Contributor: Dr Gareth Evans
Dr Gareth Evans , Environmental Biotechnology ,University of Durham
Dr Gareth Evans spent nearly twenty years, developing and implementing commercial R&D, waste/water recycling and pollution control programmes, gaining experience in land and wetland management, project management and pilot plant design/commissioning. He was also responsible for feasibility studies for European 5th framework programme and involved as a consultant on a projects in the UK, Europe, Turkey and Tasmania.
A member of the European Federation of Biotechnology, he was then approached to lead the Environmental Biotechnology teaching at the University of Durham. He now writes extensively on environmental, scientific and technical subjects in a variety of international magazines and online media.
The home of wave energy – Orkney's EMEC turns ten years old
Ten years on from its establishment, the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) remains the world's only wave and tidal test centre to provide marine energy developers with purpose-built,...
Ten years on from its establishment, the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) remains the world's only wave and tidal test centre to provide marine energy developers with purpose-built,...
Brazil's bold move - slashing costs to revitalise an electric economy
One of the most dynamic emerging economies of recent years, Brazil has gone to some extreme lengths to protect itself from a near perfect storm of economic dangers. And in September the...
One of the most dynamic emerging economies of recent years, Brazil has gone to some extreme lengths to protect itself from a near perfect storm of economic dangers. And in September the...
Green power and the 'certainty' of private sector investment
With most forms of low-carbon power still at a relatively early stage of development, it's becoming growingly evident that private sector development will be key to the economic viability of...
With most forms of low-carbon power still at a relatively early stage of development, it's becoming growingly evident that private sector development will be key to the economic viability of...
Smart meter data collection – a genuine threat to personal privacy?
Data collected from smart meters could, in theory, be used to track people’s movements within their own homes. But is personal privacy a small price to pay for greater energy awareness,...
Data collected from smart meters could, in theory, be used to track people’s movements within their own homes. But is personal privacy a small price to pay for greater energy awareness,...
Smart cities – smart energy projects revolutionise future energy use
Across the globe, power companies and local communities are coming together to implement mini smart grids, as a demonstration of how smart technologies could revolutionise our future...
Across the globe, power companies and local communities are coming together to implement mini smart grids, as a demonstration of how smart technologies could revolutionise our future...
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