Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
The seventh Sustainable Development Goal is to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
Teaching
6 modules have intended learning outcomes directly relating to this goal, and 1,114 students have the opportunity to choose these modules.
Research
216 articles relating to this goal were published in Scopus between 2018 and 2022, and 5,905 articles were 'cited by' in Scopus.
What we’re doing
Teaching
Students on the Green Chemistry (CH4204) module discuss the alternatives to established energy processes and are prompted to question how to best utilise their scientific knowledge with an understanding of wider political and environmental impacts on the Chemistry sector.
Research
The Green Energy Technologies and Systems (GrEaT) group is a multidisciplinary research group at the School of Engineering and Space Park Leicester, working at the forefront of the Net-Zero sustainability goals, aiming to accelerate the deployment of green energy technologies for the decarbonization of our energy supply in the UK.
Courses/modules relating to the goal
Science and Engineering
Chemistry
Geography, Geology and the Environment
- Environmental Science BSc
- Geography BA
- Geography BSc
- Geography with Foundation Year BSc
- Geology BSc
- Geology MGeol
- Geology with Foundation Year BSc
- Geology with Palaeontology BSc
- Geology with Palaeontology MGeol
- Physical Geography and Geology BSc