Energy

Members of the Network on Energy

Imperial College

The scientific challenges posed by the world's increasing demand for energy are being tackled by Imperial's Energy Futures Lab, a multidisciplinary centre drawing together energy research across the College. Programmes currently underway include the Urban Energy Systems project, which is exploring how energy, people and materials flow through cities, with the aim of making both existing and new-built cities more efficient and integrated.

TU Delft

The Delft Research Centre for Sustainable Energy conducts research into novel routes to extraction, conversion, and use of sustainable energy. Focal points: innovative 3-dimensional – nanostructured - solar cells, small scale wind turbines, energy storage in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, sustainable production and safe storage of hydrogen, separation technologies for clean hydrogen, conversion of hydrogen into electrical energy in fuel cells, and biomass conversion.

ETH Zurich

More than 35 research groups are working at the at ETH Zurich's Energy Science Center (ESC). ESC is developing a coherent strategy to address the global energy system. One aim is to formulate recommendations to government. Research focuses on strategic issues for the future of energy and climate-friendly technologies, energy efficiency, renewable energies, new energy systems for power generation and mobility.

RWTH Aachen University

RWTH Aachen University has more than 75 groups including the E.ON Energy Research Centre, working on sustainable solutions for the world's energy and climate change challenges. The key areas are ranging from primary energy carriers (georesources, tailor made fuels, renewables) and conversion (future power plants, fuel cells, ICE, nuclear technology) to storage and distribution (electrical grids, power engineering), also including transportation, materials, as well as carbon capture and storage.

ParisTech

Energy is a major field of teaching and research at ParisTech with well-established partnerships in the public and private sectors. Main areas of interest for collaboration in research, teaching and technology transfer are nuclear energy, hydrogen vector, fuel cells, biomass and biofuel, renewable energy technologies, future use of hydrocarbons, energy-efficient building design, energy efficiency in the industry, production of mechanical energy, energy storage and batteries,  and economic tools for energy politics.