Glasgow Centre for Sustainable Energy

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.

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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.
  • 23 Mar

    New skills centre will train next generation of nuclear experts

    The University of Glasgow is set to lead a multidisciplinary new doctoral-level training centre to create the UK’s next generation of nuclear scientists and engineers. The Skills Centre for Advancing Nuclear Systems, or SCANS, is one of seven recipients of new Doctoral Focal Awards from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Ministry of Defence announced on Friday 13 March.
  • 23 Mar

    University of Glasgow and RES to inspire future environmental scientists with S3

    The University of Glasgow has teamed up with RES to offer the newly established course, which will introduce pupils to the world of professional environmental science, via hands-on outdoor learning. ‘EnviroLab Summer Experience: Careers for the Future’ takes place this July at the Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment (SCENE). Funded by RES, the course will be delivered by the University of Glasgow, Crichton University Campus in Dumfries.
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