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Envisioning surprises: 4 ways social sciences can help us navigate energy demand uncertainty

Maria Sharmina argues that social sciences can give important insights to energy-demand modellers...

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)

How Brexit will impact the UK’s ability to achieve Net Zero

This blog by Antony Froggatt was originally published in October, it considers the impact of Brexit...

UKERC Director to step down at the end of the year

Professor Jim Watson, has announced that he will be stepping down from his role at the end of the...

How do we make developing countries’ energy systems more resilient?

Many low-income countries are vulnerable to natural hazards, long-term processes of ecological...

Measure for measure – progress towards the UN SDGs depends on how we assess them

Our challenges need new measures relating to our economy, society and the environment, argues UKERC...

In bioenergy, size really does matter

An insight from UKERC member, Gail Taylor as she attends one of the four USA Bioenergy Research...

Heating engineers, skills and heat decarbonisation

Heating engineers are absolutely central to heating in the UK and are therefore going to be a huge...

What happened to our electricity system on Friday August 9th 2019?

Keith Bell, Professor of Smart Grids at the University of Strathclyde and a co-Director of the UK...

Is efficient sufficient? UKERC at the ECEEE Summer Study

UKERC co-sponsored the bi-annual ECEEE Summer Study with CREDS this year. This year’s theme was...

We should all feel ‘flying shame’ when we step onto a plane

Going on holiday is meant to be the one time of year when you forget your worries and let your hair...

It takes imagination to see a clean, net-zero future

In case you missed it, three weeks ago we published a blog from Keith Bell, UKERC Co-director and...

Updated: Game on: climate scientists develop heat decarbonisation table top game

A collaboration between charity 10:10 Climate Action and professors at Manchester Metropolitan...

Disrupting transport sooner a “no brainer”

What are the impacts if the UK Government were more ambitious than the current ‘Road to Zero’

Storms, cyberattacks and solar eruptions: Jim Watson features on BBC Radio 4’s The Stress Test

The year is 2030. The UK has decarbonised. Unexpected events challenge our energy system. Are we...

New analysis shows the scale of Great Britain’s gas system flexibility

New research highlights the scale of flexibility currently provided by the high-pressure pipelines...

Director Jim Watson features in Social Market Foundation “Ask the Expert” podcast

In their latest "Ask the Expert" podcast Prof. Jim Watson of UKERC chats to Social Market...

IVUGER Network Funding Retreat

In one of the latest Whole Systems Networking Fund events, the IVUGER network hosted a writing...

Path dependency in heating

In a recent paper published in Nature Energy, UKERC academics demonstrate how the history of...

UKERC experts inform Committee on Climate Change ‘net zero’ target

The UK can end its contribution to global warming within 30 years by setting an ambitious new...

UKERC Annual Conference: Keynote speech by Cllr Tom Hayes

In his keynote speech for our 2019 Annual Conference, Councillor Tom Hayes outlines Oxford's...

Co-producing Policy through Stakeholder Workshops

(Repost) As part of our Whole Systems Networking Fund, the "Co-producing the Electric Vehicles...

Watch sessions from UKERC’s Annual Conference 2019

For the first time we live-streamed our conference. The conference focused on local energy systems...

Residential demand response: actors, decisions, connections

As we change from coal and gas power plants to renewable generation, electricity systems become...

Professor Keith Bell appointed to Committee on Climate Change

UKERC co-director Professor Keith Bell will take up the position of power sector specialist on the...