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Reference Number EP/S032002/1
Title DecarboN8 - An integrated network to decarbonise transport
Status Started
Energy Categories Energy Efficiency(Transport) 100%;
Research Types Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields SOCIAL SCIENCES (Sociology) 25%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 25%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering) 25%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 25%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation Systems Analysis related to energy R&D (Energy modelling) 25%;
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions) 25%;
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Consumer attitudes and behaviour) 25%;
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Technology acceptance) 25%;
Principal Investigator Dr GR Marsden
No email address given
Institute for Transport Studies
University of Leeds
Award Type Standard
Funding Source EPSRC
Start Date 01 September 2019
End Date 31 March 2024
Duration 55 months
Total Grant Value £1,334,522
Industrial Sectors Energy; Transport Systems and Vehicles
Region Yorkshire & Humberside
Programme Energy : Energy
 
Investigators Principal Investigator Dr GR Marsden , Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds (99.993%)
  Other Investigator Dr H Sun , Engineering, Durham University (0.001%)
Dr KR Whittle , Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield (0.001%)
Dr D Densley Tingley , Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield (0.001%)
Prof K (Kevin ) Anderson , Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester (0.001%)
Professor M Buscher , Sociology, Lancaster University (0.001%)
Dr SL Walker , Fac of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University (0.001%)
Dr S Thankappan , Environment, University of York (0.001%)
  Industrial Collaborator Project Contact , Ove Arup & Partners Ltd (0.000%)
Project Contact , DfT (Department for Transport) (0.000%)
Project Contact , Transport for Greater Manchester (0.000%)
Project Contact , Sheffield City Council (0.000%)
Project Contact , Electricity North West Limited (0.000%)
Project Contact , Durham County Council (0.000%)
Project Contact , Leeds City Council (0.000%)
Project Contact , Nexus Ltd (0.000%)
Project Contact , Lancaster City Council (0.000%)
Project Contact , Centrica Plc (0.000%)
Project Contact , Siemens plc (0.000%)
Project Contact , Northern Gas Networks (0.000%)
Project Contact , Transport Systems Catapult (0.000%)
Project Contact , Zero Carbon Futures (0.000%)
Project Contact , Accent (0.000%)
Project Contact , Cadscan Limited (0.000%)
Project Contact , First Group (0.000%)
Project Contact , Fore Consulting Limited (0.000%)
Project Contact , Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea (0.000%)
Project Contact , Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (0.000%)
Project Contact , Transport for the North (0.000%)
Project Contact , Urban Transport Group (0.000%)
Project Contact , Sustrans (0.000%)
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Objectives
Abstract The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2018 highlighted the need for urgent, transformative change, on an unprecedented scale, if global warming is to be restricted to 1.5C. The challenge of reaching an 80% reduction in emissions by 2050 represents a huge technological, engineering, policy and societal challenge for the next 30 years. This is a huge challenge for the transport sector, which accounts for over a quarter of UK domestic greenhouse gas emissions and has a flat emissions profile over recent years.The DecarboN8 project will develop a new network of researchers, working closely with industry and government, capable of designing solutions which can be deployed rapidly and at scale. It will develop answers to questions such as:1) How can different places be rapidly switched to electromobility for personal travel? How do decisions on the private fleet interact with the quite different decarbonisation strategies for heavy vehicles? This requires integrating understanding of the changing carbon impacts of these options with knowledge on how energy systems work and are regulated with the operational realities of transport systems and their regulatory environment; and2) What is the right balance between infrastructure expansion, intelligent system management and demand management? Will the embodied carbon emissions of major new infrastructure offset gains from improved flows and could these be delivered in other ways through technology? If so, how quickly could this happen, what are the societal implications and how will this impact on the resilience of our systems?The answer to these questions is unlikely to the same everywhere in the UK but little attention is paid to where the answers might be different and why. Coupled with boundaries between local government areas, transport network providers (road and rail in particular) and service operators there is potential for a lack of joined up approaches and stranded investments in ineffective technologies. The DecarboN8 network is led by the eight most research intensive Universities across the North of England (Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and York) who will work with local, regional and national stakeholders to create an integrated test and research environment across the North in which national and international researchers can study the decarbonisation challenge at these different scales.The DecarboN8 network is organised across four integrated research themes (carbon pathways, social acceptance and societal readiness, future transport fuels and fuelling, digitisation, demand and infrastructure). These themes form the structure for a series of twelve research workshops which will bring new research interests together to better understand the specific challenges of the transport sector and then to work together on integrating solutions. The approach will incorporate throughout an emphasis on working with real world problems in 'places' to develop knowledge which is situated in a range of contexts. 400k of research funding will be available for the development of new collaborations, particularly for early career researchers. We will distribute this in a fair, open and transparent manner to promote excellent research. The network will help develop a more integrated environment for the development, testing and rapid deployment of solutions through activities including identifying and classifying data sources, holding innovation translation events, policy discussion forums and major events to highlight the opportunities and innovations. The research will involve industry and government stakeholders and citizens throughout to ensure the research outcomes meet the ambitions of the network of accelerating the rapid decarbonisation of transport
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Added to Database 07/11/19