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.

Energy Partners

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