Energy Systems Catapult

The findings will shape how skills provision is developed across the region. It only takes a few minutes to complete, and we need submissions before 30 April: forms.office.com/Pages/Response…

The West Midlands Combined Authority wants to hear from you. Their green skills survey is open now, and they're looking for as many employer voices as possible, your experiences of green skills and recruitment, in your own words.

The green economy is growing but are West Midlands employers keeping up with the skills needed?

Reace Edwards, Senior Consultant for Business Model Innovation at Energy Systems Catapult, and Gemma Driscoll, Project Manager at PECT, share what it takes to give consumers the confidence to make the switch. Read it here: es.catapult.org.uk/insight/how-to…

Our report is a practical knowledge base for local authorities, covering how each model works, the risks, the funding options, and what a One Stop Shop could realistically look like on the ground.

What actually gets people over the line on heat pumps? 🤔 When it comes to perceived barriers it's rarely one thing that gets in the way of adoption. It's cost. It's space. It's the noise. It's the bloke next door who had a bad experience and won't stop banging on about it.

Read the full analysis from Adam Thirkill, Senior Consultant – Modelling and Analysis, Charmaine Jayamaha, Practice Manager – Power Systems, and Ben Aslan, Developer – Engineering and Analysis: es.catapult.org.uk/insight/smrs-p…

SMRs are smaller, need less cooling, and don't have to sit on the coast. That opens up far more options than traditional nuclear. So the question isn't "where is nuclear allowed?" It's "where can it do the most for a secure, affordable energy system?"

This month the government gave Rolls-Royce the green light to build the UK's first three small modular reactors. The headlines focused on energy security and clean power. But our latest modelling suggests that's only part of the story.

We caught up with her on building a clean-tech business, raising money as a platform company in a sector chasing infrastructure plays, and her advice for the next generation of women leading the energy transition. Read the full interview: es.catapult.org.uk/insight/women-…

As Becky puts it: "The transition won't happen until someone actually gets heat pumps and energy upgrades into people's homes in a way that works for how home renovation really happens."

Nobody searches Google for "retrofit." But 40%+ of UK homeowners want to improve the energy efficiency of their home in the next three years. So where's the disconnect? "The sector had invented its own language and then wondered why nobody was showing up."