Reading room five: Space, time and contestations over demand response and infrastructure access
In our fifth Flexibility reading room, researchers discuss rhythmicity and themes of temporality, energy justice and the availability of infrastructure services.
Flexibility capital and justice in smart energy systems – reading room four
Our fourth flexibility reading room focused on a short perspective piece by Gareth Powells and Michael Fell.
Forms of adaptation & their limits – our third flexibility reading room
What do organisations consider to be the limits of adaptation – in contingency plans, in buffering and storage, and in managing and handling disruptions of one kind or another?
Transcript: Forms of adaptation & their limits – online reading room
02 December 2020. Online event Discussion [Presentation title: A third reading room – the limits of adaptation] [Slide: Energy demands are always changing and people and organisations are constantly adapting and responding to events (whether these relate directly to the ‘needs’ of a more intermittent energy supply or not). Changes and strategies in response provide … Continue reading “Transcript: Forms of adaptation & their limits – online reading room”
Seasonality – our second flexibility reading room
Our online reading room featured four presentations on seasonality which led to interesting discussion on a huge subject.
Transcript: Seasonality – online reading room
01 October, 2020. Online event Discussion Elizabeth Shove: Welcome everybody. It is great to see so many different backgrounds and people, and as I have just said, we’re going to have some little talks about seasonality. I think we are at the start of what is going to be really quite a big and unexpected programme … Continue reading “Transcript: Seasonality – online reading room”
Online reading room explores temporal aspects of energy demand
The Flexibility team were joined in an online reading room by a panel of international guests to discuss a new article, Conceptualising flexibility.
CREDS Annual Report: October 2022 to September 2023
1. Introduction The Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS) was established as part of the UKRI Energy Programme in April 2018 and has been running for 5.5 years, with funding of £19.5M over 5 years from EPSRC and ESRC. Its objective is to understand the role of energy demand change in accelerating the … Continue reading “CREDS Annual Report: October 2022 to September 2023”
CREDS Annual Report: October 2021 to September 2022
1. Introduction The Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS) was established as part of the UKRI Energy Programme in April 2018 and has been running for 4.5 years, with funding of £19.5M over 5 years from EPSRC and ESRC. Its mission is to make the UK a leader in understanding the changes in … Continue reading “CREDS Annual Report: October 2021 to September 2022”
CREDS Annual Report: October 2020 to September 2021
Introduction The Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS) was established as part of the UKRI Energy Programme in April 2018 and has been running for 3.5 years, with funding of £19.5M over 5 years from EPSRC and ESRC. Its mission is to make the UK a leader in understanding the changes in energy … Continue reading “CREDS Annual Report: October 2020 to September 2021”
Transcript: Space, time and contestations over demand response and infrastructure access
17 March 2021 Online event Presentation & discussion Mikko Jalas: Okay, thanks a lot, Stan, and once again thanks also for allowing us to come into the reading room with the presentation. [Introduction Slide with a background picture of a power grid and title “Prime time access for whom? Reshaping the Rhythms of Consumption of … Continue reading “Transcript: Space, time and contestations over demand response and infrastructure access”
Transcript: Flexibility capital and justice in smart energy systems
20 January 2021. Online event Discussion: Elizabeth Shrove: Okay well, welcome everybody and especially welcome to Gareth and Mike, and thanks for submitting themselves and submitting their paper to this group. So we are, I mean some of us have met in different combinations before I think, and in a way what we have in … Continue reading “Transcript: Flexibility capital and justice in smart energy systems”
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