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The University Climate Plan

Efforts to refocus the University’s world-leading expertise in subsurface characterization, resource exploration and geoengineering to the energy transition led to the re-branding of Petroleum Leeds as Geosolutions Leeds in October 2020.   

Research

Since the announcement of the Climate plan, we have initiated new research projects focusing on carbon capture and storage, geothermal energy and the energy transition.

These projects aim to better understand the environment when the rocks were deposited and how they are preserved in the geological record. The companies that fund the research can then use that information to better understand the present-day flow of fluids beneath the surface. This is important to help identify optimal sites for the subsurface storage of carbon dioxide, nuclear waste, and hydrogen, as well as sites that are suitable for storing and accessing heat in the form of naturally occurring subsurface geothermal energy.

Teaching

We have also reviewed our curriculum, which includes removing programmes such as Petroleum Engineering. Nevertheless, we continue to train undergraduate and postgraduate students to be subsurface experts to address known skills gaps in order to accelerate the delivery of low-carbon solutions.

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Collaboration

Our researchers and students do so much to support local, national and international action on climate. But increasingly, we will be judged not only by what we deliver to the world but also by how we operate internally. We hope to share and learn together as we continue our net zero journey.

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