The overarching focus of our energy research is to address three key challenges to ensure a sustainable future.... "enough, for all, for ever".

As an interdisciplinary research centre, we:

• deliver holistic, cutting-edge research
• develop understanding
• find new ways of meeting the growing energy needs in an environmentally-friendly and sustainable way

Themes

The core focus of our work is to improve the efficient utilisation of energy and support end use energy demand. Our research contributes to the global challenges of energy security, energy efficiency, including waste reduction, and de-carbonisation.

• Anaerobic digestion, gasification and pyrolysis
• Biofuel production and use
• Biomass conversion
• Building, industrial and transport demand reduction
• Electric machine design power electronics and control
• Environmental impact, mitigation and policy
• Fuel cells and hydrogen
• Grid systems and energy storage
• Infrastructure and systems
• Logistics and planning
• PV and solar thermal
• Recovery and clean use of fossil fuels
• Sensing, monitoring and control
• Thermal systems and combustion

Projects

Follow these links for information about our projects:

• BMT-CES - Biofuel Micro-Trigeneration with Cryogenic Energy Storage 
• Global Secure - GLOBAL Sustainable Energy through China-UK Research Engagement 
• Green Foods - Towards Zero fossil CO2 emissions in the European food & beverage industry

HISMAR - Hull Identification System for Maritime Autonomous Robotics  
The magnetic and optical navigational system developed as part of the HISMAR project is currently being commercialised by NORHULL AS, a Norwegian based company aiming to use the unique navigation system with their STEELCRAWLER robot

• Inomanship - INOvative energy MANagement system for cargo SHIP 
• LH-Cogen - Low grade heat driven adsorption-linear-expander cycle for cogeneration of power and refrigeration 
• ProTEM Network - Process Industry Thermal Energy Management 
• SusTEM Network - Sustainable Thermal Energy Management Network 
• TEDDI - Building Management and Energy Demand 
• TEFLES - Technologies and Scenarios for Low Emissions Shipping 
• ULYSSES - Ultra Slow Ships