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John Loughhead Executive Director, UKERC IEA Workshop, DTU Lyngby 9 May 2012
Achieving Understanding of Complex, Interdisciplinary Energy Systems: UKERC Summer School
What We Do
UKERC conducts research into future sustainable energy systems
Networking and capacity building Cohesion of UK energy research community Main gateway to international energy research
community Support interdisciplinary research students Training: Summer School
Informs UK policy development and research strategy
UK Energy Innovation Landscape
Research Applied research and development
Demonstration
Pre-commercial deployment
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Research Councils
Technology Strategy Board
Energy Technologies Institute
Carbon Trust
Environmental Transformation Fund
Framework Programme
RDA Schemes
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Advisory Board
Supervisory Board
UKERC Structure Professor John Loughhead, Executive Director
Professor Jim Skea, Research Director
Energy Demand Energy Supply Energy & Environment
Energy Systems Technology & Policy Assessment
Research Themes
Netw
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Research Committee
Research Atlas
Meeting Place
International Engagement
National Energy Research Network
Sparks
Capacity Building
Communications
International Summer School
Studentships
Website
Internal/external communications
Knowledge Transfer Network Energy Generation & Supply
Research Co-ordination
UKERC Research
Technology & Policy Assessment
Research Register & Energy Data Centre
Energy Demand
Meeting Place
Energy Systems
Energy Supply
Energy & Environment
Research Coordination
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Overview • Started in 2005 • Aims to give understanding of whole energy
systems to PhD students • International attendance: 50 UK, 50 non-UK • Typically 400+ applications • Professionally facilitated through tutor team • Mix of lectures, projects, skills training • Strong social elements • Technical exchanges between students
Objectives Give students understanding of whole
energy system issues and challenges Broaden student perspectives and introduce
multidisciplinary needs in energy UK students encounter other national
approaches Non-UK students exposed to UK energy
research landscape and concepts Initiate professional networks Ideally, spark collaborative thinking
Schedule
Summer school
UKERC Annual Assembly
Sunday Wednesday Friday
Assembly: 100 UKERC researchers, with separate programme but mix with students for all dining and social events. Includes Thursday dinner and debate
Resources
100 PhD students to participate Delivery Manager 6 Tutors 6 UKERC PhD students as facilitators 12 senior speakers, 4 international 3 administrators for 2 months Lecture theatre, 10 work rooms, 110
bedrooms Restaurant, drinks, music, dancing
Programme 2011
Day 1 Sunday 26 June 14.00 Registration and Refreshments 15.00 Welcome and Overview of the Week 15.30 Ice-breaker 16.00 Meet your Team – communication skills 16.45 Refreshment Break 17.15 Input 1 – Overview of the Energy Sector John Loughhead, UKERC 18.15 Introduction to Energy Islands 18.45 Energy Islands 1 19.30 Dinner Day 2 – Monday 27 June 09.00 Welcome and introduction to UKERC and the
Summer School 09.15 Input 2 – International Collaboration Tom Kerr, IEA (TBC) 10.15 Energy Islands space (including break) 11.45 Skills training – Influencing/Negotiating and Self
Awareness 12.45 Lunch 13.45 Input 3 – Renewable energy Terry Surles, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute 14.45 Input 4 – CCS Sally Benson, GCEF Stanford 15.45 Refreshments 16.00 Skills training – Influencing/Negotiating and Self
Awareness 17.00 Team review with Tutor 18.00 Set-up for Poster Session and Network Fair 19.00 Dinner 20.00 Networking Fair Day 3 – Tuesday 28 June 09.00 Introduction to the Day 09.15 Energy Islands space 10.30 Refreshment Break
11.00 Input 5 – Energy and development Sameer Maithal, Greentech Knowledge Solutions 12.00 Input 6 – Personal mobility Jillian Anable, University of Aberdeen 13.00 Lunch 14.00 Energy Islands space 15.00 Input 7 – Energy Efficiency Ed Horgan, Briar Associates 16.00 Refreshment Break 16.30 Masterclasses (X options) 17.15 Free Time 18.30 Depart for dinner 19.30 Barbecue 20.30 Drum Café Day 4 – Wednesday 29 June 09.00 Introduction to the Day 09.15 Input 8 – International carbon footprint John Barrett - SEI 10.15 Input 9 – Social aspects Tom Hargreaves, UEA 11.15 Refreshment Break 11.45 Input 10 – Finance Jim Fitzgerald, Ernst and Young 12.45 Lunch 13.45 Energy Islands space 15:00 Presentation skills 15:45 Team review with Tutor 16.30 Free Time 17.30 Master Class 2 (X classes) 18.15 Dinner and World Cafe
Day 5 – Thursday 30 June 09.00 Introduction to the Day 09.15 Energy Islands space 11.30 Input 11 – Media Tom Sheldon, Sense About Science 12.30 Lunch 13.15 Team review with Tutor 14.15 Refreshments 14.45 Energy Islands: Final Preparations 15.45 Energy Islands: Rehearsal 17.45 Summer School Presentations 19.00 Poster Session and Drinks Reception 20.30 Dinner and Ceilihd Day 6 – Friday 1 July 09.30 Introduction to the day 09.40 Input 12 – SS/AA keynote TBC 10:40 Team review with Tutor 11.15 Refreshments 11.30 Evaluations 12.00 Closing Remarks 12.15 Adjourn
Inputs
12 invited lecturers, each give 1 hour “input” relevant to Project
Pitched at non-expert level and aims to show relevance to total system
Most also give 1-2 hour “masterclass” in form of more detailed tutorial – 3 or 4 in parallel
Additionally available for informal discussion
Energy Islands Project • The world = three Islands (broadly speaking an
EU/US hybrid, China and a developing country) • Agreed: binding agreement to reduce global
carbon emissions by a fixed amount by a certain date. Islands must agree the contribution of each to the global target.
• Their resources and needs are such that they cannot meet targets without influence on others
• Responsibility on three Island decarbonisation committees – an agreement needs to be in place by Thursday.
• Students address in groups, using “inputs” to inform
Why did they come?
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Our conclusions so far
How to implement whole-systems or cross-discipline programmes and approaches in energy R&D ?
• • By finding the right mix of enthusiastic people. • By creating a community of intensive engagement
and activity. • Making an experience a worthwhile and
memorable one • A number of students felt the Summer School
would not impact their current research approach, but would influence their future choices and attitude to dissemination, both with fellow researchers and the public
Learning through facilitation
Networking 17%
Group work 15%
Presentations/videos 13%
Negotiation skills 11% Meeting Energy Experts
8%
Energy Islands Exercise 19%
Social events 17%
Pie Chart showing respondents' Most Memorable Experiences
from the UKERC Summer Schools
Consequences
20% say Summer School showed them that mono-disciplinary research suited them more than multidisciplinary energy systems
40% convinced of opportunities in and attraction of whole systems field
After 525 students, 3 cases of collaboration between PhD projects
They all go home exhausted
UK Energy Research Centre +44 (0)20 7594 1574 www.ukerc.ac.uk