of judges.
The winner in the Measure Sustainability category was Global Sustainable Enterprise System (GSES), while Unleash Live took the crown in the Re-imagine Imaging category. Each will be awarded a collaboration project with ABB Measurement worth $30,000, with the goal of fast-tracking their solution and launching them to customers through the ABB Ability Marketplace* (ABB’s digital platform where customers can find and purchase digital solutions that help improve productivity and reduce downtime.) in over 100 countries within the year. Winners will also receive mentoring support from SynerLeap (ABB’s start-ups accelerator) and Microsoft’s start-up advisors.
“We had high hopes for this year’s Challenge having selected some high calibre candidates, and we weren’t disappointed.” said Jean-René Roy, Global Business Line Manager, ABB Measurement and Analytics. “We were impressed by the innovative ideas the Challenge yielded. The winning solutions offer interesting potential in improving the sustainability, productivity and performance of our customers’ operations. We look forward to working hand-in-hand with GSES and Unleashed live to bring these game-changing ideas to market.”
Giovanna Dughera, Community Manager of Microsoft for Startups Switzerland, explains: “Every year, we are excited to see how the competing start-ups respond to the challenges set by ABB. Innovation is at the heart of solving customer issues, and the fact that the ideas shared by GSES and Unleash live are highly innovative yet grounded in the real world makes them a perfect fit for the ABB portfolio of digital solutions.”
The finale came at the end of an intensive 10-day development process, which ran from 2nd-12th December, during which finalists worked with expert mentors from ABB, Microsoft Switzerland, and SynerLeap to fine-tune their innovations.
We look forward to seeing the innovative solutions that Global Sustainable Energy Systems (GSES) and Unleash Live will bring to market, and to working with them to drive sustainable growth and improve the performance of our customers’ operations.
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