Energy Systems Catapult
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Energy Systems Catapult are #NetZero #EnergyInnovation experts, turboboosting clean tech innovators and helping create the future energy system across homes, sites, places, networks and the whole system.
Every NHS Trust has a part to play in a cleaner, greener healthcare system.
But turning plans into progress isn’t always simple.
On Wednesday 10 December at 1:30 PM, we’re hosting a webinar to help make the next steps clearer.
But turning plans into progress isn’t always simple.
On Wednesday 10 December at 1:30 PM, we’re hosting a webinar to help make the next steps clearer.
December 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Every NHS Trust has a part to play in a cleaner, greener healthcare system.
But turning plans into progress isn’t always simple.
On Wednesday 10 December at 1:30 PM, we’re hosting a webinar to help make the next steps clearer.
But turning plans into progress isn’t always simple.
On Wednesday 10 December at 1:30 PM, we’re hosting a webinar to help make the next steps clearer.
If you’re working on the UK’s Net Zero transition, this is where the sector’s toughest system challenges get unpacked.
The countdown to Innovating to Net Zero 2026 is on, and early-bird tickets are now live.
And in this case, the early bird doesn’t just catch the worm… it also saves £55.
The countdown to Innovating to Net Zero 2026 is on, and early-bird tickets are now live.
And in this case, the early bird doesn’t just catch the worm… it also saves £55.
December 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
If you’re working on the UK’s Net Zero transition, this is where the sector’s toughest system challenges get unpacked.
The countdown to Innovating to Net Zero 2026 is on, and early-bird tickets are now live.
And in this case, the early bird doesn’t just catch the worm… it also saves £55.
The countdown to Innovating to Net Zero 2026 is on, and early-bird tickets are now live.
And in this case, the early bird doesn’t just catch the worm… it also saves £55.
Attention Local Authorities! 📣
Help shape the next chapter of Local Area Energy Planning (LAEP) and Regional Energy Strategic Planning (RESP).
Help shape the next chapter of Local Area Energy Planning (LAEP) and Regional Energy Strategic Planning (RESP).
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Attention Local Authorities! 📣
Help shape the next chapter of Local Area Energy Planning (LAEP) and Regional Energy Strategic Planning (RESP).
Help shape the next chapter of Local Area Energy Planning (LAEP) and Regional Energy Strategic Planning (RESP).
⚡️Bunmi Adefajo showcases the latest updates to our whole-system modelling through ESME and the ESME Flex tool – strengthening confidence in how a flexible, resilient future energy system can operate.
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
⚡️Bunmi Adefajo showcases the latest updates to our whole-system modelling through ESME and the ESME Flex tool – strengthening confidence in how a flexible, resilient future energy system can operate.
🚛 Lowri Williams talks eFREIGHT 2030 – our major programme accelerating zero-emission HGVs. With four new reports and two open-access tools on the way, she invites fleets, manufacturers and infrastructure providers to follow along as we help unlock the business models and insights needed.
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🚛 Lowri Williams talks eFREIGHT 2030 – our major programme accelerating zero-emission HGVs. With four new reports and two open-access tools on the way, she invites fleets, manufacturers and infrastructure providers to follow along as we help unlock the business models and insights needed.
🚗 Fred Payne and Will Bonnell dive into the government’s proposed 3p-per-mile EV tax, using our ESME Transport model to explore what it means for EV uptake, the future of fuel duty revenue and the UK’s carbon targets.
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🚗 Fred Payne and Will Bonnell dive into the government’s proposed 3p-per-mile EV tax, using our ESME Transport model to explore what it means for EV uptake, the future of fuel duty revenue and the UK’s carbon targets.
Our Net Zero experts have been busy unpacking the big questions shaping the energy transition – bringing you fresh insights to help make sense of what’s changing, what’s challenging, and what’s coming.
Take a look at what’s new:
Take a look at what’s new:
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Our Net Zero experts have been busy unpacking the big questions shaping the energy transition – bringing you fresh insights to help make sense of what’s changing, what’s challenging, and what’s coming.
Take a look at what’s new:
Take a look at what’s new:
Energy Systems Catapult welcomes Great British Energy’s new Strategic Plan.
Big opportunity. Big responsibility. And yes, big impact.
Big opportunity. Big responsibility. And yes, big impact.
December 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Energy Systems Catapult welcomes Great British Energy’s new Strategic Plan.
Big opportunity. Big responsibility. And yes, big impact.
Big opportunity. Big responsibility. And yes, big impact.
Rolling out high-power eHGV charging across the UK taught us something important: the barriers aren’t just technical.
They sit in the spaces between logistics, planning and the power system.
Different regions. Different processes. Different timelines.
They sit in the spaces between logistics, planning and the power system.
Different regions. Different processes. Different timelines.
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Rolling out high-power eHGV charging across the UK taught us something important: the barriers aren’t just technical.
They sit in the spaces between logistics, planning and the power system.
Different regions. Different processes. Different timelines.
They sit in the spaces between logistics, planning and the power system.
Different regions. Different processes. Different timelines.
Flexibility isn’t just a feature of the future energy system.
It’s the backbone.
But to get more flexible faster, we all need to speak the same language.
It’s the backbone.
But to get more flexible faster, we all need to speak the same language.
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Flexibility isn’t just a feature of the future energy system.
It’s the backbone.
But to get more flexible faster, we all need to speak the same language.
It’s the backbone.
But to get more flexible faster, we all need to speak the same language.
BANG! 💥 A new STEM resource is here.
We’re supporting The Big Bang Challenge with EUKEducation. Students aged 11–18 can now explore a free resource that guides them step-by-step through STEM projects.
We’re supporting The Big Bang Challenge with EUKEducation. Students aged 11–18 can now explore a free resource that guides them step-by-step through STEM projects.
December 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
BANG! 💥 A new STEM resource is here.
We’re supporting The Big Bang Challenge with EUKEducation. Students aged 11–18 can now explore a free resource that guides them step-by-step through STEM projects.
We’re supporting The Big Bang Challenge with EUKEducation. Students aged 11–18 can now explore a free resource that guides them step-by-step through STEM projects.
ENERGY SYSTEMS CATAPULT BLACK FRIDAY DEAL:
❌ 50% off solar panels (we don’t sell those)
❌ BOGOF heat pumps (also not us)
✅ 100% free access to cutting-edge energy transition insights, sector analysis, and early visibility of the UK's most promising cleantech innovators
❌ 50% off solar panels (we don’t sell those)
❌ BOGOF heat pumps (also not us)
✅ 100% free access to cutting-edge energy transition insights, sector analysis, and early visibility of the UK's most promising cleantech innovators
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
ENERGY SYSTEMS CATAPULT BLACK FRIDAY DEAL:
❌ 50% off solar panels (we don’t sell those)
❌ BOGOF heat pumps (also not us)
✅ 100% free access to cutting-edge energy transition insights, sector analysis, and early visibility of the UK's most promising cleantech innovators
❌ 50% off solar panels (we don’t sell those)
❌ BOGOF heat pumps (also not us)
✅ 100% free access to cutting-edge energy transition insights, sector analysis, and early visibility of the UK's most promising cleantech innovators
You asked, we answered. 💬
After our recent Net Zero Data webinar, the questions came thick and fast:
⏰ Will it actually save me time?
📊 How do I get the data for my use case?
🗓️ Is everything up to date?
💰 And of course… how much does it cost?
After our recent Net Zero Data webinar, the questions came thick and fast:
⏰ Will it actually save me time?
📊 How do I get the data for my use case?
🗓️ Is everything up to date?
💰 And of course… how much does it cost?
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
You asked, we answered. 💬
After our recent Net Zero Data webinar, the questions came thick and fast:
⏰ Will it actually save me time?
📊 How do I get the data for my use case?
🗓️ Is everything up to date?
💰 And of course… how much does it cost?
After our recent Net Zero Data webinar, the questions came thick and fast:
⏰ Will it actually save me time?
📊 How do I get the data for my use case?
🗓️ Is everything up to date?
💰 And of course… how much does it cost?
Flexibility is the secret ingredient to a low-cost, resilient Net Zero energy system. But what’s the right mix? 🤔
To find out, join our Flex Mix webinar: recipes for a balanced energy system on Wednesday 3 December at 10 AM.
To find out, join our Flex Mix webinar: recipes for a balanced energy system on Wednesday 3 December at 10 AM.
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Flexibility is the secret ingredient to a low-cost, resilient Net Zero energy system. But what’s the right mix? 🤔
To find out, join our Flex Mix webinar: recipes for a balanced energy system on Wednesday 3 December at 10 AM.
To find out, join our Flex Mix webinar: recipes for a balanced energy system on Wednesday 3 December at 10 AM.
✈️ Emily Ford, Senior Energy Policy Advisor – Carbon Policy, examines aviation and how carbon pricing can unintentionally subsidise emissions instead of driving reductions, and what could get aviation back on the right flight path to Net Zero.
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
✈️ Emily Ford, Senior Energy Policy Advisor – Carbon Policy, examines aviation and how carbon pricing can unintentionally subsidise emissions instead of driving reductions, and what could get aviation back on the right flight path to Net Zero.
🏙️ Craig Mellis, Senior Advisor – Decarbonisation of Complex Sites, gets into reducing energy use at complex sites and what it really takes to cut demand at locations that never switch off.
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🏙️ Craig Mellis, Senior Advisor – Decarbonisation of Complex Sites, gets into reducing energy use at complex sites and what it really takes to cut demand at locations that never switch off.
🔥 George Day, Senior Advisor – Net Zero Policies, explores home heating and how government policies sometimes send the wrong signals to households and clean energy innovators.
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🔥 George Day, Senior Advisor – Net Zero Policies, explores home heating and how government policies sometimes send the wrong signals to households and clean energy innovators.
Looking for your next energising read? 👀
Check out some of the newest additions to our blog page, packed with insights from our experts on the challenges and opportunities across the energy system.
Here’s what’s new:
Check out some of the newest additions to our blog page, packed with insights from our experts on the challenges and opportunities across the energy system.
Here’s what’s new:
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Looking for your next energising read? 👀
Check out some of the newest additions to our blog page, packed with insights from our experts on the challenges and opportunities across the energy system.
Here’s what’s new:
Check out some of the newest additions to our blog page, packed with insights from our experts on the challenges and opportunities across the energy system.
Here’s what’s new:
🏙️ Craig Mellis, Senior Advisor – Decarbonisation of Complex Sites, gets into reducing energy use at complex sites and what it really takes to cut demand at locations that never switch off.
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🏙️ Craig Mellis, Senior Advisor – Decarbonisation of Complex Sites, gets into reducing energy use at complex sites and what it really takes to cut demand at locations that never switch off.
🔥 George Day, Senior Advisor – Net Zero Policies, explores home heating and how government policies sometimes send the wrong signals to households and clean energy innovators.
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🔥 George Day, Senior Advisor – Net Zero Policies, explores home heating and how government policies sometimes send the wrong signals to households and clean energy innovators.
Today’s Budget is sending mixed signals on electrification. More should be done to help low-carbon innovators compete and this means doing more to address the excessive ‘spark gap.’
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Today’s Budget is sending mixed signals on electrification. More should be done to help low-carbon innovators compete and this means doing more to address the excessive ‘spark gap.’
More than 80 clean-tech SMEs have already used the Climate Innovation Platform to scale faster. 📈
Now it’s your turn.
Applications for Cohort 5, delivered with the University of Birmingham and supported by HSBC UK, are now open.
Now it’s your turn.
Applications for Cohort 5, delivered with the University of Birmingham and supported by HSBC UK, are now open.
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
More than 80 clean-tech SMEs have already used the Climate Innovation Platform to scale faster. 📈
Now it’s your turn.
Applications for Cohort 5, delivered with the University of Birmingham and supported by HSBC UK, are now open.
Now it’s your turn.
Applications for Cohort 5, delivered with the University of Birmingham and supported by HSBC UK, are now open.
Retrofit is vital to achieving Net Zero, but scaling innovation takes more than just a great idea. 📈
That’s why we launched our Retrofit Accelerator to help SMEs developing energy efficiency, optimisation, and decarbonisation solutions turn innovations into proven, market-ready solutions.
That’s why we launched our Retrofit Accelerator to help SMEs developing energy efficiency, optimisation, and decarbonisation solutions turn innovations into proven, market-ready solutions.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Retrofit is vital to achieving Net Zero, but scaling innovation takes more than just a great idea. 📈
That’s why we launched our Retrofit Accelerator to help SMEs developing energy efficiency, optimisation, and decarbonisation solutions turn innovations into proven, market-ready solutions.
That’s why we launched our Retrofit Accelerator to help SMEs developing energy efficiency, optimisation, and decarbonisation solutions turn innovations into proven, market-ready solutions.
👋 G’day innovators, ready to take your tech down under?
We’re launching a UK–Australia call for AI and flexibility solutions that can help tackle real challenges across the Aussie energy system.
We’re launching a UK–Australia call for AI and flexibility solutions that can help tackle real challenges across the Aussie energy system.
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
👋 G’day innovators, ready to take your tech down under?
We’re launching a UK–Australia call for AI and flexibility solutions that can help tackle real challenges across the Aussie energy system.
We’re launching a UK–Australia call for AI and flexibility solutions that can help tackle real challenges across the Aussie energy system.
Crisp mornings, longer nights and that unmistakable chill in the air… November is here. ❄️
As temperatures drop, vulnerable people are at risk of cold-related health issues.
As temperatures drop, vulnerable people are at risk of cold-related health issues.
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Crisp mornings, longer nights and that unmistakable chill in the air… November is here. ❄️
As temperatures drop, vulnerable people are at risk of cold-related health issues.
As temperatures drop, vulnerable people are at risk of cold-related health issues.