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SUPERGEN is part of the Research Councils UK Energy Programme and is a key initiative in Sustainable Power Generation and Supply. It aims to contribute to the UK's environmental emissions targets through a radical improvement in the sustainability of the UK's power generation and supply.

With the first consortia launched in 2003, a total of 14 consortia now supported and over £98 million invested so far, SUPERGEN has contributed significantly to renewable energy research.

The 14 consortia within the SUPERGEN initiative have proved to be pioneers in many ways. As well as the impressive array of technology being furthered by the several dozen university departments involved, along with their numerous industrial partners, the consortia have broken new ground in the way they have approached their subjects.

Rather than working on specific, discrete projects in isolation, the SUPERGEN projects look at entire topics and deal with many aspects of them. This requires a multidisciplinary team, closely collaborating to ensure that all parts of the bigger picture are not only seen, but effectively explored and dealt with. The resulting breadth of coverage within the consortium illustrates the benefits of the unique approach that runs throughout SUPERGEN.

A SUPERGEN brochure detailing the 14 consortia is available.

Pioneering the Future: Sustainable Power Generation and Supply by SUPERGEN

UK Energy Research Centre

Funded by the Research Councils UK Energy Programme, the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) carries out…
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What we're funding

We fund a wide spectrum of energy research and training, bringing together investments across the research councils.…
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SUPERGEN

SUPERGEN is part of the Research Councils UK Energy Programme and is a key initiative in Sustainable…
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Bioenergy

Bioenergy is the energy derived from harvesting biomass such as crops, trees or agricultural waste and using…
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Cleaner fossil fuels

Around 80% of the world’s power still comes from burning fossil fuels and the use of fossil fuels…
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Energy efficiency

Over the next few decades making better use of energy resources will be just as important as finding…
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Fusion

Once mastered, nuclear fusion has the potential to offer an almost limitless source of energy with minimal…
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Hydrogen and fuel cell technology

One method of reducing fossil fuel consumption is to look at alternative methods of storing and transporting…
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Marine

The marine environment offers some of the greatest potential for renewable energy generation in the UK - wave-energy…
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Networks and storage

The use of renewable energy as a power source in the UK is on the rise. The…
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Nuclear fission

Nuclear fission currently provides 20% of UK electricity and is widely seen as a key part of…
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Policy, society and economics

Policy developments are vitally important to developing a low carbon future. In order to successfully implement new…
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SUPERGEN

SUPERGEN Bioenergy Consortium

SUPERGEN UK Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Consortium (UK-SHEC)

SUPERGEN Marine Energy Research Consortium

SUPERGEN FLEXNET Consortium

SUPERGEN PV Materials Consortium 'PV21'

SUPERGEN Plant Life Extension Consortium

SUPERGEN Fuel Cells Consortium

SUPERGEN Highly Distributed Energy Future Consortium (HiDEF)

SUPERGEN Excitonic Solar Cell Consortium

SUPERGEN Energy Storage Consortium

SUPERGEN Biological Fuel Cells Consortium

SUPERGEN Assest Management and Performance of Energy Systems Consortium (AMPerES)

SUPERGEN Wind Energy Technologies Consortium

SUPERGEN XIV - Delivery of Sustainable Hydrogen Consortium