Resources
Resilience and society: Energy infrastructure
Date: 26th April 2012
Venue: Great Hall, Sutherland Building, Northumbria University
- Mike Cousins, Head of Energy Resilience, DECC
'Delivering resilient energy infrastructure – a government perspective' (
2.4mb) - Martin De Jong, Delft University
'Infrastructures for eco-cities in China, and the Shenzhen project' ( 10mb) - Jim Skea, UKERC
'Is there a case for strategic investment in gas infrastructure?' (presentation to follow) - Audley Genus, Kingston University
'Flexible technology for energy resilience' ( 148kb) - Sara Walker, Northumbria University
'Electricity sector resilience' ( 749kb) - Phillip Purnell, Leeds University
'The Scarcity Trap: material bottlenecks on the road to low-carbon infrastructure' ( 1.7mb) - Richard Dawson, Newcastle University
'Adaptation of networked infrastructure' (2.1mb) - Phil Taylor and Harriet Bulkeley, Durham University
'Smart grids: towards socio-technical resilience in the energy sector?' (presentation to follow) - Sarah Mander, Manchester University
'The RESNET project – adapting electricity networks to climate change' ( 1.6mb) - John Fitzgerald, Newcastle University
'Can we Engineer Resilience in Systems of Systems? A Computer Science Perspective' ( 534kb) - Gareth Harrison, Edinburgh University
'Climate Adaptation and Resilience in Energy Systems' ( 2.5mb)
The Global Gas Challenge: Implications for the UK
Date: 28th Feb 2012
Venue: RGS, London
Presentations
- Mike Bradshaw (University of Leicester)
'The UK’s Global Gas Challenge: An Introduction' ( 5.4mb) - Pierre Noel (Electricity Policy Research Group, Cambridge)
'Import dependence and supply security: The UK gas security policy debate' ( 1.6mb) - Jonathan Stern (Oxford Institute for Energy Studies)
'Gas Pricing in Transition: Different issues in different regions' ( 1.5mb) - John Mitchell (Chatham House)
'Gas: The new orient' ( 2.5mb) - Joseph Dutton (University of Leicester)
'Challenges to Sustaining the Shale Gas Revolution' ( 5.5mb) - David Ledesma (Oxford Institute for Energy Studies and Independent Consultant, South-Court Ltd) 'The Global LNG Business in Transition' ( 7.6mb)
EU-UK Energy Security: Perceptions and Realities
Date: 20th Sept 2011
Venue: Chatham House, London
Presentations
- Catherine Mitchell (University of Exeter) ( 411kb)
- Francesco Gracceva (EC Joint Research Centre) ( 1mb)
- Yolanda Garcia-Mezquita (Security of Supply & Networks, DG Energy, European Commission) ( 308kb)
- Colin Axon (Brunel University) ( 108kb)
- Caroline Kuzemko (Caroline Kuzemko) ( 1.7mb)
- Amelia Hadfield (Chatham House & Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel) ( 2.1mb)
ESMW/CHPA D3 Expert Workshop
Date: 3rd March 2011
Venue: Charles Darwin House, London
Presentations
- Charlie Lewis (DECC) ( 308kb)
- Catherine Mitchell (University of Exeter) ( 67kb)
- David Smith (National Grid) ( 229kb)
- Chris Neme (Energy Futures Group) and Paul Peterson (Synapse Energy Economics) ( 851kb)
- Mark Coyle (Utiligroup) ( 494kb)
- Colin Prestwich (Smartest Energy) ( 701kb)
- Chris Neme (Energy Futures Group) and Paul Peterson (Synapse Energy Economics) ( 791kb)
- Stephen Woodhouse (Poyry) ( 628kb)
- Nigel Fox (National Grid) ( 422kb)
- Gary Keane (Poyry) ( 827kb)
Community energy utilities and decentralised energy networks – a route to greater local energy security?
Date: Jan 11th, 2011
Venue: University of Bristol
Presentations
- Catherine Mitchell (University of Exeter) ( 265kb)
- Daniel Quiggan (Loughborough University and UCL) ( 3.5mb)
- Jimmy Aldridge (University of Exeter) ( 101kb)
- Michael King (CHPA) ( 2.7mb)
- Trevor Houghton (Independent Energy Consultant) ( 3.1mb)
ESMW Research Cluster Meeting: The importance of Individuals and Communities to Britain’s Energy Security
Date: 27th of September 2010
Venue: ECI Oxford
Part I
- Ariel Bergman (University of Dundee)
‘Estimating the Value of Energy Security to Communities and Households’ ( 61kb) - Catherine Butler (Cardiff University)
‘People, Practice and Energy Security: Insights from research on ‘energy demand’ ( 33mb) - Sarah Darby (University of Oxford)
‘The importance of energy security to Britain’s individuals and communities’ ( 251kb)
Part II
- Barbara Hammond (West Oxford Community Renewables)
'Balancing the benefit: people, planet and profit in West Oxford.' ( 2.5mb) - Trevor Houghton (Independent Energy Consultant):
‘Community energy initiatives - evidence of the capacity of communities to deal with energy insecurity’ - Tim Jones (Community Energy Plus)
‘Energy Security at the end of the line: a perspective from Cornwall’ ( 1.5mb) - Chris Welby (Good Energy)
‘Generate your own good energy - Supporting Individuals & Communities to develop the future energy market’ ( 59kb)
Part III
- Michael Peters (RESOLVE)
‘Low Carbon Communities: imaginative approaches to combating climate change locally’ ( 5.6mb) - Adrian Smith (University of Sussex)
‘Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy’ ( 3.2mb) - Jake Wood (Ofgem)
‘The impact of communities on electricity generation: the example of biomass’ ( 2.6mb)
Presentations from the Energy Security in a Multipolar World Meeting
Date: 1st of July 2009
- Mark Barratt - Energy Security
( 370kb)
Presentations from the Energy Security in a Multipolar World Conference
Date: 2nd April 2009
Session 1.
- Paul Rouse - Explanation of the Research Council's expectations of the Research Cluster
( 605kb) - Catherine Mitchell - Proposed goals, research themes and execution of the Research Cluster
( 199kb)
Session 2
- Jim Skea - Building a Resilient Energy System ( 25kb)
- Andy Stirling - Security and the Dynamics of Sustainability ( 141kb)
- Helen Peck - Supply Chains, Risk and Security ( 39kb)
- Tim Dunne - Energy Security and the Multipolar World ( 63kb)
- Goran Strbac - Technology and Security ( 158kb)
Session 3
- Jonathan Githens-Mazer - Radicalisation and Energy Policy ( 494kb)
- Antony Froggatt - Scaling up Low Carbon Technologies to meet Energy and Climate Security Objectives ( 604kb)
- Mike Browne - Freight Transport in an Energy and Carbon Constrained World ( 158kb)
- Dan van der Horst - Introducing the InCluESEV Cluster ( 78kb)
Session 4
- Ian Smith - Localism as a Force for Energy Security ( 2.1mb)
- Mark Barrett - The Net Energy Trade of Europe ( 397kb)
- Amelia Hadfield - Foreign Policy and Energy Security ( 129kb)
- Ian Walker - The Importance of Linking Decision Makers and Opinion Formers in the Public and Private Sector for Energy Security ( 561kb)
Questions and Comments from delegates of the Energy Security Conference
Date: 2nd April 2009
