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March 2010: UKERC has released a Working Paper on The UK Bioenergy resource base to 2050/ Download it here

 

Research Themes

We carry out world-class research into sustainable future energy systems.  This research is interdisciplinary and takes a whole systems approach to inform UK policy development and UK research strategy.

Download our Research Plan.  This is an outline of UKERC research activity for 2009-2014.
 
Our research teams work within and across five specific themes:

The research programme is framed by the challenges of a changing energy agenda driven by environmental and security concerns:

  • Driving systemic change in the energy sector
  • Managing environmental impacts
  • Enhancing energy security and resilience

These challenges are being addressed by drawing on competences within and across the five research themes above.

 

Research Fund

60% of the Research Programme budget supports UKERC’s core research programme, The remainder is targeted at a competitively-bid Research Fund.

The Research Fund is intended to augment the core programme while allowing us to respond to emerging developments in research or policy.


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Research Co-ordination

The research co-ordination team are: Professor Jim Skea (Research Director), Dr Mark Winskel (Research Co-ordinator), and Dr Xinxin Wang (Research Co-ordination Associate).

The team has responsibility for:

  • ensuring UKERC’s research projects contribute to the overall research strategy
  • encouraging and supporting cross-Centre research projects
  • supporting the Research Committee in taking forward the Research Fund
  • developing a cross-Centre publications strategy
  

UKERC Phase I 2004-2009

UKERC was established in 2004 with five years' funding. During this phase of activity, the Centre organised its research into the following themes:

The most ambitious cross-theme project was UKERC Energy 2050, launched in April 2009.

The report addressed two of the Government's toughest energy policy goals – delivering reliable energy to consumers while meeting its legal commitment to reduce CO2 emissions by 80% by 2050.

If you have any questions on our research activity, call +44 (0) 20 7594 1574 or email

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