Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/C513169/1
Research Programme of the UK Energy Research Centre.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor J Skea, Policy Studies Institute, Environment Group
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor G Strbac, Imperial College London, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor R Wallace, University of Edinburgh, Energy Systems
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr DC Howard, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr J Halliday, CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, RCRU
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor N Jenkins, Cardiff University, Sch of Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor D Begg, The Robert Gordon University, Unlisted
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor JA Kilner, Imperial College London, Materials
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor P Ekins, University College London, Bartlett Sch of Env, Energy & Resources
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor PJG Pearson, Imperial College London, Centre for Environmental Policy
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr B Boardman, University of Oxford, Environmental Change Institute SoGE
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor S Guy, Lancaster University, Faculty of Arts and Social Science
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor CH Mitchell, University of Exeter, Geography
- Grant held at:
- Policy Studies Institute, Environment Group
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Marine
- Freshwater
- Earth
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Atmospheric
- ENRIs:
- Pollution and Waste
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Pollution
- Ecosystem Scale Processes
- Earth Resources
- Technol. for Environ. Appl.
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- The UK Energy Research Centre is the organisation that brings together all researchers working on energy problems in the UK. The Government wants to ensure that we reduce the environmental impacts of our energy system, reducing the rate of climate change for example. It also wants to make sure that our energy is reliable and affordable, while continuing to have competition between energy suppliers. Making this happen will involve cutting energy use, developing new cleaner sources of supply, for example from renewable sources such as wind, and making sure that there is investment in the electricity, gas and other networks that bring energy to consumers. A wide range of energy researchers must come together to address these challenges. These include engineers who need to develop and improve technologies and materials, social scientists and economists concerned with people's behaviour and how markets are regulated and policies formulated, and scientists who can assess energy supply capacity and impacts on the natural environment. One of the main tasks of UKERC is to bring these different people together to work side-by-side on complex problems which can't be addressed by taking a single approach. UKERC's research work covers the whole energy system, including the technological, social and environmental dimensions and interactions between them. The evidence arising from UKERC's work will be brought together to help the Government, and other bodies, develop their energy policies. UKERC will help to transfer knowledge about new technologies and techniques to industry, working with companies and regional bodies. It will also take a close look at the pattern of research already being carried out to identify what new research is needed to fill gaps in knowledge and help bring technologies to market. UKERC engages with energy researchers around the world and provides facilities at Oxford University for UK and overseas researchers to work together on challenging energy problems. UKERC'S headquarters are based at Imperial College London.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/C513169/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- TSEC Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- TSEC
This grant award has a total value of £11,954,596
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,022,140 | £5,497,625 | £2,818,123 | £5,000 | £2,611,708 |
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