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Blog: A new direction for public engagement with energy and climate change

UKERC Co-Director Jason Chilvers and colleagues go behind the scenes of their new Nature Energy...

Blog: Ending reliance on the market alone to deliver for the power sector

As with health and finance, the risk of systemic failure in the energy sector is something that...

Local energy resilience in the face of a changing climate

In this article Graeme Hawker and Faye Wade consider how local authorities can work to help build...

Video: Green jobs

In last month's Budget (March 3rd), the Chancellor redoubled the UK government's commitment to...

Blog: Still waiting on ‘Gas by Design’

Mike Bradshaw discusses the 'gas by design' approach to decarbonising the energy system. He...

Blog: Preparing for a resilient energy future: learning from Texas’ rolling blackouts

Rolling blackouts amidst snow storms in Texas are leaving people freezing. Graeme Hawker and Keith...

Decoding policy series: industry decarbonisation

In this new installment in our decoding policy series, Peter Taylor covers industrial...

UKERCHQ welcomes Amber Sawyer

Amber Sawyer has joined the UKERCHQ team as our new Engagement Officer.

RIIO-2: A networks price control fit for the net zero transition?

In this latest contribution to our decoding policy series, Dr Jamie Stewart and Prof Keith Bell...

Blog: How your legs can reduce your carbon footprint

In this blog, Christian Brand discusses a new paper on the impacts of active travel. Utilising data...

Blog: Heat as a service: evidence needs and research gaps

In this blog, Zoya Pourmirza describes the workshop they hosted on Heat as a Service (HaaS)

Flexible Fund announcement

We are delighted to announce the details of four projects awarded with funding through our Flexible...

An overview of the Scottish Climate Change Plan update

Jonathan Bowes, a ClimateXChange Research Fellow offers an overview of the Scottish Climate Change...

UKERC energy modelling survey

To facilitate greater understanding of the breadth of energy models in use, and to increase model...

Overview and commentary on the Energy White Paper

Will Blyth an expert in energy sector economics and policy, offers his overview of the recent...

Opening up energy research: a practical guide

This blog explores a new paper that offers practical guidance for energy researchers to improve the...

The UKERC ‘Decoding Policy Series’

This series of blogs explore and summarise key policy outputs of December 2020, exploring potential...

Blog: We will need disruption to tackle the climate challenge

In a recent Special Issue of Energy Policy, UKERC researchers explore the potential drivers of...

Blog: Why our social networks matter for reaching net zero

How important are social networks when it comes to choices impacting climate change? In this blog,...

Video: Rob Gross on TRT World

This week (December 16th) UKERC Director Rob Gross featured on a show called Round Table which was...

Video: Review of Energy Policy 2020

In December we launched our Review of Energy Policy 2020, which explores the impacts of COVID-19 on...

Three new Landscapes at the EDC

In this blog, Catherine Jones and Jim Halliday introduce three new Landscapes documents focusing on...

The Price of Power: Electricity markets in the Energy White Paper

UKERC Director Rob Gross responds to the UK government's long-awaited Energy White Paper.

Government launch two online net zero calculators

In this blog, Dr. Patrick Royce, an energy engineer at BEIS highlights the launch of two government...

Energy models and transparency

Energy models are here to stay, they provide the underpinning language to support decision makers...