Engineering Energy and Environment

Engineering Energy and Environment is a research theme from Cardiff University within which you can focus your studies as part of our suite of Engineering research programmes (MPhil, PhD).

One of the School’s three research themes is that of Engineering Energy and Environment Engineering Energy and Environment , which aims to advance energy technology and play a key role in addressing the increasing demand for sustainable and low carbon technologies, while reducing environmental impact and ensuring a sustainable environment.

It is clear that the transformation and use of energy will become increasingly constrained by the need to reduce CO2 emissions. 

The UK Government has identified the worldwide market for low carbon goods and services to be US $3 trillion and that there will be thousands of new jobs created in the UK within this sector in the future.

Research key points

Research work carried out under the Engineering Energy and Environment theme at Cardiff University Cardiff University is innovative and pioneering, with a mission to advance energy technology in the global quest for a sustainable energy economy. The aim of the Energy theme is to contribute both to the longer term creation of knowledge, but also to analyse and understand what is necessary to encourage the adoption of existing low carbon technologies that have yet to be deployed widely.

Research in this theme also plays a vital role in reducing environmental impact and increasing sustainable practices in a wide range of areas, including construction, fuel, energy, waste disposal, water quality and flood protection. The combination of these fields represents a multidisciplinary approach to some of the biggest challenges that face a society moving towards more environmental awareness and increased need for sustainability.

Research areas

• Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Sources

• Smart Grids

• Energy Assessment and Modelling

• Energy Inrastructure

• Low Carbon Heat and Power Generation

• Energy, Risk and Environmental Management

• Alternative Transport Fuels and Technologies

• Complex Fluid and Thermal Systems

• Thermoelectrical Materials and Heat Recovery

• Insulation Sysytems

• Power Systems Transients

• Overvoltage Protection and Electrical Compact Earthing Systems