SUPERGEN Biomass and Bioenergy
Overview Bioenergy provides a significant proportion of the UK’s low carbon energy supply for heat, transport fuel and electricity. There is scope for bioenergy to provide much higher levels of
Our Research Projects
Tack to the future: how optimised sailing routes can cut carbon emissions on ships
A new fellowship conducted at Tyndall Manchester will investigate the real-time feasibility of optimised sailing routes to cut carbon in international shipping. As pressure mounts for rapid action in the
The implications of global warming of 1.5°C and 2°C
Our short programme of interdisciplinary policy-relevant research is our contribution to the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C that will deliver in September 2018. Our work completes in April 2018. Relatively
The politics of low carbon innovation
Recent studies emphasise sustainable innovation processes developing within protective niches. Experimentation in these spaces accumulates experience and improvements, which carries technologies from demonstration and into commercial use. This collaborative project
THESEUS: Innovative technologies for safer European coasts in a changing climate
The EU funded project THESEUS aims to investigate mitigation and adaptation technologies and include them in a systematic approach to assessing the impact of flood events for both human and
ToPDAd: Tool Supported Development for Regional Adaptation
ToPDAd is an FP7 project utilizing, refining and integrating existing methods and tools addressing technical and economic development in the key sectors energy, transport and tourism, assessing their aggregated impacts
Transforming the UK Energy System: Public Values, Attitudes and Acceptability
“London Tower Bridge” by d26b73 via Flickr is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Overview This project is funded by the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) and NERC as part of the Research Council
TSITICA: Transforming Social Inequalities through Inclusive Climate Action
Photo by Tucker Tangeman on Unsplash Working in Ghana, Kenya and South Africa, TSITICA investigates the bidirectional relationships between climate action and social inequalities, so as to understand: How social inequalities and political
U-RES: Foundations for climate resilient and sustainable growing settlements
“Y1A1189 Nairobi” by Ninara via Flickr is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Urban populations are particularly vulnerable to extreme weather events related to climate change, especially heatwaves and floods. This
UK Supergen Bioenergy Hub
The Supergen Bioenergy Hub is the UK’s £5m bioenergy research programme, that aims to develop sustainable bioenergy systems that support the UK’s transition to an affordable, resilient, low-carbon energy future.
UKCCSRC
“nature” by barnyz via Flickr is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The UKCCSRC is supported by the EPSRC with a mission to ensure that carbon capture and storage (CCS) plays
VERD: Value propositions for energy efficient renovation
Understanding Homeowners’ Renovation Decisions: The ‘VERD’ Project VERD is a research project at the University of East Anglia investigating homeowners’ decisions to renovate, with a particular emphasis on energy efficiency.