Energy as a service to sustainable and inclusive development, avoiding unintended environmental and societal consequences.

Our Vision

The Glasgow Centre for Sustainable Energy:

  • Sees energy as a service to human development
  • Believes energy provision must be sustainable and accessible to all, avoiding unintended environmental and societal consequences.
  • Takes a holistic, whole-system and life-cycle approach to energy.
  • Tackles global sustainability challenges where the energy vector has a key role to play in supporting sustainable pathways to 2050 and beyond.
  • Works closely with local communities, local authorities, charities and NGOs, national and international professional organisations, governments and industry
  • Acts as a neutral platform for progressive dialogue among key stakeholders, facilitating advancements towards timely implementation of sustainable energy solutions at multiple scales.
  • Serves our University, Glasgow, Scotland, the UK and the world.

Contact Us

contactus-sustainableenergy@glasgow.ac.uk

 

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Glasgow Centre for Sustainable Energy film

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Our team

Meet the people who make up the Centre

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What we work on

Find out more about the research themes we're working on in the Centre

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News

  • 13 Feb

    UofG launches Glasgow Centre for Sustainable Energy

    The University of Glasgow is launching a new research centre focused on supporting the global transition to sustainable, low-carbon energy systems. The Glasgow Centre for Sustainable Energy brings together academics from across the University to find interdisciplinary new ways of delivering the radical reform of energy services and infrastructure required to reach net-zero.
  • 27 May

    New funding for sustainable chemistry project

    New funding will enable University of Glasgow researchers to investigate and improve the sustainability of one of chemistry's most widely used purification techniques. Dr Joseph Cameron and Dr Alex Loch will lead the first comprehensive life cycle assessment of flash chromatography purification, backed by a grant from the Royal Society of Chemistry's Sustainable Laboratories Grant programme.
  • 22 May

    REACT sustainable electronics centre celebrates official launch

    The UK’s first sustainable electronics centre was officially launched last month with two events and the inaugural meeting of its steering board. The Responsible Electronics and Circular Technology Centre (REACT), led by UofG, is backed by more than £6m in funding from UK Research & Innovation and industry partners. It is one of five Green Economy Centres which are seeking to find new ways to make industries more sustainable.
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Events

GCSE Sustainable Energy Zoomposium (Monthly)

Lively interdiciplinary sessions held online monthly for UofG colleagues, who can contact us for information on the next sesssion or on how to become a presenter.  Recordings from previous Zoomposium are publically available here. 


GCSE Early Career Researcher Network

Regular events are held by our ECR network. Watch this space for more information