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Materials for EnergyEnergy is an area where materials technology will play a particularly important role in meeting the needs of the future. The growing importance of environmental issues is such that energy generation, conservation, storage and security of supply will continue to be major drivers for materials technology. We need sustainable energy production and use while at the same time meeting socio economic and environmental targets: The high priority of energy makes it important to sustain research, development and modelling of materials for energy applications. The global focus on energy is an opportunity to develop world-class knowledge and capability in the UK in materials for energy generation, low energy processing and energy conservation, and to attract investment (including inward investment) Contacts
Funding Opportunities for Nuclear R&D: A Programme to be Funded by the Technology Strategy Board Based on an independent study which it commissioned to review both the business opportunities and the UK's R&D capability for the civil nuclear sector the Technology Strategy Board has announced that it will be investing up to £2m in feasibility studies (up to a maximum of £150k each study) to stimulate innovation and strengthen the supply chain in the area of nuclear R&D and its application. Three regional workshops are being co-ordinated by the Energy Generation and Supply KTN to promote the competition, engage with the supply chain and broker potential partnerships. The dates and venues are as follows:
The events are all free to attend. The competition is looking to engage SMEs from a broad range of sectors together with existing major players in the nuclear sector or potential new entrants into the market. The SMEs may have technology ideas or products that they feel could be applicable to the nuclear industry, but need further development, analysis or assessment to take them to the next stage. Research providers such as universities and RTO's are also eligible for the competition. The competition scope includes technologies such as:
First International Conference on Materials for Energy Announced Dechema e.V. have announced that the First International Conference on Materials for Energy will take place at the Convention Centre, Karlsruhe, Germany from the 4th to the 8th July 2010. A call for papers is open for this conference. To submit an abstract visit the conference web site www.dechema.de/enmat2010 A flyer for the event can be downloaded here in PDF format. Energy Generation and Supply KTN (EG&S KTN) The Energy Generation & Supply Knowledge Transfer Network (EG&S KTN) is a completely new KTN and will be launched on 13th October at Innovate 09. Scientists Publish Road Map for Low Carbon Future The Royal Society has published a report of a discussion meeting held at the Royal Society in June calls for a new vision of energy generation that is based on the long term replacement of fossil fuels through the development and deployment of new technologies. The report, Towards a low carbon future outlines a roadmap of the technologies which can play a part in the short (up to 2020), medium (2020-2050) and longer term (beyond 2050) in decarbonising electricity:
The roadmap document as well as several other presentations from the event are available on the site link above. Dragon's Den - Energy Materials 22nd June 2009, RSA, London This event was held at the RSA, London on the 22nd June. The aim of the event was to help to implement the Strategic Research Agenda of the Energy Materials Group by prioritising technologies based on business cases; assessing where the technologies lie in the funding landscape; identifying who are the appropriate funders and maintaining the profile of the Energy Materials Group. The event took the form of a Dragons Den with each of the energy technologies having 15 minutes to present a business case to the five Dragons from Carbon Trust, ETI, Technology Strategy Board, EPSRC and Regional Development Agencies. The Dragons were then give 15 minutes to question the presenter and then voted as to whether they would fund or not. The audience then had the opportunity to vote as to who should be the primary funder and who, if anyone, should fund research jointly. The presentations from the event are available to download in PDF format below.
Energy Materials Meeting the Challenge9th - 10th October 2008 Following the launch and publication of the Materials UK Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) for Energy Materials in December 2007, this 2 day conference was held on 9-10th October 2008 which highlighted the vital role of materials, and the progress made to date, in meeting the challenges identified in the SRA and in tackling climate change. The presentations from the event are available for download in PDF format below.
UK Power Generation Supply Chain Status - Document Published The UK Power Generation Supply Chain Mapping Document has now been published and is available for download. Please click on the image of the document below to download the file
Going Nuclear AgainFollowing on from the Energy Materials Strategic Research Agenda reports released in 2007, Professor George Smith writes in the March issue of Materials World Magazine about the future of nuclear power in the UK. He reviews the UK and Global status of nuclear power as well as the technological challenges and opportunities for the UK in developing and building new nuclear installations. The article is available to download here in PDF format. UK Power Generation Supply Chain Status - Dissemination Event 1st May 2008 Following the successful launch of the Strategic Research Agenda for Energy Materials, Materials UK, with the support of meta4 , the metals and alloys node of the Materials KTN, held a dissemination event on the status of the supply chains for the UK Power Generation Sector. The workshop was held at the National Metals Technology Centre (NAMTEC), Rotherham, on the 1st May At the event the findings of a report commissioned by the Energy Materials Working Group of Materials UK: "The Mapping of Materials Supply Chains in the UK's Power Generation Sector" were presented. The presentations from the day are available for download below.
TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY BOARD - AUTUMN CALLS FOR FUNDING Two funding calls have now been announced for Autumn 2007: Materials for Energy Low Carbon Technologies Full details of all Technology Strategy Board calls are to be found on the website: http://www.technologyprogramme.org.uk STRATEGIC RESEARCH AGENDA - MINISTERIAL LAUNCH4th December 2007, Tate Britain, Millbank, London The Energy Materials Strategic Research Agenda was launched on Tuesday 4th December in the Clore Auditorium, Tate Britain, Millbank, London. The Strategic Research agenda documents and the presentations are available to download in PDF format below. (Documents will open in a new window) Documents Strategic Research Agenda Document PDF 3.3MB Fossil Energy PDF 1.21MB Nuclear Energy PDF 1MB Alternative Energy PDF 2MB Transmission Distribution and Storage PDF 1.65MB Press Release PDF 43KB Presentations Welcome & Background; Wyn Jones OBE, Chairman MatUK (PDF 123KB) Keynote Address; Sir Brian Bender, Permanent Secretary, BERR (PDF 22KB) Industrial perspective; Nick Otter OBE, Director of Technology, Alstom Power (PDF 679KB) Research Perspective; John Wand MBE, EPRSC, Director of Materials Programme (PDF 141 KB) Technology Strategy Board Perspective, Iain Gray, CEO (PDF 201KB) Energy Technology Institute, Dave Clarke, Director ETI (PDF 213KB) Presentation of the Strategic Research Agenda Introduction - Dr Derek Allen (PDF 915KB) Fossil Energy - Dr Colin Small (PDF 1.54MB) Nuclear Energy - Professor George Smith (PDF 305 KB) Alternative Energies - Dr John Oakey (PDF 786 KB) Transmission, Distribution and Storage - Dr Ziad Melhem (PDF 1 MB) Summary and Conclusion - Dr Derek Allen (PDF 291 KB) MATERIALS WORLD - ENERGY SPECIAL ISSUE The July issue of Materials World features a number of articles on Energy and Materials for Energy. Powering the nation Searching for solutions Fuel of promise Materials for energy 23 May 2007 Energy White Paper (PDF) 6.55MB Also available is a copy of the transcript of the Rt Hon Alistair Darling's speech. Speech Transcript (PDF ) 49KB ‘WORKSHOP ON ENERGY MATERIALS - DEFINING R&D PRIORITIES’ DTI Conference Centre, 1 Victoria Street, London. Friday, 24th November 2006 This meeting was held to disseminate the terms of reference of this Group and more importantly launch Task Groups which will embrace the wider materials community involved in the Energy Sector and obtain their input into the UK materials requirements relating to Energy generation, storage, transmission & distribution, conservation and security of supply. The presentations from this Town Meeting are Available for download below. Please click on the links to download the files. Introduction and Agenda Materials UK Energy Materials Terms of Reference Fossil & Nuclear Alternative Energy Challenges Breakout Sessions PDF ( 36KB) Outputs from Break out Sessions Fossil Fuels Breakout session Nuclear Breakout Session Alternative Energy - wind, wave, tidal and solar Alternative Energy - Biomass, fuel cells and hydrogen |
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