Volta was established as a not-for-profit to advance knowledge-based decision making for low carbon technologies. We do this by supporting and facilitating the research process and providing the analytical expertise to help our partners and clients maximize the technical, environmental, social, and market opportunities of low carbon technologies.
Emissions Accounting
Solar
Green Buildings
Smart Grid
The majority of energy-related activities produce carbon emissions. Determining the emissions produced by a company – or even an individual – requires many considerations. The vast variety of available accounting methods can make quantifying emissions impacts very difficult. Properly quantifying carbon impacts can help identify potential emission reduction measures, helping to achieve zero-carbon solutions in the real world.
Solar energy is paving the way for renewables around the world. It is now rapidly becoming cost competitive with conventional, fossil fuel-based power generation in many jurisdictions. Greater solar deployment can lead to overall cleaner energy and enhanced local energy resiliency, particularly when paired with energy storage options. Wide deployment of solar energy is central to unlocking our clean energy future.
Buildings consume energy from a variety of sources for a variety of purposes. Retrofitting existing buildings and performing energy modelling for new buildings can help drastically reduce a building’s carbon footprint. Combining energy efficiency measures with renewable energy and energy storage will help move buildings of all types towards the zero-carbon buildings of the future.
Smart grids tie together renewable energy, internet-of-things devices, buildings and communities to make dynamic energy-related decisions. They can provide increased resiliency and facilitate distributed, renewable generation potential, leading to efficiency gains across numerous system components. Smart grid solutions can provide extensive energy and carbon savings for virtually any type of energy system.
Volta Research
The Volta team has over 25 years of combined experience in applied research project design and management, system modelling, monitoring and analysis, and stakeholder relations. Our team has worked on a wide range of innovative projects on both the supply and demand side of energy-related activities. Our diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise allow us to effectively develop and execute projects that facilitate change within the energy sector.
68%
Estimated share of global anthropogenic emissions from energy 1
73%
Fraction of new energy generation capacity provided by zero-carbon sources in 2017 2
12.1%
Global energy produced by clean sources in 2017, up from 11% in 2016 2
We are passionate about contributing to a low carbon future. Contact us to find out how we can work together.
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1 International Energy Agency. 2017. "CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion: Overview", https://webstore.iea.org/co2-emissions-from-fuel-combustion-overview-2017
2 Frankfurt School-UNEP Centre/BNEF. 2018. "Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2018", http://www.fs-unep-centre.org