ECR Net Zero Conference

9 – 10 March 2026 – Birmingham Conference and Events Centre (BCEC) (in-person)

This collaborative event brings together Early Career Researchers to share cutting-edge research and build collaborative networks.

 

The event was sponsored and organised by 16 EPSRC Energy related Research projects including: Supergen Energy Networks Hub, Supergen Bio Energy Hub, SuperAIRE, Supergen Offshore Renewables Hub, ACE Network, EDI+, EDRC, HI-ACT, IDRIC, IGNITE Network+, REEF-UKC, SES Network+, UKERC, UK-HyRES, UKCCSRC and N-ZEEE.

 

A dedicated two day gathering for early career researchers working across energy, net zero and sustainability.

 

Hosted at the Birmingham Conference and Events Centre (BCEC), this conference offered an engaging mix of talks, poster sessions and networking opportunities designed to support early career researchers.

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Poster Awards

Well done to all the winners, not all were there to receive their prize, but received a huge round of applause.

✨ 1st Prize Judges vote: Ahmad Salam Farooqi, Northumbria University.
Poster Title: Electrochemical CO2 recycling to sustainable aviation fuels (eCOGen)

✨ 2nd Prize Judges vote: Peace John-Banjo, University of Huddersfield.
Poster Title: Green Valorisation of Sea Buckthorn Leaves for Net-Zero Bioeconomy Applications

✨ Delegates prize: Shagbaor Hycent Amool, Heriot-Watt University 
Poster Title: Electrochemical Industrial Symbiosis: Turning Carbon and Wastewater into Shared Value

14.05.2026

Phil Taylor appointed Honorary Professor of Tsinghua University

Featured News

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14.05.2026

Supergen Energy Networks Hub Annual Conference 2025: Driving Impact Through Collaboration

Featured News

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14.05.2026

Sharing Research and Creating Impact: IEEE PES ISGT Europe Conference 2025

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University of Bath Lecturer and Supergen Energy Networks Hub Coinvestigator Dr Laiz Souto shares her experience of presenting Supergen research, along with colleagues at the world leading IEEE PES ISGT Europe 2025 conference. The conference focused on power grid modernisation and the application of ICT to enhance energy systems.

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5.05.2026

ECR Net Zero Conference 2026

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Early Career Researcher and Supergen Energy Networks Hub ECR Committee member, Dr Jinning Zhang shares her reflections and insights on her contribution to development, planning and attending the ECR Net Zero Conference 2026 which took place in Birmingham in March designed by ECRs from across 16 energy research projects.

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30.09.2025

ECR Travel Funding

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Supported through the ECR Travel Fund, Dr Alicia Terrero Gonzalez recently attended the DINAME conference, organised biennially by the Committee of Dynamics of ABCM, the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering

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30.09.2025

ECR Travel Fund Opportunity

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Supported through the ECR Travel Fund, Dr Dimitri Costa (Research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen) recently attended the prestigious International Conference on Vibration Problems and International Conference of Wave Mechanics and Vibrations ICOVP/WMVC 2025.

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12.09.2025

Flexible Funding Awarded

Featured News

We are delighted to announce two recently awarded projects through our New Entrant to Energy Networks Flexible Funding.

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10.09.2025

Power networks experts call for speedier connection of renewables to deliver Net Zero and AI goals

Event Featured News Publication

World-leading energy networks experts call for renewable power generation facilities to be connected to the UK grid more quickly at a conference in Bath this week.

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28.05.2025

Energy Networks, Justice & Vulnerability

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Achieving government goals will require expanding some energy networks (electricity and heat in particular), while scaling down or changing the use of others (gas).
Blog post by Sheridan Few, Richard Oduro, Peter Taylor, Lucie Middlemiss & Caitlin Robinson

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