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Advancing tech-driven energy systems that benefit humanity.

Technology is transforming the energy sector, yet modelling and policy continues to be based on data from the past.

Centre for Net Zero designs and runs research and field trials around the world to collect and democratise data about the future, accelerating the journey to a fully sustainable, global energy system.

Our academic papers

July 2024

Defining ‘good’: evaluation frameworks for synthetic smart meter data

Centre for Net Zero Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Oxford Georgia Institute of Technology

March 2024

Power System Benefits of Simultaneous Domestic Transport and Heating Flexibility in Great Britain's Energy Transition

Centre for Net Zero, The University of Edinburgh, University of Oxford, Technical University of Berlin, KrakenFlex

March 2024

The Impact of Demand Response on Energy Consumption and Economic Welfare

Centre for Net Zero

January 2023

Democratising Electricity Distribution Network Analysis

Centre for Net Zero, The Alan Turing Institute, Newcastle University

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Our work

Research

We run large-scale statistical analyses and randomised control trials to rigorously understand changes in consumer energy behaviours. Our research unlocks better modelling, and expands the global evidence base in behavioural science and energy economics.

Technologies

We encode future energy behaviours into today’s data and models. Our pioneering tools and tech platforms are dynamic and granular, reflecting the rapidly changing sector. We democratise the data that underpins our work, sharing what we learn to accelerate global energy transitions.

Impact

We're here to deliver impact and build better global energy systems. We take insights from our research to create and campaign for pioneering policies and open data communities that can unlock tech-led decarbonisation at speed, across multiple markets.

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The amount of renewable capacity added to global energy system in 2023

An increase of 50% compared to the year before, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), with solar PV accounting for three-quarters of additions worldwide.

The increase in global demand flexibility capacity needed by 2030

If we're to effectively harness the growing amount of renewable power, according to the IEA's Net Zero Scenario - which mandates 500 GW of demand response brought onto the market by 2030.

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Benefits of a flexible energy system in the UK by 2035

Fully flexible heating and transport alone amount to significant savings to the system, every year, according to modelling by Centre for Net Zero - based on the system operator's Future Energy Scenarios.