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Matthew Davies
@mldavies04.bsky.social
UNESCO Chair - Sustainable Energy Technologies at Swansea University working on next generation solar, circular economy and photochemistry
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Day 7️⃣ of the NRMP 5th Anniversary Highlights 🧁

As solar photovoltaics (PVs) are scaled-up at increasing rates, how should the sustainability of solar energy be addressed? This Comment provides practical steps for designing PVs with circularity in mind.🔆♻️ www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Design for end of life: how circularity can offer a different path for solar energy - Nature Reviews Methods Primers
With the rising success of solar photovoltaics, long-term sustainability needs to be addressed. We provide practical steps that researchers, journals and the wider community can take to embed circular...
www.nature.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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New Review online from a great team including
@lukaswagner.bsky.social, @janoschsolar.bsky.social, @rpietzcker.bsky.social, @mldavies04.bsky.social. Now that PV production is up at the TW scale, what actions are needed to keep production sustainable ☀️

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Actions for sustainably scalable multi-terawatt photovoltaics - Nature Reviews Clean Technology
The large-scale deployment of photovoltaics could create new raw material demands and has the potential to create large end-of-life waste management issues in the future. This Review explores methods ...
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January 6, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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Announced today, our first cohort of Green Future Fellows have been awarded £39 million to develop and scale cutting-edge climate innovations – from renewable energy stored in ammonia to computer memory that doesn’t generate heat.

🔗 Meet our awardees: raeng.org.uk/news/pioneer...
Pioneering engineers awarded landmark funding for climate innovations
The Royal Academy of Engineering awards £39 million to the first ever Green Future Fellows
raeng.org.uk
December 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Swansea University's UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Energy Technologies, held by @mldavies04.bsky.social, is dedicated to the development of sustainable solar PV for low and middle-income countries.

Read more about UNESCO, Wales, and the Just Energy Transition: www.sunrisenetwork.org/news/unesco-...
UNESCO, Wales, and the Just Energy Transition | SUNRISE
At a recent Welsh Government lunch and learn event about UNESCO, Anna Nsubuga, the current UK Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO was introduced by Swansea University’s UNESCO Chair, Professor...
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April 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Really enjoyed #AMRS in Kigali, excellent conference, inspiring science and wonderful people
December 20, 2024 at 2:49 PM