1. Joint Head of Energy & Climate Change Programme
Research Councils
Energy Programme
Dr Clive Hayter
Joint Head of Energy & Climate Change Programme
EPSRC

2. PSA target
Improve the relative international performance of the UK research base
and
improve the overall innovation performance of the UK economy including through effective knowledge transfer amongst universities, research institutions and business

3. Energy – Why?
Energy is essential in almost every aspect of our lives and for the success of our economy. We face two long-term energy challenges:
tackling climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions both within the UK and abroad; and
ensuring secure, clean and affordable energy as we become increasingly dependent on imported fuel.
Good Morning, My name is Clive Hayter, I am one of the two Joint Heads of the Energy Programme, in EPSRC. (working closely with Alison Wall).
Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you this morning and tell you something of the priorities within Energy for the next comprehensive spending review.
This proposal is a continuation of the existing cross-Research Council programme in energy and thus working across Research Council boundaries in this area is now part of normal business.
But why now and why a new proposal in the CSR?
The challenges which remain are global in their impact and perhaps best encapsulated in the two bullets:
Tackling climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions
Ensuring secure, clean and affordable energy
On the basis of present policies, global energy demand will be more than 50% higher in 2030 than today with energy related greenhouse gas emissions around 55% higher.

4. The energy landscape: public sector funding
Research Councils’ Energy
Programme
Technology Strategy Board
UK Energy
Research
Centre
Energy Technologies Institute
Energy Research
Partnership
Environmental Transformation Fund

5. Working together STFC BBSRC EPSRC NERC ESRC
brings together all our energy-related activiites
major managed programmes
facilities, institutes, responsive mode
STFC
BBSRC
EPSRC
EPSRC has funding to work across all research council remits
£54M in SR2004 period
(£30M allocation)
NERC
Whole systems approach – integrated physical and biological science, engineering, environmental, social and economic research
Contributions from all research councils own funding
EPSRC cross-remit funding used strategically with advice from other Research Council colleagues
ESRC
Energy high priority
for the
Research Councils

6. Energy Programme Objectives
To support a full spectrum of
energy research to help the UK
meet the objectives and targets set
out in the 2007 Energy White Paper.
To work in partnership to
contribute to the research and
postgraduate training needs of
energy-related business and
other key stakeholders.
To increase the international
visibility and level of
international collaboration within
the UK energy research portfolio.
To expand the UK university
research capacity in
energy-related areas.

7. Energy Partners Who are the partners in this programme…?
I have already indicated that cross-Council working in this area is now firmly established and that would continue within this CSR proposal. The RCs’ also seek to ensure that their investments are complimentary to wider government support through membership of the Governments’ Energy Research Partnership.
Highlighted here are just a selection of the major industrial partners also engaged currently in the programme and in the CSR proposal. We’ve established regular contact with all of the above – have strategic partnerships with some – e.g. £10M EON partnership to look at the next generation of low carbon energy solutions….

8. Programme co-ordination group
Carolyn Reeve
DIUS
Debbie Harding
BBSRC
Gary Grubb
(Vicki Crossley)
ESRC
Nigel Brandon
Senior Fellow
Chris Franklin
NERC
Chris Baker
NERC
Alison Wall (Chair)
Clive Hayter
EPSRC
Liz Towns-Andrews
STFC

9. Heads of EPSRC Energy and Climate Change
Alison
Lead, Research Councils’ Energy Programme (SAC, Energy Dialogue)
ETI
ERP
Security of supply
Energy and equity
Carbon Vision
Demand reduction
Transport
Clive
Sustainable power generation and supply (SUPERGEN)
Research capacity
International
Fission
Fusion
Adaptation to climate change (LWEC)

10. Planning Wide consultation: Research groups International
Government departments (BERR, DEFRA, DfT, DFID)
Select Committees
Learned and professional societies
Research Councils own processes
EPSRC investment plan
NERC strategic plan
BBSRC bioenergy review
Scientific Advisory Committee
Programme development
CSR input
Input to Research Council
delivery plans
Strategic input
Energy summit on
postgraduate training
Energy public dialogue by Ipsos MORI

11. Current portfolio (£M)
Strong in power generation and supply
+£5M CCLRC facilities

12. SUPERGEN – Sustainable Power Generation & Supply
Our flagship strategic programme in the area of energy supply.
Currently 13 consortia with a total value in excess of £32m covering the following areas:
hydrogen, biomass & bioenergy, marine energy, future network technologies, photovoltaic materials, conventional power plant lifetime extension, fuel cells, highly distributed power systems, excitonic solar cells, energy storage, biological fuel cells, wind energy, energy infrastructure.
Other SUPERGEN contributors include BBSRC, ESRC, NERC and the Carbon trust
Latest SUPERGEN Brochure is available at:

13. 13 consortia New Wind Infrastructure Biofuel cells
38 academic partners
80+ business and other collaborators
With the Carbon Trust
New
Wind
Infrastructure
Biofuel cells
The Consortium is researching the technological and
commercial developments that will help evolve the
electrical power network to support very high levels
of new and renewable generation. Renewable energy
sources tend to be small in scale, very numerous,
some local, some remote and many intermittent.
There are huge engineering challenges in developing
the technology to move from large power stations
to small, intermittent generation and decentralised
control of the network.
The aim of the research is to devise and construct
an electrical system to cope with the future, at an
acceptable cost, with a form of regulation and market
that encourages promotion of sustainable energy use.

14. Biomass and Bioenergy BIOSYS
The project is researching all aspects of the bioenergy
chain from biomass in the field or forest to renewable
power generation. The objective is to optimise the
complete system to provide the UK bioenergy industry
with the most cost effective technologies for meeting
future energy needs.
The Consortium brings together people at all stages
of biomass energy production, from farmers growing
the crops, researchers looking at how best to convert
them into energy, and the suppliers and users of
industrial power generation. It is also looking at the
impacts of biomass on the environment and the rural
economy to ensure energy production is sustainable. The aim of TSEC-Biosys is to develop whole systems
research on bioenergy. There are four interrelated
research themes:
• Integrated analysis of bioenergy demand
and supply dynamics.
• Analysis of the potential evolution and implications
of UK biomass supply.
• Sustainability analysis of bioenergy supply chains
for heat, power and transport.
• Total system performance and evolution.
The project is coordinated by the Centre for Energy
Policy and Technology at Imperial College London
(ICEPT) and involves 15 leading UK research
organisations.

15. Fusion Major block of funding – over £20M pa
EPSRC funding for ITER, JET and UK domestic programme (alongside EURATOM funding)
Getting the right balance with the energy portfolio and the changing fusion research landscape

16. UKERC Workstreams Research themes Functions
Vertical: Demand Reduction, Future Sources of Energy, Energy
Infrastructure and Supply
Cross-cutting: Energy Systems and Modelling, Environmental
Sustainability, Materials for Advanced Energy Systems
Functions
Coordination of National Energy Research Network
The Meeting Place
Technology and Policy Assessment
The Energy Research Register (STFC)
The Energy Data Centre (STFC)

17. UK Energy Research Centre
Highlights include:
Input to energy review (including modelling input)
Intermittency report
Energy Research Atlas (first release)
Meeting place including G8 meeting
The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) is a publicly funded organisation charged with drawing together energy research in the UK while establishing itself as a centre of research excellence. By taking a co-ordinated and collaborative approach to national and international energy research, and through our own interdisciplinary research activities, we will provide the knowledge needed to work towards a sustainable energy system and realise UK energy policy goals.

18. Low Carbon Technologies Climate Change
Carbon Vision funded in association with the Carbon Trust, NERC and ESRC.
Low Carbon Buildings £5.4m
Working with the process industries:
Life cycle analysis £1m - Carbon footprint calculation tool
Unlocking low carbon potential £0.8m – Drivers and barriers to uptake
Contribution to SUPERGEN
Carbon Calculations – CCaLC £0.9M
Low Carbon Future - £0.5M
Climate Change
The Tyndall Centre -

19. Ongoing portfolio development
Transport – Scientific Advisory Committee suggestions of areas to develop: walking and cycling and shipping
Demand reduction – focus on industrial processes? (Lots of other funders’ work planned on buildings?) For a Scientific Advisory Committee discussion
Broad portfolio to meet policy objectives
Feasibility studies (£5M)
Supergen renewals (£18M)
Hydrogen production (£4M)
BBSRC bioenergy (£20M+)
Cluster call for energy and equity and
security of supply
Nanotechnology for energy/solar energy

20. Ongoing portfolio development
Working in partnership
Nuclear sustainability (£2M)
E.ON strategic partnership (£10M)
Developing Power Networks Research Academy (£2M)
Developing: Nuclear waste management (£4M)
Developing: Materials UK research priorities (£5M)
International
Strategic statement and action plan
Partnership with MOST, China (£6M)
Cooperation with South Africa (£2M)
Bioenergy ERA-NET – gasification call
International development – call next year

21. Ongoing portfolio development
Research capacity
Additional UKERC
studentships (£1M)
Interdisciplinary fellowships
(ESRC lead)
EPSRC fellowships
Science and Innovation
awards
EngD review and next
steps for CTAs/KTAs

22. The Energy Technologies Institute
Up to £1.1billion over 10 years, public/private partnership
Announced in the Budget 2006
Focussed energy RD&D to accelerate new energy technologies to deployment
Core company partners (£5M pa)
Public Sector:
DIUS, BERR, EPSRC, TSB, (DfT)

23. Energy Exploitation Exploitation: Energy Technologies Institute Basic
Research Councils
Energy Programme
Broad spectrum of energy research
Long term view 2020 – 2050
Range from highly speculative to directed pre-competitive research
Independent
Energy Technologies Institute – public private partnership
Small number of highly focused technology areas
Highly directed and targeted technical and economic, social and environmental research and limited early stage demonstration
Research to overcome issues to accelerate deployment
Exploitation:
Energy
Technologies
Institute
And finally this leads nicely onto what will become an increasingly important part of the RC’s energy programme – the ETI.
EPSRC will be providing up to £30M a year for 10 years as one of the public sector partners (£55M in total).
Private sector partners – EON/ EdF/ Shell/ BP / Caterpillar/ Rolls Royce
Applied research development and demonstration / of to the right 10s of millions….
Basic
research
Applied research

24. Development of ETI Heads of Agreement signed on 20 September
Legal structure – Limited Liability Partnership
Funding model – Core members and Programme Associates
IP model – under test!
Chief Executive – David Clarke (RR; EPSRC Council)
Host selection – Midlands Consortium
RD&D priorities – being developed
RD&D commissioning process – being developed
EPSRC funding contracts and costs until ETI is established

25. CSR2007 Energy Priorities
A whole system approach to energy options, supply and usage
Rapid Exploitation through collaboration with ETI
Four over-arching strands form the basis of the energy programme and indeed this CSR proposal:
Our vision for energy research is to position the UK to successfully develop, embrace and exploit sustainable, low carbon and/or energy efficient technologies and systems to enable it to meet the Government’s energy and environmental targets by 2020 and beyond.
The real world problems associated with the energy challenge demand a multi-disciplinary approach to research and training. Importantly the programme brings together not only physical scientists developing technology solutions but also natural, social and economic researchers to examine their environmental and social impact together with barriers to their uptake.
The Energy Technologies Institute a public private partnership will form a key strand to the RC’s investment portfolio and will assist in the pull through and exploitation of research to led to its rapid uptake – I will expand on this later….
A continuing programme in sustainable power generation and supply primarily through the RC internationally recognised SUPERGEN initiative
And finally action to address skills and research capacity issues within the energy sector through proactive training investments.
The next slides capture the thematic priorities for the programme if the CSR proposal is fully supported…

26. CSR2007 Energy Priorities Sustain work on:
power generation and supply (Supergen)
Fission & fusion
UKERC
Materials for energy
Strategic Partnerships with Industry
International Development & Collaboration
Fully supported our plans seek to sustain work on the following elements supporting a full spectrum of energy related research and training from conventional sources through to renewable energy technology.
As per slide bullets

27. CSR2007 Energy Priorities Grow work on: Demand and consumption
Security of supply
Energy and equity
Underpinning science and engineering
Transport
Research capacity
Living with Environmental Change
And under this CSR proposal we would seek to grow and develop our portfolio in the following areas:
For example to select a few exemplars from this list
To reduce demand make appliances energy efficient / persuade people to do things differently / examine behaviours / human factors
Security of supply – diversity of energy sources, transmission network, political issues, sustainability issues e.g. copper cable….waste issues
Energy and equity – affordable, policies to stop driving / impact socially happening on a global – equity for people.
Strong relationship with Living with Environmental Change – energy generation the primary cause for greenhouse gas emissions. EPSRC will make a contribution to the LWEC initiative developing practical engineering solutions to adaptation to climate change.

28. Comments, questions…..?
Thank you……