Read The Cost of Electricity in the UK: Drivers, Challenges and Opportunities for Reform. It analyses what causes high electricity bills, their expected trajectory, and the reforms that could meaningfully reduce costs for UK households. ukerc.ac.uk/publications...

The Cost of Electricity in the UK: Drivers, Challenges and Opportunities for Reform

This UKERC Briefing Paper provides an analysis of the drivers behind high electricity bills, the expected trajectory...

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National support is indeed key, which makes this week's rumoured postponement of national energy infrastructure projects even more concerning... #energysky

Climate Policy Journal@climate-policy.bsky.social · last mo.

🔓️ Local, place-based approaches to industrial #decarbonization are important, but are insufficient on their own, find @imogenrattle.bsky.social & Peter G. Taylor @edrc-uk.bsky.social in new analysis of the UK's Local Industrial Decarbonization Plans (LIDPs) competition. National support is key⬇️

New open access article from me and Peter Taylor in @climate-policy.bsky.social Decarbonization from the ground up: what Local Industrial Decarbonization Plans reveal about place-based approaches to decarbonizing industry in the UK www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #EnergySky

Decarbonization from the ground up: what Local Industrial Decarbonization Plans reveal about place-based approaches to decarbonizing industry in the UK

Energy-intensive industrial sectors such as steel, chemicals and cement are among the highest sources of carbon emissions globally. Production facilities are often concentrated in distinct geograph...

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July 1st is "one of those days" in climate (and environment) history. A lot going on. Pls comment on and share this thread! July 1, 1950 – “Is the World Getting Warmer?” asks Saturday Evening Post allouryesterdays.info/2022/07/01/j... 1/n

July 1, 1950 - "Is the World Getting Warmer?" asks Saturday Evening Post - All Our Yesterdays

On this day, 1st July 1950, the US publication the Saturday Evening Post ran a story on the world … getting warmer. Nowt on carbon dioxide (at this stage, Guy Callendar’s data were largely ignored/in ...

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New blog from Peter and me on what local industrial decarbonisations plans reveal about what place-based policy can (and can't) do for industrial decarbonisation. New paper in @climate-policy.bsky.social coming soon #energysky #IndustrialDecarbonisation

Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC)@edrc-uk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🏭Industrial decarbonisation looks very different beyond the UK's major industrial clusters. In a new blog, Imogen Rattle and Peter Taylor explore lessons from the Local Industrial Decarbonisation Plan (LIDP) competition and what they mean for achieving net zero: www.edrc.ac.uk/news-blog/le...

The Royal Geographical Society research and higher education team have joined BlueSky! #EnergyGeography

RGS-IBG Higher Ed@rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Welcome to our research and higher education Bluesky! 👋 Follow us to stay up to date with our work in geographical research, including events, funding opportunities, new publications and more. Learn more about how we promote geography in higher education and beyond: https://ow.ly/CMgN50YI795

New paper from Peter Taylor and me on priorities to accelerate industrial decarbonisation in the UK #energysky

UK Energy Research Centre@ukerc.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This article sets the industrial decarbonisation agenda, highlighting 4 future research areas: 1️⃣ Decarbonising dispersed industrial sites 2️⃣ Enabling electrification 3️⃣ Developing markets for low carbon products 4️⃣ Advancing resource efficiency @imogenrattle.bsky.social ukerc.ac.uk/publications...

This article sets the industrial decarbonisation agenda, highlighting 4 future research areas: 1️⃣ Decarbonising dispersed industrial sites 2️⃣ Enabling electrification 3️⃣ Developing markets for low carbon products 4️⃣ Advancing resource efficiency @imogenrattle.bsky.social ukerc.ac.uk/publications...

A Policy-relevant Research Agenda to Support Accelerated Industrial Decarbonisation in the UK

This paper outlines a policy-relevant research agenda to accelerate industrial decarbonisation in the UK.

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New commentary piece by Peter Taylor and me, setting out a research agenda to help accelerate the UK’s transition to low-carbon industry Read it here: rdcu.be/e294c #EnergySky #Industry #Decarbonisation

The Energy Geographies Research Group is sponsoring 9 sessions at this year's annual Royal Geographical Society Conference Find them here: www.energygeographies.org/post/our-spo... @energygeography.bsky.social

Our Sponsored Sessions for RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2026!

We are delighted to announce that the Energy Geographies Research Group are sponsoring the following sessions for the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London, 1st September - 4th September 202...

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New blog for @ukerc.bsky.social on research priorities for industrial consumer-led flexibility. There’s a growing number of research and policy streams in this space - definitely an area to watch in 2026.

UK Energy Research Centre@ukerc.bsky.social · 7mo ago

As the UK moves towards a decarbonised electricity system, industrial consumer-led flexibility (CLF) is emerging as a key, yet poorly understood, component of the transition. Read about the research priorities needed to make CLF a reality. @imogenrattle.bsky.social ukerc.ac.uk/news/industr...

In other news, they're still digging up the front of Leeds station

Academic catch-22: I need ethical approval to get a data sharing agreement, but I need a data sharing agreement to get ethical approval. Send help.

#RGSIBG25 has begun in Birmingham Yesterday we had a trip to Tyseley Energy Park and today we have 7 Energy Geography sponsored sessions Follow ‪@energygeography.bsky.social to learn more

Energy Geography Research Group@energygeography.bsky.social · 11mo ago

@rgsibg.bsky.social conference 2025 is here! We've had a lovely outing to discuss all things energy geography at the Tyseley energy park in Brum. Looking forward to seeing everyone at our group's sponsored sessions this week @imogenrattle.bsky.social

Today, we are thrilled to kick off our Annual International Conference, held in-person at @unibirmingham.bsky.social and online! 🌍 Watch the Conference’s Chair, Professor Patricia Noxolo, share what shaped this year’s theme, Creative geographies. #RGSIBG25

@rgsibg.bsky.social conference 2025 is here! We've had a lovely outing to discuss all things energy geography at the Tyseley energy park in Brum. Looking forward to seeing everyone at our group's sponsored sessions this week @imogenrattle.bsky.social

On #YorkshireDay, I’m very pleased to share our new article published in Geoforum, led by @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social with colleagues from the @edrc-uk.bsky.social Place theme: (Re-)locating ‘place’ in energy demand: Implications for research and policy doi.org/10.1016/j.ge... #EnergySky

And also - what's happening with the revised Industrial Decarbonisation strategy - notable here by its absence #EnergySky

UK Energy Research Centre@ukerc.bsky.social · last yr.

Has the Modern Industrial Strategy delivered on Industrial Decarbonisation? @imogenrattle.bsky.social and Peter Taylor examine the positive changes, though questions remain on delivery timelines, funding, and whether it will be sufficient to decarbonise the whole sector. ukerc.ac.uk/news/foundat...

Delighted to share our latest piece for UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC), where we take stock of the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy and its implications for industrial decarbonisation. 📖 Read the full blog here: lnkd.in/et9zPFKP #EnergySky

Submitting a paper for review: 10% uploading files, 90% fighting with the submission portal while questioning your life choices #AcademicSky

New paper from researchers @tyndallcentre.bsky.social on social licence and industrial decarbonisation The distinction between social licence in principle and in practice is a useful way to think about how trust legitimacy and credibility evolve from policy to implementation doi.org/10.1016/j.er...

New article from @pancholewis.bsky.social! Fluid hope in a climate emergency: Lessons from an English citizens’ jury. Is it possible to have hope for the future in a climate emergency? doi.org/10.1080/0964...

That odd mix of disappointment and relief when you find out you didn’t get into the London Marathon.

The UKERC Annual Assembly has kicked off! UKERC Director Robert Gross opens the day, introducing the new Themes of UKERC's work for the next phase, and an overview of the political context of the last year.

Spotted at the AJ Bell Great #Birmingham Run: The rats don’t run this city - you do. Cheerleading with a side of social commentary🐀🏃‍♂️

🌍 One-Day Online Conference: Just Energy Transitions ⚡ Are you a PGR or ECR exploring the social, political, and environmental dimensions of just energy transitions? Join us for a one-day online conference on 10 July.

Energy Geography Research Group@energygeography.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 We're excited to announce a one-day online conference for postgraduate and early career researchers on Just Energy Transitions - 10/07/25📆. For further information see below 👇 Apply: forms.gle/1dHmPM2kbnYw.... Deadline 10/06! @ignitenetplus.bsky.social @ukerc.bsky.social @edrc-uk.bsky.social

Come and work with us! The focus will be on action that needs to be taken across places to deliver net-zero ready energy networks in the face of technical, economic and social uncertainty, including how best to support the most vulnerable members of society. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Energy Network Policy for a Just Net Zero Transition

Can your research expertise help shape how energy networks will evolve to meet net zero targets in a way that fair to all? Do you want to be at the heart of energy networks research in the UK? Would y...

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And in other news… my bin has been emptied. The #Birmingham equivalent of winning the lottery.

📢 📢 Just released: the IDRIC Frontier Report on Policy and Governance for Industrial Decarbonisation – bringing together insights from seven research projects tackling key challenges on the path to net zero. idric.org/wp-content/u... #NetZero #IndustrialDecarbonisation #ClimatePolicy #Governance