Richard is a Senior Lecturer in Renewable Energy specialising in bioenergy and energy for development. His energy research encompasses bioenergy systems (hybrid and microgeneration), the role of renewable energy in development and sustainability topics such as lifecycle and environmental impact assessment e.g. ocean energy systems. In addition, Richard has a long commitment to education research, focusing on distance and e-learning including ways to engage students through enquiry-based learning and the development of remote laboratories.
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Final UK-India Joint Virtual Clean Energy Centre Conference held ONLINE on 24-25 February 2022
08 March, 2022
The 4th and final UK-India Joint Virtual Clean Energy Centre (JVCEC) Conference was held on 24-25 February 2022 online. read more
White Paper published "The role of mini-grids for electricity access and climate change mitigation in India"
25 February, 2022
We are pleased to let you know that the white paper, The role of mini-grids for electricity access and climate read more
A JUICE report is published on 'Characterisation of a novel battery technology'
28 May, 2021
We are pleased to announce that a JUICE report on 'Characterisation of a novel battery technology, the FZSoNicK 48TL200, before read more
White Paper 'Solar integration in the UK and India: technical barriers and future directions' published
20 April, 2021
We are pleased to let you know that the white paper, Solar integration in the UK and India: technical barriers read more
UK-India JVCEC White Paper Online Launch Event on 27th April 2021
16 April, 2021
Solar integration in the UK and India: technical barriers and future directions The technology of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems has read more
3rd UK-India Joint Virtual Clean Energy Centre (JVCEC) Conference held ONLINE on 21-22 Sep 2020
28 September, 2020
The 3rd UK-India Joint Virtual Clean Energy Centre (JVCEC) Conference was held on 21-22 September 2020 online. Hosted by read more
Imperial Researcher awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship
29 November, 2019
Dr Efstratios Batzelis, of Imperial’s Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, has been awarded an Engineering for Development Research Fellowship read more
2nd UK-India Joint Virtual Clean Energy Centre Conference held in Jaipur, India
25 September, 2019
The 2nd UK-India Joint Virtual Clean Energy Centre (JVCEC) Conference was held on 12-14 September 2019 in Jaipur, India. Hosted read more
Prestigious IEEE PES Prize Paper Award to JUICE Investigator
15 December, 2018
JUICE investigator Prof Bikash Pal, Imperial College London, has been honoured with the prestigious 2018 IEEE PES Prize Paper Award. read more
Two Prestigious Awards to JUICE Investigator
14 December, 2018
JUICE investigator Prof Tim Green, Imperial College London, has been honoured with two prestigious awards of Fellowship of the Royal Academy read more
Sustainability Award to Exeter's JUICE partner
03 December, 2018
Build Solar, Exeter's spinout company and a JUICE partner, has won Cornwall Sustainability Award on 30th November 2018 in Best Contribution to a read more
UK-India Joint Virtual Clean Energy Centre Conference held in Loughborough
06 October, 2018
The UK-India Joint Virtual Clean Energy Centre (JVCEC) Conference was held on 18-20 September 2018 in Loughborough, UK. Hosted by read more
The Active Classroom by SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre at Swansea University made the finals of the prestigious Tata Group InnoVista Awards
03 August, 2018
The Active Classroom by Swansea University made the finals of the prestigious Tata Group InnoVista Awards in Mumbai, India, in May 2018. read more
UK TMY data now available
03 August, 2018
Loughborough University researcher Diane Palmer modelled Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) Global Horizontal Irradiance data for Distribution Network Operator areas in UK. Further read more
Exeter Researcher received EPSRC Impact Acceleration Award
06 June, 2018
Dr. Aritra Ghosh, from University of Exeter, has received funding from Impact Acceleration Award (EPSRC funding) of £67,121 (100% FEC) for read more
UK PV Performance Data now available
01 May, 2018
Loughborough University researchers Diane Palmer and Elena Koubli modelled irradiance, yield and performance data for solar farms as part read more
Sky Cameras Installed in India
23 March, 2018
As part of the JUICE project, Dr Ian Cole from Loughborough University installed 2 cameras next to NIWE meteorological sites read more
UK-India Kick off Meetings
08 January, 2018
JUICE - IUCERCE kick off meeting was successfully held on 15th December 2017 in Mumbai.
UK-India Kick off Meetings
08 January, 2018
JUICE - UKICERI kick off meeting was successfully held on 16th December 2017 in Mumbai.
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SOLAR INTEGRATION IN THE UK AND INDIA: TECHNICAL BARRIERS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS Efstratios Batzelis, Zakir Hussain Rather, John Barton, Bonu Ramesh Naidu, Billy Wu, Firdous Ul Nazir, Onyema Sunday Nduka, Wei He, Jerome Nsengiyaremye, Bandopant Pawar, Diane Palmer
20 April, 2021
A white paper of the UK-India Joint Virtual Clean Energy Centre (JVCEC) titled 'SOLAR INTEGRATION IN THE UK AND INDIA: read more
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Manoranjan Ojha, James Le Houx, Radha Mukkabla, Denis Kramer, Richard George Andrew Wills, Melepurath Deepa, 2019, Lithium titanate/pyrenecarboxylic acid decorated carbon nanotubes hybrid - Alginate gel supercapacitor. Electrochimica Acta, 309, 253-263. DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.03.211
28 September, 2020
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Gupta, M V N Surendra; Baig, Hasan; Reddy, K. Srinvasan; Mallick, Tapas; Pesala, Bala; Tahir, Asif, 2020, "Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Using Concentrated Solar Flux Assisted LaFeO3 Photocathode", ACS Applied Energy Materials, DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.0c01428
28 September, 2020
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Ojha, Manoranjan; Wu, Billy; Deepa, Melepurath, 2020, "NiCo-Metal-Organic Framework and Porous Carbon Interlayer Based Supercapacitors Integrated with a Solar Cell for a Stand-alone Power Supply System", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Aug 2020
28 September, 2020
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Kumar, N., Singh, B., Wang, J., Panigrahi, B.K., A Framework of L-HC and AM-MKF for Accurate Harmonic Supportive Control Schemes, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, May 2020
28 September, 2020
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Nduka O.S., Kunjumuhammed L.P., Pal B.C., Majumdar A., Yu Y., Maiti S., Ahmadi A.R. 2020, Field Trial of Coordinated Control of PV and Energy Storage Units and Analysis of Power Quality Measurements. IEEE Access., vol 8, 1962-1974. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2961134
28 September, 2020
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A. Ghosh, N. Sharma, S. Sundaram, T.K. Mallick, 2019, Numerical studies of thermal comfort for semi-transparent building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV)-vacuum glazing system, Solar Energy, 190, 608-616. DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2019.08.049
28 September, 2020
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U. Bose, S. K. Chattopadhyay, C. Chakraborty and B. Pal, "A Novel Method of Frequency Regulation in Microgrid," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 111-121, Jan.-Feb. 2019
28 September, 2020
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Sathish Deshagani, Xinhua Liu, Billy Wu, Melepurath Deepaa, 2019, Nickel Cobaltite@Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxypyrrole) and Carbon Nanofiber Interlayer Based Flexible Supercapacitor, Nanoscale, DOI: 10.1039/C8NR08645A
28 September, 2020
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A. V. R. Teja, C. Chakraborty and B. C. Pal, 2018, "Disturbance Rejection Analysis and FPGA-Based Implementation of a Second-Order Sliding Mode Controller Fed Induction Motor Drive," in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 1453-1462. DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2018.2808325
28 September, 2020
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S. Basak, C. Chakraborty and B. C. Pal, 2018, “A New Configuration of Dual Stator Induction Generator Employing Series and Shunt Capacitors”, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 762-772. DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2017.2763459 .
28 September, 2020
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Liu, X., Naylor-Marlow M, Cooper SJ, Song B, Chen X, Brandon NP, Wu B, 2018, Flexible all-fiber electrospun supercapacitor, Journal of Power Sources, 384 C 264-269, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.02.081.
26 March, 2018
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Merla Y, Wu B, Yufit V, Martinez-Botas RF, Offer GJ, 2018, An easy-to-parameterise physics-informed battery model and its application towards lithium-ion battery cell design, diagnosis, and degradation, Journal of Power Sources, ISSN: 03787753.
26 March, 2018
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Zhou, Y., Wu, J., Long, C, Cheng, M and Zhang, C, “Performance evaluation of peer-to-peer energy sharing models”, WES-CUE 2017, Singapore, 2017.
30 November, 2017