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 ‘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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dr Desen Kirli has won a Scottish Renewables Young Professionals Green Energy Award for her work decarbonising smart local energy systems.