Universities are set to be evaluated on how they boost the local economy, but not everyone is convinced by the metrics For Prof Dan Parsons, director of the energy and environment institute at Hull University, being based in one of the windiest areas in Britain is a major bonus. It’s where he’s set up a wind farm cluster called Aura, named after the Greek deity who could run as fast as the wind. He’s doubly fortunate because last week the government announced it would be investing in a major expansion of the offshore wind sector, in the hope that the renewable energy source will provide a third of Britain’s electricity by 2030. Parsons’s team, just down the road from the world’s largest wind farm on the Humber Estuary, will be at the heart of it. Continue reading...
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