For the month of May, we welcome André Alves, a PhD student at IGOT University of Lisbon, in the LUIRET team to work on his final chapter for his PhD. André Alves is a PhD candidate at IGOT-ULisboa, funded by the MIT Portugal Programme. His research focuses on solar energy expansion and its implications for […]
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The LUIRET team (Ana Buchadas, Fadia Panosetti, Lucas Frank and Valeria Zambianchi) served as a jury member for the first edition of the Fast and Fair award. In this edition, 13 wind projects were evaluated against the “Fast and Fair” principles of: Local Influence, Local Value, Transparency, Nature-Positive, and Empowering Community-led Initiatives Four outstanding projects
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On 17 March, some LUIRET team members shared their work at the Belgian Science for Climate Action Conference 2026. Caroline Bottu presented research conducted by her and Lucas Franck on the spatial mismatch between proposal and approval of large-scale renewable energy projects in France and Belgium. Valeria Zambianchi also presented work conducted with Antoine Thill
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The energy transition represents one of the greatest challenges of our century. To slow global warming, humanity must drastically reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions it releases into the atmosphere each year. To achieve this, it must gradually free itself from its dependence on fossil fuels, while at the same time widely expanding renewable
On December 17 and 18, 2025, we were pleased to welcome Siddharth Sareen to our lab. Siddartha is an interdisciplinary researcher and a leading voice working at the confluence of the Energy Transition, Governance, and Environmental and Social Justice. He presented his work to a broad audience at the Earth and Life Institute Seminar here
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Eric Lambin and Ana Buchadas will contribute to the Agri-PV Nexus 2025 International Meeting on Agrivoltaics, presenting the talk “Land use constraints and opportunities for solar energy deployment: the role of social acceptance and policy.” Agri-PV Nexus 2025 International Meeting on Agrivoltaics is organized by the Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra (ESAC) in Portugal.The event
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Eric Lambin, professor at the Earth and Life Institute of UCLouvain, has been awarded a €2.5 million ERC Advanced Grant. His research project aims to study the implications of the transition to renewable energies for land use, ecosystems and landscapes. To mitigate climate change, most electricity production will have to come from renewable energy sources,
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