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As a result of the Coronavirus pandemic we have sadly had to suspend our planned walks for the Spring and Summer of this year. We are really disappointed as we had some great walks planned both in the UK and Sweden. We will be aiming to reschedule these for the Autumn, providing it is safe to do so. The walks we have planned include exploring the district heating and energy recovery infrastructure of Nottingham and Sheffield, along with similar explorations of Landskrona and the Sofielund district of Lund in Sweden. We also hope to conduct a walk at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, where they have installed biomass and hydro energy generation.
In the meantime we are progressing with other aspects of the Walking with Energy project. We are working on an academic output which uses oral history techniques to understand our changing relationship with energy over the last 50 years in Sweden and the UK. We are also progressing a sub-study comparing citizen engagement mechanisms (related to heat and energy) in the UK and Sweden. Finally, we hope to publish very soon a bespoke Walking with Energy map produced by the art and design studio du.st in Sheffield. We look forward to sharing this and further updates soon.
We hope you are staying safe and well in this challenging time.