September 2026, we will be hosting an afternoon workshop at the DAFNI: Data & Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure Conference.
This event brings together researchers and practitioners to address some of the UK’s most pressing infrastructure challenges through the use of shared data, models, and advanced analytics. The workshop aligns closely with our mission-driven approach, with a strong emphasis on collaboration, innovation, and real-world impact.
The focus will be on exploring how integrated modelling and analytics can support more effective decision-making across energy networks. The workshop will also provide a space to share perspectives across disciplines and sectors, creating meaningful dialogue and encouraging new ways of thinking. By bringing together diverse expertise, we hope to build connections that help translate research into practical solutions.
We are looking forward to contributing to a forum that champions connected thinking, open collaboration, and community building, and to work with attendees to help shape the future of research and practice in this space.
More details on the workshop will be shared soon.
2 June Bristol (In person)
We are hosting a workshop in June to bring together colleagues to create a shared space to exchange perspectives, explore current research challenges, and collaboratively develop ideas focused on the next steps in AI and digital innovation for the UK energy network.
The workshop will be facilitated by Dr Gareth Buchanan and will build on the workshop held in January at the University of Bath, the emphasis will be on co‑developing research ideas with clear pathways to funding.
We are looking forward to using this workshop as an opportunity to generate new ideas and advance thinking around the role of AI in energy systems
The 2026 Risk & Resilience Day, organised by Supergen Coinvestigator Dr Robin Preece was held at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute on 19 March. The day brought together researchers and industry experts to explore cutting‑edge work in energy system risk, uncertainty, and resilience.
Largest to date with tickets selling out the week before the event. 85+ attendees from 14 UK & 3 International Universities, and 13 other organisations including Ofgem, Met Office, Climate Change Committee, National Grid, SPEN, SPENW, NESO, and the European Marine Energy Centre, and 30+ posters showing the breadth of engagement across networks including electricity, gas, and heat.
For further information visit the Risk & Resilience Day website
World-leading energy networks experts will call for renewable power generation facilities to be connected to the UK grid more quickly at a conference in Bath this week.
The Supergen Energy Networks Hub Annual Conference will highlight the role power networks play in delivering key national targets in reaching net zero, delivering green growth, powering new data centres that will help the UK become an AI superpower, and tackling issues including energy security and fuel poverty.
Sheridan Few from University of Leeds discusses decision making in Energy Networks
The next of many future interviews with Supergen members that looks at the diverse challenges and solutions that face Energy Networks. Dr Robin Preece talks us through transitioning to Net Zero and all the challenges that we face.
We sit down with Dr Robin Preece, Reader in Future Power Systems within the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Manchester and Deputy Director of Supergen Energy Networks Hub. Dr Preece talks to us about the who, what, how and whys of transitioning our power systems and all the factors that could effect the decisions made.
To find out more about Dr Robin Preece and his work, click below:
12th March 2023
The most recent Risk & Resilience Day 2024 workshop was organised by SEN CO’I, Robin Preece, on 12th March. More than 60 attendees (from 16 UK universities, 7 international universities and research institutes, and 8 UK industries) joined members of the SEN team in Newcastle. There was a marked increase in industry attendance, with industry attendees discussing strategic innovation fund (SIF) projects (the day aligning with the close of SIF Alpha projects in March). That growth enabled an industry session for the first time, as well as increased industry-academia discussion throughout the day.
Keynotes from Professor Liz Varga (Chair in Complex Systems, UCL) who discussed ‘Energy resilience in the context of infrastructure resilience’ and Martin Queen (OFGEM), whose talk was ‘Risk and resilience: a regulator’s perspective’. Attendee presentations were split across four workshop sessions (12 oral presentations), 24 posters presentations, plus the workshop’s first hardware demonstration.
For further information visit the Risk & Resilience Website or email: riskday@manchester.ac.uk
We will be hosting the free to attend Supergen Energy Networks conference in the Royal Academy of Engineering, London, from 5-7 September 2023.
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Date/Time: 05/09/2023 – 07/09/2023
Venue: Royal Academy of Engineering, Prince Philip House, 3 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5DG
The free to attend conference will celebrate our successes within phase 1 of Supergen, as well as looking forward to the next 5 years. The 5th September will have development sessions for ECR’s, with the main conference starting on the 6th September. There will be a drinks and canapes reception on the evening of the 6th September for those who would like to attend. Registration is open now! Please signup using the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/w78i1dWVbU
8th March 2023
The EPSRC Supergen Energy Networks Hub Risk and Resilience Day contiuned the tradition of the previous Durham Risk Day series (2010-2014), an annual seminar for researchers involved in all aspects of risk and uncertainty analysis applied to current and future power and energy systems.
For further information visit the Risk & Resilience Website or email: riskday@manchester.ac.uk
The events supported by the EPSRC Supergen Energy Networks Hub include webinars on a range of topics. Recordings of the webinars are available to download following the event.
The Whole Energy Systems Team at Newcastle University have an exciting new list of webinar speakers this Spring. Talks are held late morning (UTC) every other Thursday. Details of speakers and dates are below: please register to join the talks:
17th Feb (11am – 12pm UTC)
Prof Mark Barrett and Dr Tiziano Gallo Cassarino, UCL.
“ESTIMO modelling of zero emission energy systems with renewables, storage and interconnector trade – with a focus on heating options”.
3rd March (12pm – 1pm UTC)
Dr Shandelle Steadman, Cranfield University.
“Local Energy For Sale: An Experimental Analysis of Consumers’ and Prosumers’ Decision-Making in Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Platforms”.
17th March (11am – 12pm UTC)
Ryan Jenkinson, Centre for Net Zero and Dr Myriam Neaimeh, Alan Turing Institute.
“Designing a grid fit for the future: democratising distribution network analysis with an openly accessible online tool and real-world smart meter data.”
31st March (12pm – 1pm UTC)
Dr Liyang Han, Technical University of Denmark (DTU).
“A regression-based data market for energy systems”.
Previous Webinars
Past sessions are available to view online
- OPEN: An Open-Source Python Platform for Developing Smart Local Energy System Applications Thomas Morstyn
- Quantifying the sensitivity of European Power Systems to Climate Variability and Change Hannah Bloomfield
- Load Forcasting for Low Voltage Distribution Systems Stephen Haben
- From Transmission to Thermostat: Integrated Building/Grid Operations Kyri Baker
- Drivers and Challenges for Multi-Energy System Analysis Graeme Hawker
- Co-innovating the development of distribution systems to enable decarbonisation Pádraig Lyons
- The future of cooling and its links to the Sustainable Development Goals Nicole Miranda
- Open energy system models: overview, community, legal contect, emerging infrastructure Robbie Morrison
- Decarbonising heat and shipping Olivia Carpenter-Lomax
- Model-based decision-support for the energy transition with Calliope Stefan Pfenninger
- Smart Energy Network Demonstrators and Digital Twins Ian Lloyd
- A decision tool for real-time operation of public sector multi-energy systems Sathsara Abeysinghe
- CESI Operational model: Introduction and instances of application Hamid Hosseini and Adib Allaham
- Operating low-inertia grids: challenges and solutions Dr Luis Badesa