Dr Yabin Liu has won a Scottish Renewables Young Professionals Green Energy Award for his work on flow control and fluid dynamics for the renewable energy industry.
The importance of offshore renewable energy (ORE) research and mutual cooperation between academia and industry were strengthened following the United Kingdom’s biggest investment towards centres for doctoral training (CDT). This funding allows CDTs such as the University of Edinburgh’s IDCORE program to continue and expand its reach and impact in ORE.
The University of Edinburgh joins the Universities of St Andrews and Strathclyde as leaders of the new Scottish Research Alliance for Energy, Homes and Livelihoods (SRAEHL).
The University of Edinburgh is galvanising academics working in offshore wind and related topics to support the sector in delivering projects in the North Sea.
The ‘Electric Power Innovation for a Carbon-free Society’ (otherwise known as EPICS) global centre, is an ambitious 5-year project bringing together academic, policy, and industry experts from across the three participating countries and beyond. It hopes to change the international landscape of power systems management for a greener future.
On the 23rd January, the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Just Transition, Màiri McAllan MSP, announced the launch of the latest ground-breaking partnership between Scotland’s universities to combat the climate emergency.
A first-of-its-kind system in the UK is being trialled in Edinburgh to see if waste heat from a large computing facility can be stored in disused mine workings and used to warm homes.
Dr Kirsten Jenkins from the School of Social and Political Science (SPS) has guest edited a special issue of the journal Climate Policy featuring articles from leading researchers providing fresh evidence and global perspectives to shape the ongoing COP28 negotiations.
A state-of-the-art tidal turbine blade has been manufactured in Scotland for the first time and more cheaply than before, which, engineers say, could reduce the levelised cost of tidal energy.
School of Social and Political Science (SPS) academic Dr Jess Britton will lead The University of Edinburgh’s input into the new Electric Power Innovation for a Carbon-free Society (EPICS) centre, which brings together international partners to decarbonise the global energy sector.
A new national Energy Demand Research Centre will undertake investigations into reducing energy emissions, led by an interdisciplinary team of UK researchers including the School of Social and Political Science (SPS)’s Dr Faye Wade.
Co-design to deliver Scalable Tidal Stream Energy (CoTide) will bring together three multi-disciplinary teams from the universities of Oxford, Edinburgh and Strathclyde.
A team behind new thermal energy storage technology that could help replace fossil fuels has been awarded £3.6 million by the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero for a trial at a whisky distillery in Scotland.
Widespread use of renewable energy certificates – bought by companies to underscore their green credentials – is masking corporate inaction on carbon emissions, research suggests.