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Projects

Tools to support decision making

The trend towards decarbonisation and decentralisation of energy systems has created growing...

Modelling synergies and tensions between transitions

As the focus of decarbonising the UK economy moves from electricity to heat and transport, both...

Economic and industrial transitions

Place has been identified as a key foundation of the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy, with...

Regulatory governance and decentralisation

Economic regulation emerged as a central feature of the UK’s energy supply industries (gas and...

Devolution and local energy system development

Many scenarios envisage a future UK energy system with a higher proportion of distributed energy,...

Financing Community Energy

Project Overview This project aims to provide the first systematic quantitative and qualitative...

Local Energy Infrastructure Operation & Governance

Energy system modelling at local scales The aim of this project is to understand the engineering...

Publications

Research report

Financing community energy case studies: Edinburgh Community Solar Cooperative

This report presents a case study of Edinburgh Community Solar Cooperative, exploring how it financed the project against a backdrop of diminishing government support for grassroots sustainable development.

Jun 2020

Research report

Financing community energy case studies: Green Energy Mull

This report presents a case study of community energy project Green Energy Mull, exploring how it was financed against a backdrop of diminishing government support for grassroots sustainable development.

Jun 2020

Research report

Financing community energy case studies: Gwent Energy

This report presents a case study of Gwent Energy, exploring how it was financed against a backdrop of diminishing government support for grassroots sustainable development.

Jun 2020

Research report

Financing community energy case studies: Brighton and Hove Energy Services

This report presents a case study of Brighton and Hove Energy Services co-operative, exploring how it was financed against a backdrop of diminishing government support for grassroots sustainable development.

Jun 2020

Meeting report

Meeting report: heat networks and governance

UKERC partnered with DECC and ETI last month to seek input and feedback on plans for the £300 million in heat network capital expenditures announced in the government's Spending Review. Amber Sharick, UKERC Business Engagement Manager, and Jan Webb, UKERC Researcher & Professor of Sociology of Organisations at the University of Edinburgh, report on the discussions.

May 2016

News

Making local authority energy ambition a reality

In this blog Mags Tingey and Jan Webb highlight how supportive policies will be necessary for local...

17 Jun 2020

Financing community energy in a brave new world

This article draws on four community energy case studies to explore how projects are financed...

03 Jun 2020

Building capacity, local authorities & sustainable energy

This blog by Caroline Kuzemko and Jessica Britton explores local authority action on sustainable...

15 Apr 2020

UKERC Annual Conference: Keynote speech by Cllr Tom Hayes

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

25 Apr 2019

Watch sessions from UKERC’s Annual Conference 2019

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

18 Apr 2019

Local Authorities play key role in providing clean energy for all

The Clean Growth Strategy is another reminder of the scale and pace of change required to meet our...

17 Nov 2017