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Research CouncilsEnergy Programme
Dr Clive HayterJoint Head of Energy & Climate Change Programme
EPSRC
PSA target
• Improve the relative international performance of the UK research base
and • improve the overall innovation performance of
the UK economy including through effective knowledge transfer amongst universities, research institutions and business
• Energy is essential in almost every aspect of our lives and for the success of our economy. We face two long-term energy challenges:
• tackling climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions both within the UK and abroad; and
• ensuring secure, clean and affordable energy as we become increasingly dependent on imported fuel.
Energy – Why?
The energy landscape: public sector funding
Research Councils’ Energy Programme
UK EnergyResearch Centre
Energy Technologies Institute
Environmental Transformation Fund
Technology Strategy Board
Energy Research Partnership
BBSRC
STFC
EPSRC
ESRC
NERC
Working together-brings together all our energy-related activiites
-major managed programmes
-facilities, institutes, responsive mode
EPSRC has funding to work across all research council remits
£54M in SR2004 period
(£30M allocation)
Energy high priority for the
Research Councils
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.
Debbie HardingBBSRC
Nigel BrandonSenior Fellow
Programme co-ordination group
Gary Grubb(Vicki Crossley)ESRC
Liz Towns-AndrewsSTFC
Chris BakerNERC
Alison Wall (Chair)Clive HayterEPSRC
Carolyn ReeveDIUS
Chris FranklinNERC
Heads of EPSRC Energy and Climate Change
Alison
Lead, Research Councils’ Energy Programme (SAC, Energy Dialogue)ETIERPSecurity of supplyEnergy and equityCarbon VisionDemand reductionTransport
Clive
Sustainable power generation and supply (SUPERGEN)Research capacityInternationalFissionFusionAdaptation to climate change (LWEC)
Wide consultation:Research groups
InternationalGovernment departments (BERR, DEFRA, DfT, DFID)
Select CommitteesLearned and professional societies
Planning
Research Councils own processesEPSRC investment plan
NERC strategic planBBSRC bioenergy review
Scientific Advisory Committee•Programme development•CSR inputInput to Research Council delivery plans
Strategic inputEnergy summit on postgraduate trainingEnergy public dialogue by Ipsos MORI
Research capacity, 13
UKERC, 13
Conventional energy generation, 19
Nuclear fusion, 49
Nuclear fission, 11
Sustainable power generation, 60
Markets, policy and public attitudes, 9
Demand reduction, 15
Carbon abatement technologies, 4
Current portfolio (£M)Strong in power generation and supply
+£5M CCLRC facilities
SUPERGEN – Sustainable Power Generation & Supply
● Our flagship strategic programme in the area of energy supply.
● Currently 13 consortia with a total value in excess of £32m covering the following areas:
hydrogen, biomass & bioenergy, marine energy, future network technologies, photovoltaic materials, conventional power plant lifetime extension, fuel cells, highly distributed power systems, excitonic solar cells, energy storage, biological fuel cells, wind energy, energy infrastructure. Other SUPERGEN contributors include BBSRC, ESRC, NERC and the Carbon trust
• Latest SUPERGEN Brochure is available at: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/Publications/Other/SUPERGENBrochure.htm
New • Wind• Infrastructure• Biofuel cells
13 consortia38 academic partners80+ business and other collaborators
With the Carbon Trust
Biomass and Bioenergy
BIOSYS
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
UKERC Workstreams
Research themes• Vertical: Demand Reduction, Future Sources of Energy, Energy
Infrastructure and Supply• Cross-cutting: Energy Systems and Modelling, Environmental
Sustainability, Materials for Advanced Energy Systems
Functions• Coordination of National Energy Research Network• The Meeting Place• Technology and Policy Assessment• The Energy Research Register (STFC)• The Energy Data Centre (STFC)
UK Energy Research Centre
Highlights include:
• Input to energy review (including modelling input)
•Intermittency report
•Energy Research Atlas (first release)
•Meeting place including G8 meeting
Low Carbon Technologies
● Carbon Vision funded in association with the Carbon Trust, NERC and ESRC. Low Carbon Buildings £5.4m Working with the process industries:
o Life cycle analysis £1m - Carbon footprint calculation toolo Unlocking low carbon potential £0.8m – Drivers and barriers to uptake
Contribution to SUPERGEN
• Carbon Calculations – CCaLC £0.9M• Low Carbon Future - £0.5M
Climate Change
• The Tyndall Centre - www.tyndall.ac.uk
Ongoing portfolio development
Broad portfolio to meet policy objectives
Feasibility studies (£5M)Supergen renewals (£18M)Hydrogen production (£4M)BBSRC bioenergy (£20M+)Cluster call for energy and equity and security of supplyNanotechnology for energy/solar energy
Transport – Scientific Advisory Committee suggestions of areas to develop: walking and cycling and shipping
Demand reduction – focus on industrial processes? (Lots of other funders’ work planned on buildings?) For a Scientific Advisory Committee discussion
Ongoing portfolio development
Working in partnershipNuclear sustainability (£2M)E.ON strategic partnership (£10M)Developing Power Networks Research Academy (£2M)Developing: Nuclear waste management (£4M)Developing: Materials UK research priorities (£5M)
International
Strategic statement and action planPartnership with MOST, China (£6M)Cooperation with South Africa (£2M)Bioenergy ERA-NET – gasification callInternational development – call next year
Ongoing portfolio development
Research capacity
Additional UKERC studentships (£1M)Interdisciplinary fellowships (ESRC lead)EPSRC fellowshipsScience and Innovation awardsEngD review and next steps for CTAs/KTAs
The Energy Technologies Institute
• Public Sector: DIUS, BERR, EPSRC, TSB, (DfT)
• 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)
Energy Exploitation
Exploitation:Energy
TechnologiesInstitute
Basicresearch
Applied research
Research CouncilsEnergy 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
Development of ETI
• Heads of Agreement signed on 20 September– Legal structure – Limited Liability Partnership
– Funding model – Core members and Programme Associates
– IP model – under test!
• Chief Executive – David Clarke (RR; EPSRC Council)
• Host selection – Midlands Consortium
• RD&D priorities – being developed
• RD&D commissioning process – being developed
• EPSRC funding contracts and costs until ETI is established
CSR2007 Energy Priorities
• A whole system approach to energy options, supply and usage
• Rapid Exploitation through collaboration with ETI
CSR2007 Energy Priorities
Sustain work on: • power generation and
supply (Supergen)• Fission & fusion• UKERC• Materials for energy• Strategic Partnerships
with Industry• International
Development & Collaboration
CSR2007 Energy Priorities
Grow work on:• Demand and
consumption• Security of supply• Energy and equity• Underpinning science
and engineering • Transport• Research capacity• Living with
Environmental Change
• Comments, questions…..?
• Thank you……
clive.hayter@epsrc.ac.uk