The Heriot-Watt Energy Academy is a pan-university initiative whose objectives are to consolidate energy research activities and facilitate interdisciplinary programmes, within the university and with other higher education institutions, and also to ensure external parties can easily gain an appreciation of our vision, skills-base and active research projects. Based at Heriot-Watt Research Park, the Energy Academy engages with the international agenda of climate change, sustainability and security of supply, to focus on the 'big picture' of how best to match our skills-base to the emerging research challenges.

see also: academy

Research activities include the development of new energy sources and cycles, both conventional and renewable; and process intensification and miniaturisation. These are backed up by fundamental research in thermo-fluid dynamics and heat and mass transfer. There are two main themes: (i) low- and zero-carbon (LZC) technologies, and (ii) thermodynamics and heat transfer.

see also: dynamics, engineering, fluid, heat, mechanical, renewable, research, transfer

The Institute in Energy is a Joint Research Institute (JRI) of the Edinburgh Research Partnership. It brings together The Institute for Energy Systems of the University of Edinburgh, and the Energy Academy of the Heriot-Watt University Research spans and is alighted to the main challenges of the renewable energy supply chain.

see also: institute