Energy Revolution Research Consortium - Core - EnergyREV

Completed

Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Energy system analysis)
Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Environmental, social and economic impacts)

Basic and strategic applied research

SOCIAL SCIENCES (Politics and International Studies)
SOCIAL SCIENCES (Sociology)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Architecture and the Built Environment)

Systems Analysis related to energy R&D (Energy modelling)
Systems Analysis related to energy R&D (Other Systems Analysis)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy)

Dr S McArthur
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
University of Strathclyde

Standard

EPSRC

01 December 2018

31 March 2023

52 months

£9,093,230

Energy

Scotland

Prospering from the Energy Revolution

Dr S McArthur, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde

Prof JL Anable, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
Dr A Armstrong, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
Dr R Chitchyan, Computer Science, University of Bristol
Prof P Devine-Wright, Geography, University of Exeter
Mr D A Elmes, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Professor Z Fan, Faculty of Natural Science, Keele University
Dr R Ferrero, Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool
Professor E Gaura, Ctr for Flow Measure & Fluid Mechanic, Coventry University
Professor T Green, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London
Prof R Gupta, Sch of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University
Dr MJ Hannon, Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Strathclyde
Dr C Hepburn, Grantham Research Inst on Climate Change, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Prof DM Ingram, Energy Systems, University of Edinburgh
Dr SA Kerr, Sch of Energy, Geosci, Infrast & Society, Heriot-Watt University
Dr G Konstantopoulos, Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield
Prof M Leach, Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey
Dr MM Maroto-Valer, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University
Dr JL Patterson, Architecture, Cardiff University
Dr J Radcliffe, Electronic, Electrical and Computer Eng, University of Birmingham
Dr M Rohse, Fac of Science and Technolog, Anglia Ruskin University
Dr M Sharmina, Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester
Dr D Shipworth, UCL Energy Institute, University College London
Professor J Webb, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh
Dr C Wilson, Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
Dr J Wu, Engineering, Cardiff University

Project Contact, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
Project Contact, National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Project Contact, Hindsight consultancy
Project Contact, WYG International Ltd
Project Contact, Electric Future Ltd
Project Contact, EPSRC National Centre for Energy Systems
Project Contact, Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd
Project Contact, Faraday Grid Ltd
Project Contact, Babcock International Group plc
Project Contact, Aquaterra Energy Limited
Project Contact, Commercial Estates Group Limited
Project Contact, Scottish and Southern Energy plc
Project Contact, Northern Powergrid
Project Contact, Engie (UK)
Project Contact, Solo Energy
Project Contact, EDF Energy
Project Contact, Energy Institute
Project Contact, Energy Capital
Project Contact, Smarter Grid Solutions
Project Contact, Equiwatt Limited

The Committee on Climate Change's most recent assessment of the UK's progress towards meeting its carbon budgets shows that UK emissions are 41% below 1990 levels. The UK Government's Industrial Strategy white paper states that this has been achieved while the economy has grown by two thirds. In our journey to meeting a reduction of at least 80% compared to 1990 levels, the Committee states that we must reduce emissions by at least 3% a year. They also say that despite the above progress we are not currently on track to meet the 2023-27 carbon budget.Clearly, significant further effort and innovation is required to meet our statutory obligations in this area. In line with this, the Government's Industrial Strategy identifies Clean Growth as a grand challenge stating "We will develop smart systems for cheap and clean energy across power, heating and transport ... We will launch a new Industrial Strategy 'Prospering from the energy revolution' programme to develop world-leading local smart energy systems that deliver cheaper and cleaner energy across power, heating and transport". The Industrial Strategy also points out that Innovation in clean growth is critical for low cost, low carboninfrastructure systems, and for realising the industrial opportunities needed to deliver economic benefits. In response to this the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) has launched the Prospering from the Energy Revolution (PFER) programme. It is focused on delivering (by 2022) investable and scalable local business models which use integrated approaches to deliver cleaner, cheaper, energy services for more prosperous and resilient communities. The resulting smart local energy systems should also benefit the national energy system as a whole. It also targets a ten times larger future-investment in local integrated energy systems versus business as usual in the 2020s while creating real world proving grounds to accelerate new products and services to full commercialisation. A major element of the activities is building UK leadership in integrated energy provision.To support the PFER programme, UKRI launched a call to establish the Energy Research Research Consortium (EnergyREV) to support this journey. A workshop was held in Birmingham to form and shape the consortium and to initiate the development of this proposal. The resulting EnergyREV consortium is diverse and highly multidisciplinary, incorporating 88% of the researchers who were selected for the workshop.EnergyREV will work with the Energy Systems Catapult to enable and inform demonstrators and demonstrator design projects (funded by the PFER programme) through their lifetime; undertaking analysis and evaluation, building and driving best practice and, leading knowledge exchange through national and international engagement with policy, academic and industrial communities. Further to this, EnergyREV has shaped and defined a strategic programme of applied interdisciplinary research which aims to achieve significant outputs in the areas of whole energy systems and smart local energy systems. This will inform future energy investment by companies and Government. It will coordinate and integrate existing UK world-class knowledge, research teams and facilities, and through this provide advice, research and innovation support to help ensure the success of the PFER programme.

06/12/18