Households & communities are vital players in successful Smart Local Energy Systems.⚡ Recognising their work can help build effective & inclusive programmes & policies. Read our briefing drawing on research with @cse.org.uk & @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social to find out more: shorturl.at/r4jMh

Delighted to share that the Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC), whose research director is SEG's Benjamin Sovacool, won Research Centre of the Year at the edie Net Zero awards last Friday - www.sussex.ac.uk/news/researc... @sovacool.bsky.social @docloc.bsky.social

We are recruiting! The Sussex Energy Group is looking for a Senior Research Fellow to work on a 3-year project on how to transform production systems flows through circular economy and other approaches: lnkd.in/euS9R2be

What does a #GreenTransition look like? We brought together experts and community members in Sussex and Birmingham to discuss practical ways for communities to retain economic benefits while transitioning to a greener future. https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/blog/blog-articles?id=68894

Great to join @cse.org.uk, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social & community energy groups to explore community groups’ important contributions to Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES). Insights will inform research coordinated by @sussexnrggroup.bsky.social Read more 👇 buff.ly/JYvtEKL tinyurl.com/3yem4rpx

Great to see a new SEG project - the Production and Consumption Transformation Centre - mentioned by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero in Parliament - questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat.... @sussex.ac.uk @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social

University of Sussex Energy and Climate Policy MSc students visiting the Meadow Blue community-owned solar PV farm near Chichester today. Really interesting to see solar powering community benefits across West Sussex! ⚡ Many thanks to Tom Broughton and Anna Glanville-Hearson.

How can we maximise the benefits of Smart Local Energy for all? ⚡ @smithadrianpaul.bsky.social is leading new ESRC-funded research, working with @hello-cse.bsky.social & @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, to highlight household & community work to make SLES successful. Read more 👉 tinyurl.com/3yem4rpx

Are you interested in the current UK energy landscape? Join us for our 2025 Keynote Lecture with @dharavyas.bsky.social, Chief Executive of @energy-uk.org.uk, giving her perspective on the latest energy policy developments in the UK. More details here 👉 bit.ly/4bVd5UT #energypolicy #energy

Last week, we caught up with @mcbrisbois.bsky.social from @sussexnrggroup.bsky.social for #IWD! 🚨 We talked motivation, her impactful work with @edrc-uk.bsky.social, and the two must-read papers topping her list right now.📚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS8R...

Are you coming to our launch event in London next month? bennettinstitutesussex.org/stories/anno... @efesce.bsky.social @paulnightingale.bsky.social @emmiehine.com @bengoldacre.bsky.social @profsanderlinden.bsky.social

In our next Energy and Climate Seminar, Max Lacey-Barnacle is talking to us about Community Wealth Building, and how it overlaps with the emerging green economy. Join us at 1pm today (online or in person!) to find out more! Register: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

What impact will the new government's policies have on the UK's renewable financing landscape? That is one of several topics Sussex Energy Group researcher Malte Jansen talks about in the latest episode of the Energy Futures Podcast. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J4f...

Policies aimed at reducing energy demand are often assumed to be unpopular. But in tomorrow's #Energy and #Climate Seminar, Tim Foxon argues that the co-benefits of these policies are very popular - a fact policymakers should take into account. Sign up here: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

At our next #Energy and #Climate Seminar, Guy Doyle is talking to us about Low Energy Futures. More specifically, he's talking about the low energy scenarios analysed in a 1970s government report, that never saw the light of day. More info: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

In tomorrow's #Energy & #Climate Seminar, we're talking about Carbon Capture & Storage! Drawing on his recent book, @marchudson.bsky.social explains what the 20 year history of CCS in the UK can tell us about its future. More info: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

Are you interested in the EU's climate policy? This LANDMARC policy dialogue event has assembled a terrific lineup to talk about how well EU policy is adapting to the latest developments in Carbon Farming, CCUS, and Carbon Dioxide Removal. Sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/landm...

📢We're kicking off live coverage of the #UKBudget with Professor Matthew Lockwood. Expect real-time analysis focussing on the key energy policy announcements in particular. Full insights coming below! #EnergyTransition #NetZero

In tomorrow's #energy and #climate seminar, Andy Stirling & Phil Johnstone explore the reversibility of the UK's nuclear commitments. They argue there are now alternatives available that could yield better energy, security and economic outcomes. More info: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

Governments are often nervous about how well measures to reduce energy demand will go down with the public. In a new article, Giulia Mininni & her co-authors argue that many of the co-benefits of these policies are very popular - a fact policymakers should take into account. tinyurl.com/5b3dj6ct

In next week's Energy & Climate seminar, we're talking about gender equity and spacial justice. Rihab Khalid unpacks the multifaceted ways energy-use and spacial dynamics are gendered in Pakistan, and what the policy implications are. More info: 👇 www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

A new article from Giulia Mininni and her co-authors (including other SEG members Donal Brown and Marie Claire Brisbois) explores how local context and social relations influence landlords' decisions about retrofitting properties. Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In a new paper, Sussex Energy Group members Asli Ates, @karogge.bsky.social, & Kat Lovell come up with a new way of measuring how integrated the UK's thinking is when it comes to energy, mobility and e-mobility policy. Here's what they found: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In our next #Energy & #Climate seminar, George Kerrigan Richard & Esteban Gil explain how EcoKinesis (a simulation model they developed) can help improve energy policymaking. They also show what it can tell us about Chile's energy transition. More info: tinyurl.com/msmewsxh

Last week, the UK announced £21.7 billion of support for CCS-- a continuation of the previous government's position. But how was this policy decision originally made? As Matthew Lockwood argues, the answer is surprisingly difficult to find. Read more: tinyurl.com/4dnmmm7x

CERN is revoking access for Russian scientists as a result of war in Ukraine. A new article in @businessinsider.com (including quotes from our very own Roman Sidortsov!) explains why many scientists think this may result in a brain drain. Read more: uk.news.yahoo.com/russia-lost-...

In today's #energy and #climate seminar, Llewelyn Hughes is talking about how Japan ended up championing ammonia co-combustion -- a novel and controversial approach to reducing emissions. Join us at 1pm to find out more! www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

In the Guardian today, Matthew Lockwood argues that if they win the election, Labour may have to choose between winning investment in renewables and cutting bills for consumers. Here's why: www.theguardian.com/politics/art...

Is learning-by-doing an effective way for local governments to usher in sustainable practices? In today's #energy and #climate seminar, Subina Shrestha argues that experimentation is a less straightforward path to change than you might think. More info: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

Tomorrow's Energy & Climate Seminar is all about data. Tilly Cook & Danny Magill from Citizen's Advice are talking about what the government & OFGEM can do to ensure no one is left behind as we move towards a data driven energy system. More info: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

How do you go about getting a Net Zero industrial economy up and running? A new paper from Benjamin Sovacool & co-authors Marfuga Iskandarova & Frank Geels says there is a lot other countries could learn from how the UK is approaching this difficult problem. 📖👇 idric.org/wp-content/u...

When it comes to steering urban logistics towards sustainable outcomes, local governments may have more influence than they think - according to a new paper from SEG visiting fellow @iamsubina.bsky.social and her co-authors Havard Haarstad & @rafaelrosales.bsky.social. 📗👉 t.ly/BjtUK

Newly published in the Conversation: The Sussex Energy Group's Ralitsa Hiteva's first hand account of how a landslide upended her life -- and what it says about what we need to change about the UK's climate governance. Read here: theconversation.com/a-landslide-...

It's fantastic to see so many Sussex Energy Group members recognised in the latest Research Review from the University of Sussex' Business School. It's also great to read about the fascinating things our colleagues from across the Business School are working on. www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gate...

Making industry more efficient would be good both for businesses and the climate. So why is it happening so slowly? SEG's Benjamin Sovacool is among the co-authors of a fascinating new paper exploring the barriers to improving efficiency in industry.📖👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

One of our research projects, LANDMARC, has just launched an AI chatbot! 🤖💬 Ask LANDMARC will answer any questions you have about what LANDMARC's been doing over the last few years. Try it yourself! (OpenAI subscription required, sadly).👇 chat.openai.com/g/g-7dOHFFK0...

What is 'Polycentric' Climate Governance, and, more importantly, how useful is it in practice? That's the terrain Paul Tobin is getting into in next week's #Energy and #Climate seminar! More details over here: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

A big problem we need to resolve is gaps in climate change governance. These gaps are being experienced first-hand by SEG's Ralitsa Hiteva, after her home suffered a devastating landslide, a crisis of climate that became a crisis of governance. Read more: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/falling-th...

In next week's Energy & Climate Seminar, Policy Practice director Neil McCulloch is talking about his latest book, 'Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies'. Join us for what promises to be a great discussion! Register here: 📗👇https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/sussex-energy-group/events?id=63573

In next week's Energy & Climate Seminar, Gerardo Torres Contreras is talking about how new energy technologies can profoundly disrupt class dynamics. He focuses on the Mexican town La Venta. More info: 👇https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/sussex-energy-group/events?id=63635

Next Tuesday, @richardlowes.bsky.social will be talking to us about how difficult electrifying heating in the UK is proving to be. He'll explain where these difficulties come from, and what we need to do to overcome them. Register here: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

The Sussex Energy Group's Andy Stirling has a thought-provoking review of @timschwab.bsky.social's new book, 'The Bill Gates Problem'. Published today in 'Nature'. 📖⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Sussex Energy Group members Donal Brown, Giulia Mininni and Marie Claire Brisbois, are among the co-authors of a fascinating a new paper out in Energy Research and Social Science.  Full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Short summary: blogs.sussex.ac.uk/sussexenergy...

Decarbonising heavy industries isn't easy. But why is the UK's oil refining industry able to move much faster than steel or petrochemicals? Join us on Tuesday for our next Energy and Climate seminar with Dr Julian Gregory, to find out! Learn more and register here: sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

At the Sussex Energy Group, we have have a pretty diverse portfolio of energy policy research projects. We asked Dr Marie Claire Brisbois if there were any interesting common themes emerging out of these projects' findings. Here's what she said.👇 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

There's a new article out about why the UK's new Nuclear Roadmap vindicates arguments that Sussex Energy Group researchers Andy Stirling and Phil Johnstone have been making for years. Check it out below! londonlovesbusiness.com/sussex-resea...

After a cold winter, many of us across Europe will be worried about our energy bills. But for people living in energy poverty, cold winters aren't just a worry - they are dangerous. Here's Mari Martiskainen on why energy poverty is an urgent policy issue. 👇 www.sussex.ac.uk/business-sch...

Many of us are working from home a lot more than we used to. But what does this mean for our carbon footprint? Join us on Tuesday for our first #Energy & #Climate seminar of 2024 to find out! More info:👇 www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

Sussex Energy Group members Andy Stirling and Phil Johnstone have long argued that the UK really invests in civil nuclear energy partly because its nuclear weapons programme would otherwise become unaffordable. This argument was recently vindicated by the UK government. 👇http://tinyurl.com/3p8pmr43

Join us next week for our last #energy and #climate seminar of the term! This time we're hearing from Paul Dorfman about whether new nuclear energy should play a role in the energy transition. More info here: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...