Senior lecturer, Lancaster University
Dr Alona Armstrong is a Senior Lecturer in Energy & Environmental Sciences at Lancaster University, and currently holds a Natural Environmental Research Council Industrial Innovation Fellowship. Her research focuses on resolving the potential for environmental benefits beyond low carbon energy from the energy transition.
Floating solar panels could provide much of Africa’s energy – new research
Jun 20, 2024 05:36 am UTC| Business
New research has found that several countries could meet all their energy needs from solar panel systems floating on lakes. Climate, water and energy environmental scientists R. Iestyn Woolway and Alona Armstrong analysed...
Massive solar and wind farms could bring vegetation back to the Sahara
Sep 09, 2018 20:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy is an important and necessary step towards averting climate change. However, in our efforts to go green, we also need to be mindful of other consequences, both intended and...