Delivering sustainable energy transition projects: from theory to practice
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Birkbeck Central
Birkbeck’s Responsible Business Centre is pleased to invite you to a hybrid research seminar on: ‘Delivering sustainable energy transition projects: from theory to practice’.
The transition to sustainable energy systems is underpinned by well-established academic frameworks spanning policy, economics, and technology. However, translating these frameworks into delivered projects remains a complex and often under-explored challenge. This seminar examines the gap between theory and practice in designing and implementing sustainable energy transition projects. Drawing on industry experience across distributed energy systems, infrastructure delivery, and project commercialisation, the session will explore the practical realities that shape project outcomes, including regulatory constraints, financing structures, stakeholder alignment, data limitations, and execution risk. It will highlight the factors that determine whether projects progress from concept to completion, and the trade-offs required along the way.
The seminar, available to join in person or virtually, aims to provide participants with a grounded understanding of how sustainable energy initiatives are realised in practice, giving them a valuable perspective to navigate this evolving landscape.
Contact name: Ioanna Boulouta
Speakers-
Mr Dami Aluko
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Dami is a clean energy & climate transition professional with 10 years of experience developing, financing and delivering distributed renewable energy and smart grid projects across the United Kingdom and emerging markets in Africa. He combines techno-economic modelling expertise with commercial acumen in project structuring, investment case development, financial modelling and capital mobilisation, translating complex energy systems into investable infrastructure opportunities.
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