It’s an exciting time in the world of energy innovation! Last week we signed up to an international project that will ensure the UK stays at the forefront of research on nuclear energy generation and safety testing. The international project is being led by France and will result in the construction of a state-of-the-art facility [...]
An exciting day for me. When we published the DECC 2050 pathways calculator, it was unusual in two respects: it was a simple open source spreadsheet, and it had a web front end that allowed anyone to play with it. We made it a simple open source spreadsheet because we wanted to make it easy [...]
Nothing generates column inches these days like discussion about the costs of our future energy mix. And rightly so. Our ageing fleet of power stations, our increasing reliance on imported fossil fuels and the need for us to reduce carbon emissions all add up to one thing: we need investment. Here at DECC we’ve developed [...]
Hello! My name is Katie and I work in the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) as a Science and Engineering Fast Streamer. I started in October 2011 and for my first role I’ve been placed in the Evidence Team. This is part of our Chief Scientist David Mackay’s group* and our aim is [...]