Current Activity
UKERC's current research priorities are quantifying the impact of global changes on the UK energy market, and addressing the issue of energy futures uncertainty, at a time when the potential of technologies such as carbon capture and storage and bioenergy is still unknown, and public acceptance unclear.
UKERC is the bridge between the UK energy research community and the wider world, and in the UK, fulfils the role of a national energy research laboratory, informing and representing the energy research community and acting as a catalyst for UK-wide collaboration in order to address the key energy challenges ahead.
UKERC's Meeting Place, based in Oxford, serves the whole of the UK research community and hosts events aimed at tackling interdisciplinary topics and facilitating knowledge exchange and collaboration.
The National Energy Research Network (NERN) is open to all energy researchers and other sectors, including business, and provides updates on news, jobs, events, opportunities and developments across the energy field in the form of a weekly newsletter.
UKERC's Research Atlas is an information resource for current and past UK energy research and development activity. The online database has information on energy-related research capabilities in the UK and a series of energy roadmaps showing research problems to be overcome before new technologies can be made commercially viable. http://ukerc.rl.ac.uk
UKERC is the research delivery partner in the Technology Strategy Board's Knowledge Transfer Network for Energy Generation and Supply, with responsibility for analysis of future and emerging opportunities.
UKERC's interdisciplinary research studentships have enabled whole-systems interdisciplinary research across scientific, engineering and socio-economic boundaries.
The Sparks network, hosted by UKERC, is a networking group set up for, and run by, early-career energy researchers, which aims to share insights, enhance research and provide peer support while promoting interdisciplinary research and the exchange of ideas on all aspects of energy systems.
UKERC runs an annual Summer School, which runs for a week and combines seminars from internationally leading speakers with project work and professionally facilitated developmental activities.
Full details of all UKERC's activities and research output can be found at www.ukerc.ac.uk.
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