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Research Councils UKEnergy Programme
For a Low Carbon Energy Future
Samantha Riches
The Energy Landscape
Public Sector organisations working together to provide coordinated activity and a complete innovation chain. Coordinated through the Low Carbon Innovation Group led by DECC.
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The Research Councils UK Energy Programme
7 Research Councils under the RCUK umbrella.
Each research council funds world class research and training in their area through a number of mechanisms.
However the big research challenges over the next 10 to 20 years require novel, multidisciplinary approaches in order to tackle them.
To achieve this there are seven cross council programmes coordinate the delivery of multidisciplinary research in priority areas.– Ageing: lifelong health and wellbeing
– Digital Economy
– Energy– Food Security
– Global uncertainties; security for all in a changing world
– Living with environmental change
– NanoScience through Engineering to Application
The Research Councils UK Energy Programme
The Councils working together strategically over the last three spending reviews.
Brings together all our energy-related activities.
High level input from a Scientific Advisory Committee: industry, academic, TSB, DECC & BIS representation.
Links to other Research Council priority themes such as Living with Environmental Change and Global Uncertainties.
BBSRC
STFC
EPSRC
ESRCNERC
Working together
across the Councils to
plan and support energy
research and training
The Research Councils working together to plan, develop and deliver energy research and training within a common strategic framework.
Mission
Key Targets:80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.15% of energy from renewable sources by 2020.Increases in energy efficiency.
Drivers:Tackling climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions both within the UK and abroad.Ensuring energy security.Ensuring energy affordability.
To position the UK to meet its energy and environmental targets and policy goals through high quality research and postgraduate training.
Our Objectives
To support a full spectrum of Energy research to help the UK meet the objectives and targets set out in the 2007 Energy White Paper
To work in partnership to contribute to the research and postgraduate training needs of energy-related business and other key stakeholders
To increase the international visibility and level of international collaboration withinthe UK energy research Portfolio.
To expand the UK research capacity in energy-relatedareas.
Investment Routes
Funding through universities / institutes
Managed and responsive mechanisms– use independent expert guidance to help us make investment
decisions
Partnership with industry and other stakeholders– publicise our involvement– do not enter into exclusive agreements
All Councils Commitment Portfolio September 2009 Total portfolio £567M
Solar9%
Bioenergy7%
Ground Heat1%
Energy Efficiency Industry5%
Energy Efficiency Domestic7%
Transport6%
Energy Storage2%
Fuel Cells4%
Hydrogen3%
Combustion3%
Nuclear Fusion11%
Nuclear Fission7%
Whole Systems8%
Social, economic and policy2%
Climate Change2%
Wind2%
Marine1%
Power electronics3%
Conventional Plant2%
Carbon capture and storage6%
Oil and Gas1%
Sustainable networks (renewables
6%Note: excludes ETI
EPSRC Energy Portfolio showing Training
Core Energy Programme53%
Other ManagedProgrammes
9%
Responsive Mode20%
Training16%
Fellowships2%
Working In Partnership
Research Consortia building with Industry – e.g. SUPERGEN.
Strategic Alignment e.g. Nuclear letter of Arrangement Group.
Direct partnerships / joint activities e.g E.ON, EDF, Sustrans, ABB, Scottish Power.
Collaboration with public sector partners – ETI, TSB, Carbon Trust, DECC, Defra, DFID, DfT, BIS.
International collaborations e.g. India, China, US
With business, government, academia and other organisations to achieve major advances in energy research, development and demonstration.
Examples of Current Activities
SUPERGEN £62m – 14 consortia, 38 academic partners, 80+ business and other collaborators.– Currently undergoing renewal to ‘hub’ structure (networks, marine and
bioenergy first to go over)
CCS– CCS network (www.ukccsc.co.uk)– Consortia in ecosystems impact of geological storage
Grand Challenges– Transport and networks
UKERC (http://www.ukerc.ac.uk)– Focal point for UK research in sustainable energy– Independent and whole systems aproach drawing
on engineering, economics, physical environmental and social sciences.
– Summer schools
Capacity Building
Centres for Doctoral Training: 7 multidisciplinary centres bringing together diverse areas of expertise to train
scientists and engineers with the skills, knowledge and confidence to tackle today’s challenges covering:Whole SystemsNuclear Fission and FusionRenewablesEnergy Demand ReductionLow Carbon technologies.
Industrial Doctorate Centres: 5 centres each equipping 50 students with the business skills they require to
turn pioneering ideas into products and services covering:Nuclear EngineeringEnergy Demand ReductionTransport and the Environment Urban Sustainability and ResilienceCarbon Capture and Storage.
Providing focused support for training centres in our priority areas (£50M investment). With over 100 collaborators.
Public engagement
Ensure that the Energy Programme decision making is informed by public attitudes, and that research is commissioned with an awareness of societal issues.
Encourage researchers funded by the programme to engage with the public and to participate in activities that benefit the relationship between science and society, and support and reward those who do so.
Increase public awareness of the developments, achievements and impacts that flow from Energy Research.
Engage young people with contemporary research to enhance their experience of science, encouraging more to pursue science studies beyond 16 and follow R&D careers, and enabling more to act as informed citizens.
An integral part of our programme. We aim to…
Public Engagement
Next Steps in 2010
A review into existing literature regarding public attitudes to low carbon energy.
Increased emphasis in SAC advice
Workshops for researchers
CDT network
Current and Forthcoming Activities
Structure for successor to SUPERGEN to be announced and first phase commissioned (with TSB) – networks, marine, bioenergyTransport Grand Challenges.– Energy storage in transport – call summer 2010– Understanding incentives for transport behaviour change – ideas factory
Nov/Dec 2010Capacity Building: CDT network, annual meeting of energy CDT
administrators and directors.Public Engagement: Research synthesis. Workshops planned for early
2011International: Joint programmes planned with China, IndiaNuclear – geo-waste.Networks grand challenge – preparing the UKs energy infrastructure for
2050– Flexible grids– Uncertainty and complexity– Integrated infrastructure– Game changing network technologies
Other Relevant Activities
Mathematics Underpinning Digital Economy and Energy – Up to £5 million. It is anticipated that between 7 and 12 proposals will
be funded
Objectives– To support novel and ambitious research with potential application to
research challenges in DE and Energy mission programmes.
– To support cross-disciplinary collaborations that develop and apply novel mathematical tools and techniques to provide solutions to the research challenges of the DE and Energy programmes.
– To promote greater engagement and knowledge exchange between the mathematical sciences research community, other disciplines and the application areas.
Call closes 4pm on Thursday 1st July 2010.
If you have any questions regarding the call please contact: Vivienne Blackstone ([email protected])
Further information
www.rcuk.ac.uk/energy
International Review of Energy
The review will consist of data analysis, a public consultation and input from an international panel of experts. The Review will be used to benchmark the strength of UK research activity in the area of energy compared to other research in this area around the world.
Panel visit w/c 24th Oct 2010
Wind Energy Systems (Strathclyde) – Neil BatemanHydrogen, Fuel Cells and their applications (Birmingham) –
Samantha Riches Interdisciplinary energy research – E-Futures (Sheffield) – Samantha
RichesTechnologies for a Low Carbon Future (Leeds) – Jacqui Williams Efficient Fossil Energy Technologies (Nottingham) – Jacqui WilliamsNuclear fission research, science and technology DTC (Nuclear
FiRST) (Manchester) – Stephen ElsbyIDC in nuclear engineering (Manchester) – Stephen ElsbyEnergy demand reduction and built environment (UCL) – Dave
Holtum Energy Futures Lab (Imperial) – Nick Cook Fusion Doctoral Training Network (York) – Andrew Wright Multidisciplinary Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy (Durham) –
Andrew WrightCentre in Sustainability for engineering and energy (Surrey) – Dave
Holtum
Energy-related CDTs and contacts
Energy-related CDTs and EPSRC contactsWind Energy Systems (Strathclyde) – Neil BatemanHydrogen, Fuel Cells and their applications (Birmingham) – Samantha Riches Interdisciplinary energy research – E-Futures (Sheffield) – Samantha RichesTechnologies for a Low Carbon Future (Leeds) – Jacqui Williams Efficient Fossil Energy Technologies (Nottingham) – Jacqui WilliamsNuclear fission research, science and technology DTC (Nuclear FiRST) (Manchester) – Stephen ElsbyIDC in nuclear engineering (Manchester) – Stephen ElsbyEnergy demand reduction and built environment (UCL) – Dave Holtum Energy Futures Lab (Imperial) – Nick Cook Fusion Doctoral Training Network (York) – Andrew Wright Multidisciplinary Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy (Durham) – Andrew WrightCentre in Sustainability for engineering and energy (Surrey) – Dave Holtum
Energy-related CDTs and EPSRC contactsWind Energy Systems (Strathclyde) – Neil BatemanHydrogen, Fuel Cells and their applications (Birmingham) –
Samantha Riches Interdisciplinary energy research – E-Futures (Sheffield) – Samantha
RichesTechnologies for a Low Carbon Future (Leeds) – Jacqui Williams Efficient Fossil Energy Technologies (Nottingham) – Jacqui WilliamsNuclear fission research, science and technology DTC (Nuclear
FiRST) (Manchester) – Stephen ElsbyIDC in nuclear engineering (Manchester) – Stephen ElsbyEnergy demand reduction and built environment (UCL) – Dave
Holtum Energy Futures Lab (Imperial) – Nick Cook Fusion Doctoral Training Network (York) – Andrew Wright Multidisciplinary Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy (Durham) –
Andrew WrightCentre in Sustainability for engineering and energy (Surrey) – Dave
Holtum
Programme ContactsNeil Bateman
International Review of Energy, Future Supergen, International Development ResearchE-mail: [email protected]
Nick CookTransport, Conventional Energy, GeoengineeringE-mail: [email protected]
Hannah Foreman BioenergyE-mail: [email protected]
Stephen ElsbySenior Sector Manager, Nuclear FissionE-mail: [email protected]
David HoltumEnergy Demand Reduction, Climate ChangeE-mail: [email protected]
Samantha Riches Energy Networks and Infrastructure, Renewable Energy, Public Engagement in EnergyE-mail: [email protected]
Jacqui WilliamsSenior Energy Manager, Carbon Capture and Storage, Communications, Evidence of impactE-mail: [email protected]
Andrew WrightSenior Energy Strategy Manager, Energy Technologies Institute Interface, FusionE-mail: [email protected]
Networks Grand Challenge
Overarching Grand Challenge.
The 4 themes are how we plan to do it.
Looking for large multidisciplinary collaborative approaches to address a combination of these themes
Call out in the summer with an expected end date of Sept/Oct. Funding to be announced March 2011
Pioneering a Low Carbon Future
£567 million invested in skills,
research and knowledge transfer
£483 million for research
grants
£84 million for doctoral
training
Partnering with ETI: links with energy programme research including:
Offshore Wind Projects: – 4 projects announced (helm, Nova, Deep Water,
Condition monitoring) with links to SUPERGEN Wind energy technologies consortia.
Marine – 3 projects announced (ReDAPT, PerAWat,
Wetmate Connector) with links to SUPERGEN Marine consortia led by Edinburgh.
CCS – National storage capacity appraisal links to
research at 5 universities/institutes
12 Universities and Research Institutes are receiving about one third of ETI funding awarded in 2009.
EPSRC representatives on working groups, Programme Management Board, Technical Committee and Board.
International visibility & collaboration
How we do it …Examples of activities include:
Four joint calls with China in renewable energies, cleaner fossil fuels, CCS technologies, solar & fuel cells - £15M of UK funding.
Joint initiatives with India in solar (£10M) & civil nuclear (£1.2M).
Scoping joint training programme with US on nuclear.
Support for international development energy research.
Planned joint £12M initiative with India – Bridging the Urban & Rural Divide – 2010/11.
Sustaining global leadership position in energy research through international cooperation and collaboration.
SUPERGEN
£62m of support from the Energy Programme and with the Carbon Trust14 consortia.38 academic partners.80+ business and other collaborators.
Approach reviewed and wide consultation carried out. Move planned in future to “hub” approach, with associated network and open calls for grand challenges. Networks, marine and bioenergy to be the first to move to new model from 2010/11.
Supporting research in sustainable power and generation.
Carbon Capture and Storage
£38M of CCS current research and capacity building projects.Recent activities:– Industrial Doctoral Training Centre in CCS.– £6.3M support with E.ON for 4 consortia proposals
in carbon capture and transport.– £3M of support for CCS projects in collaboration
with China.– Network to take forward the work of UKCCSC
(£1M)– Consortia in ecosystems impacts of geological
carbon storage, and CCS whole systems (£3M) – Workshop in China in November 2009.
Current activities:– Call with NSFC (China) closed April 2010– US workshops in May 2010
Supporting the UK’s commitment to cleaner coal power generation.
Energy in Transport
Walking and Cycling: Strategic Partnership with Sustrans.– Measuring and evaluating the travel, physical activity and carbon impacts
of the Connect2 initiative:Understanding walking and cycling.Visions of the role of Walking and Cycling in 2030. Currently discussing follow up activities.
Airport Operations: £3.1m of projects supported following an Ideas Factory held with DfT input:– all aspects of Airport Operations from the landing of aircraft, air
traffic control, terminal building thermal management and transfers of passengers to and from the airport.
Low Carbon Shipping: £2.3m of new projects
Transport Challenge being scoped for a call.
Growing our portfolio in Transport Research.
UK Energy Research Centre
£28m of support from the Energy Programme.Focal point for UK research on sustainable energy. Independent, whole-systems approach. Bridge between energy research and business, policymakers and international energy research community. Phase II now underway.
Highlights Include:Input to energy white papers (including modelling input).Intermittency report.Energy Research Atlas / Road mapping.Meeting place including G8 meeting.Energy 2050 scenarios.Summer schools.
