Research Councils’ Energy Programme Dr Jason Green Head Energy Research Capacity &

1. Research Councils’ Energy Programme Dr Jason Green Head Energy Research Capacity & Dr Rachel Bishop Head Energy Multidisciplinary Applications

2. Energy – Why? Energy is essential in almost every aspect of our lives and for the success of our economy. We face two long-term energy challenges1: • tackling climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions both within the UK and abroad; and • ensuring secure, clean and affordable energy supply. 1. Meeting the Energy Challenge White Paper – May 2007

3. Energy – Headlines£220M + training • A whole system approach to energy options, supply and usage • Rapid Exploitation through collaboration with ETI • Growing portfolio in demand reduction and transport • Enhanced research in energy supply & alternative sources • Focused postgraduate training in energy themes

4. The Energy Landscape: Public Sector Funding Environmental Transformation Fund (funding mechanism: demonstration and deployment

5. Position in the innovation chain Responsive mode Supergen; TSEC; Carbon Vision Strategic partnerships Energy Technologies Institute NASA TRL 1 – 3 (4): basic research, prove feasibility, (limited) development NASA TRL 3-6: prove feasibility, development, (limited) demonstration Research Development, demonstration & deployment Fundamental underpinning Generic targeted Applied pre-competitive Technology Pull-through

6. The Energy Landscape:Public Sector Funding STFC • Brings together all our energy-related activiites • Major managed programmes • Facilities, institutes, responsive mode BBSRC EPSRC EPSRC has funding to work across all research council remits NERC ESRC

7. Our mission is to position the UK to meet its energy and environmental targets and policy goals by supporting world class research to develop and deliver energy research and training within a common strategic framework

8. Energy Programme Objectives To support a full spectrum of energy research to help the UK meet the objectives and targets set out in the 2007 Energy White Paper. To work in partnership to contribute to the research and postgraduate training needs of energy-related business and other key stakeholders. To increase the international visibility and level of international collaboration within the UK energy research portfolio. To expand the UK university research capacity in energy-related areas.

9. Achievements to date… • A suite of Sustainable Power Generation and Supply (SUPERGEN) research consortia • Building capacity in low carbon energy research using Science and Innovation awards • Engineering Doctorate for nuclear skills • Research Consortia to consider socio-economic aspects • Energy Senior Research Fellow • E.ON UK Strategic Partnership

10. Total Portfolio £270M (As at October 2007)

11. 13 consortia • 38 academic partners • 80+ business and other collaborators • £57M in total • With the Carbon Trust

12. Demand Reduction CARBON VISION: A Strategic Partnership with Carbon Trust, NERC and ESRC: £14million Research. • Carbon Vision Buildings: CARB: Socio-technical, carbon use in buildings; De Montfort/UCL. TARBASE: Policies to reduce the carbon footprint; Herriot Watt. Building Market Transformation: Reducing emissions; Cambridge. • Carbon Vision Industry: CCALC: LCA in food industry; Manchester. Low Carbon Future: Hydrogen Technology; Nottingham. Unlocking Low carbon Potential: Low take-up of technology; Bath. SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENT: 50/50 funded by Energy. £4M Consortium: Carbon footprint of cities; led by De Montfort.(£2.7million).

13. Energy ResearchCapacity Science and Innovation awards • Strathclyde - £2.7M Integrated energy initiative • Warwick - £5M Fusion plasma physics • Belfast - £3.2M Fusion plasma physics • Cardiff - £3.8M Renewable Energy Generation • Cambridge - £2.8M Energy efficient Cities • Edinburgh - £3.6M Carbon Capture & Storage Research Chairs • Strathclyde - £0.7M with Scottish Power, National Grid Transco and Rolls Royce - electrical power engineering • 3x Manchester – Power Systems with National Grid; Radiation Chemistry with NDA & Nexia Solutions; Decommissioning Engineering with NDA

14. Fusion • Major block of funding – over £20M pa • EPSRC funding for ITER, JET and UK domestic programme (alongside EURATOM funding) • Getting the right balance with the energy portfolio and the changing fusion research landscape

15. Future Sources of Energy Environmental Sustainability • Demand Reduction • Meeting Place Energy Infrastructure and Supply Energy Systems and Modelling Research Register • Materials for Advanced Energy Systems • Technology Policy and Assessment UK Energy Research Centre UKERC

16. Nuclear Energy Current Activities • Keeping the Nuclear Option Open (KNOO) – An initiative funded through TSEC with EPSRC as the lead partner. Focus is on current and future reactor systems, materials and waste management. • Nuclear skills Engineering Doctorate Centre with MoD, BE, BNFL, Nexia and AWE. • NTEC – Nuclear Technology Education Consortium (masters) • Sustainability of Nuclear Power (energy attitudes survey) Activities In Progress… • Nuclear Waste Management & Decommissioning – Working with the • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to identify novel materials, tools • & techniques (£4m+)

17. Energy Research Capacity Skills & Training SUPERGEN Fusion International Links Underpinning & Speculative Energy Energy Multidisciplinary Applications ETI Demand Reduction Energy & Transport UKERC Energy & Equity Strategic Partnerships with Industry Energy PrioritiesDelivered through two streams…

18. Energy Priorities (1) • Skills & Training, Building Research Capacity – Call DTCs/EngDs May 2008 • Dr Vania Croce • Demand Reduction in Process Industries – Workshop April 2008 • Dr David Holtum • Speculative Underpinning Science & Engineering for Energy – Complexity & Energy Workshop February 2008 • Energy in Transport – Walking & Cycling, peer review, Marine & Shipping scoping study • Dr Gareth Buchannan

19. Energy Priorities (2) • SUPERGEN – Continue renewals process for fuel cells, distributed systems and organic PV, June 2008. New SUPERGEN in Hydrogen Production April 2008. • Dr Neil Bateman • International Links – Action in support of Int. Framework, Open Call with South Africa and Consolidation Call with China, Early 2009. • Dr Jacqui Williams • Also follow-up activities – E.ON Strategic Partnership, International Development, Bioenergy (BBSRC), CCS

20. The Energy Technologies Institute • Up to £1.1billion over 10 years, public/private partnership • Announced in the Budget 2006 • Focussed energy RD&D to accelerate new energy technologies to deployment • Core company partners (£5M pa) • Public Sector: • DIUS, BERR, EPSRC, TSB, (DfT)

21. Energy Exploitation • Research Councils • Energy Programme • Broad spectrum of energy research • Long term view 2020 – 2050 • Range from highly speculative to directed pre-competitive research • Independent • Energy Technologies Institute – public private partnership • Small number of highly focused technology areas • Highly directed and targeted technical and economic, social and environmental research and limited early stage demonstration • Research to overcome issues to accelerate deployment Exploitation: Energy Technologies Institute Basic research Applied research

22. Thank You….Questions & Comments Please… jason.green@epsrc.ac.uk rachel.bishop@epsrc.ac.uk