Energy Research

The global energy transition has reached a critical stage. As countries strive to decarbonise and adapt to climate change, the challenge is no longer only about setting targets. It is about implementation – building resilient industrial value chains, mobilising finance, and ensuring the transition is just and inclusive. But effective implementation requires rigorous assessment: analysis that clarifies choices, reveals impacts and guides action.

Our energy research is informed by extensive experience analysing and modelling low-carbon energy systems across national laboratories and international organisations. This experience shows that in a sector evolving at speed, decisions cannot wait for perfect information – they require rapid, multidimensional assessments accounting for emerging technologies, new practices, and early market signals.

We cover renewable and enabling technologies – such as battery storage – alongside advanced nuclear designs and key processes and applications including power conversion, heating, cooling, desalination and data centres. Our work examines costs, performance and wider economic implications from multiple perspectives – from project developers to public-sector decision-makers – to deliver insights that are both technically robust and strategically relevant.

Through this combination of analytical depth, technical breadth and global awareness, our research supports evidence-based policies and strategies that help countries and organisations stay ahead of change in a rapidly evolving energy landscape.