Centre for Energy Policy (CEP)

Lunchtime Live - 12/12/2025 - BBC Sounds News updates from Scotland and beyond, plus all your lunchtime sport, travel and weather.

Thanks for your comment, Dinara! Karen discussed some of these issues during her radio interview, available now here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Lunchtime Live - 12/12/2025 - BBC Sounds News updates from Scotland and beyond, plus all your lunchtime sport, travel and weather.

Listen again to CEP Director Professor Turner on BBC Radio Scot!
📻👉 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (at 40 mins)

Karen discussed Scottish #nuclear:
⚡It can play an important role when renewables are unreliable
⚡Scotland will probably become importer of nuclear energy from other parts of the UK

Tune into BBC Radio Scot at 12:00-12:30 [time updated] today to hear CEP Director Prof Karen Turner! Listen here📻 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Karen will discuss Scotland’s energy mix & #nuclear power, as Torness - Scotland’s last remaining nuclear power station - is set to shut down 2030 🏭 ⚡

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Tune in at 7.40am this Friday morn to hear CEP Director Professor Karen Turner on BBC Radio Scotland! Listen here📻 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Karen will discuss Scotland’s energy mix & #nuclear power, as Torness - Scotland’s last remaining nuclear power station - is set to shut down 2030 🏭 ⚡

POLICY BRIEF - What is the most equitable way of paying for net zero ❓ 🪙

Our research found that recovering costs through taxation helps limit further electricity price pressures and mitigates wider negative effects across the economy

📙 READ here 👉 🔗 strathprints.strath.ac.uk/94709/

BLOG - The dangers of decarbonising by deindustrialisation 🏭 🚫

"This is not an argument against climate action. It is an argument for climate action that is globally effective and just."

READ here👇 www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/c...

Image-Bill Kasman

🎙️Have you listened to our latest podcast episode on critical minerals?👇⚡🔗 www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/c... ⚡🔗

The UK Gov recently published the 2035 strategy for critical minerals, setting out the UK's ambition to meet the huge demand: www.gov.uk/government/p...

The ESNZ Committee particularly remarks upon our recommendations for:
🔹Effective signposting by UK Gov on investment planning and policies
🔹A holistic assessment of workforce demands across net zero projects
🔹Spacing out construction activity to minimise labour supply pressures
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People working in high-tech construction environment, wearing high vis clothing

The report warns the UK will miss its net zero targets without urgent action to address the growing skills shortage

It draws on our body of work on jobs and skills requirements for, as well as our consultation response: 🔗
strathprints.strath.ac.uk/92063/
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Front cover of workforce planning report

📢📗CEP cited extensively in @houseofcommons.parliament.uk new report on Workforce Planning for Clean Energy: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...

Report also references oral evidence from our Senior Research Fellow, Dr Calvillo, and the consultation response from @edrc-uk.bsky.social
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EDRC Flexible Fund logo

📢 There is still time to apply for our Flexible fund until 12 December 2025! All our Flexible Fund will pause for applications after 12 December for the winter break. Submissions will reopen on Monday 2 February 2026 for all funds.

👉Apply now: www.edrc.ac.uk/edrc-flexibl...

⚡Ofgem has approved £28bn of investment in the UK’s energy networks. Our independent research for SP Energy Networks fed into their business plan, which has informed Ofgem's strategy.

➕ Read our work that influenced SPEN's business plan 📗👉 strathprints.strath.ac.uk/91528/

EDRC response to the Budget: Welcome news on lower energy bills and fairer transport measures but more needed on energy demand measures - Energy Demand Research Centre

There were some encouraging aspects of #BUDGET2025, but there are some energy equity concerns arising

📢 Read this response from Energy Demand Research Centre @edrc-uk.bsky.social leads, including CEP Director, Professor Karen Turner 👇 💷

www.edrc.ac.uk/news-blog/ed...

📢 Read this hashtag #BUDGET2025 response from EDRC leads, including CEP Director, Professor Karen Turner 👇 💷

Centre for Energy Policy statement on the 2025 Budget decision on energy bills and ECO The Centre for Energy Policy welcomes the Chancellor’s decision to ease the decarbonisation burden on electricity bills – a significant move away from placing green and system costs directly on househ...

#BUDGET2025 - CEP reacts to energy bill announcements💼🪙

Read our full statement below⬇️
www.linkedin.com/pulse/centre...

#BUDGET2025 - Today is Budget day, but also National Fuel Poverty Awareness Day🗓️💷

Our PhD student Megan Scherrer writes about her work with @edrc-uk.bsky.social and @energy-action-scot.bsky.social

📢Read the full blog here👇🔗
www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/c...

Image: Arthur Lambillotte Unsplash

A pleasure to welcome colleagues from Leibniz University Hannover through the @royalsoced.bsky.social RSE Scotland–Lower Saxony Research and Innovation Scheme. We’ve discussed a potential Scotland–Germany collaboration on hydrogen and CO₂ trade, including the policy landscape and technologies.

#BUDGET2025 - Action Plan for Tackling Fuel Poverty 💡 💷

Read the key policy recommendations from CEP and Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) below 👇 📢

New blog 📢 The Dangers of Offshoring Emissions, Investment and Jobs

As ExxonMobil closes their Mossmorran chemical plant in Fife, CEP warns against offshoring emissions and axing UK jobs. 📉

Read at the link below 👇 🔗
www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/c...

Image: Bill Kasman

Can Scotland still achieve net zero by 2045? ⏳ Find out CEP's verdict in our new Insight Brief:
📕 👉 🔗 doi.org/10.17868/str... 👈

We launched the brief last week at our panel discussion in The Scottish Parliament.

🌐 As #COP30 continues... David Drabble (CEP Knowledge Exchange Fellow) calls for action based on evidence based policies to reach a #JustTransition.

📰 Read the full news story here 👉 🔗https://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/centreforenergypolicy/newsblogs/2025/cop30justtransition-news/ 👈

🌐 #COP30 and a Just Transition 📰 NEWS

As COP30 continues, David Drabble (CEP Knowledge Exchange Fellow) reminds us that a #JustTransition must be at the heart of the energy transition

Read the full story here 👇 🔗 www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/c...

Many thanks for your help and interest Joshua

EVENT - Is Net Zero still achievable by 2045? An evening reception at The Scottish Parliament 📍 🗓️Wednesday 12 November 🕑6:00–8:00pm 👉🔸To secure your place, please contact cep@strath.ac.

📢CEP Event in The Scottish Parliament - Wed 12 Nov, 6-8pm

⏳Is Net Zero still achievable by 2045?⏳panel discussion

Registration details at the link below 👇 💡https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/event-net-zero-still-achievable-2045-centreforenergypolicy-vq3ue/?trackingId=YOuWBgcWS7WrvQAlC9pnNQ%3D%3D

📢CEP EVENT NEXT WEDNESDAY👇📢
Is #NetZero by 2045 still achievable?

Join us at the Scottish Parliament
🗓️12 Nov 6–8pm

Chaired by @sarahboyack.bsky.social MSP with experts from @energy-action-scot.bsky.social @opfs.org.uk @satwatr.bsky.social, INEOS
👉 Email if you’d like to join: cep@strath.ac.uk

Is #NetZero by 2045 still achievable?

Join us for an evening reception at the Scottish Parliament on 12 Nov, 6–8 pm, chaired by Sarah Boyack MSP.
Hear from experts incl. @EnergyActionScot, @OPFS, INEOS + CEP.
Attendance is by guestlist
👉 Please reach out if you’d like to join: cep@strath.ac.uk

Is #NetZero by 2045 still achievable?

Join us for an evening reception at the Scottish Parliament on 12 Nov, 6–8 pm, chaired by Sarah Boyack MSP.
Hear from experts incl. @EnergyActionScot, @OPFS, INEOS + CEP.
Attendance is by guestlist
👉 Please reach out if you’d like to join: cep@strath.ac.uk

📢🎙️NEW Energy Conversations podcast!

- The Global Race for Critical Minerals -
⚡🔗Listen: www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/c...

Dr Stephen Agyeman & Dr Aliya Tskhay
🔸How can we navigate these challenges?
🔸Can we learn from history?
🔸Why are critical minerals key to the transition?

📢🎙️NEW Energy Conversations podcast!

- The Global Race for Critical Minerals -
⚡🔗Listen: www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/c...

Dr Stephen Agyeman & Dr Aliya Tskhay
🔸How can we navigate these challenges?
🔸Can we learn from history?
🔸Why are critical minerals key to the transition?

EE2026 registration is open📣

energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk/ee2026/

Sign up for our 3-day showcase event 'Energy Ethics 2026: Infrastructures of Energy'

How can change come about? What visions of human & other flourishing are favoured in our infrastructures of energy?

Be part of the conversation