Community innovation in sustainable energy
Recent years have seen a surge in interest and activity in small-scale, sustainable energy projects led by local communities. Examples include solar water heating clubs and insulation clubs, which provide
Our Research Projects
Concrete solutIon dRaIning for the CLimate Environment (CIRCLE)
Dates: October 2020 to June 2023 Project Value: 3.7 million euros Funders: European Regional Development Fund A partnership between UEA and six research and business organisations in France and the UK, led by
CONTAIN: The impaCt of hydrOcarbon depletioN on the Treatment of cAprocks within performance assessment for CO2 InjectioN schemes
CCS and depletion sites The UK is committed to meeting stringent carbon dioxide (CO2) emission targets over the next 35 years. One potentially valuable technology in achieving this target is
Deep Decarbonisation (DeepDCarb): The Democratic Challenge of Navigating Governance Traps
DeepDCarb is a collaborative project between researchers at the University of East Anglia and the University of Heidelberg, funded through an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (Project number:
DiSECCS: Control of CO2 storage
Diagnostic Seismic toolbox for the Efficient Control of CO2 Storage (DiSECCS) is an interdisciplinary collaborative project focusing on developing monitoring tools and methodologies to identify and characterise injection-induced pressure build-up
DIVA Model: Dynamic Interactive Vulnerability Assessment
“Horsey Wind Pump” by Gerry Balding via Flickr is licensed under CC BY NC ND 2.0 DIVA (Dynamic Interactive Vulnerability Assessment) is a global scale sea-level rise impacts model. It considers impacts
Diverseafood
Seafood can contribute to healthy and sustainable diets and help to tackle the rising burden of non-communicable diseases and malnutrition in the UK if environmental sustainability challenges and barriers to
DRIER: Drought Resilience In East African Dryland Regions
AU UN IST PHOTO / TOBIN JONES. Original public domain image from Flickr Climate change presents great challenges for dryland regions, especially in communities where socioeconomic livelihoods are tied to
eBRIDGE: Empowering electric fleets in European cities
“Divergent thought will not be tolerated” by Paulo Valdivieso via Flickr is licensed under CC BY SA 2.0 This project looks at the potential of introducing electric vehicles (EVs) in urban areas in
Energy Biographies: Understanding the Dynamics of Energy Use for Energy Demand Reduction
This research is funded through the ESRC and EPSRC through the ‘Energy and Communities collaborative venture’ as part of Research Council UK’s (RCUK) Energy Programme. This project will break new
EnergyREV
“Power transmission lines” by Oran Viriyincy via Flickr licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 The EnergyREV Consortium’s purpose is to drive the transition to Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES) in the
EU Calculator: Trade-offs and pathways towards sustainable and low-carbon European Societies (EUCalc)
The EUCalc project has the goal of delineating emission and sustainable transformation pathways on the European and member state scale. The project will develop a novel and fast transparent open source model