Overview
Our research
Geoscience plays an important role in supporting the energy transition and delivering on net-zero and net-negative carbon goals. The subsurface provides storage space for excess energy in the form of heat and power and exploitable resources that can support low-carbon technologies. Many alternative energy technologies, such as wind power, depend on effectively characterising the subsurface to improve engineering design and reduce risk.
But geosciences don’t act in isolation: successful implementation of geological energy systems relies on wider support within society to make them a reality. Our research brings together geologists, engineers and social scientists to create a whole system approach to energy geosciences.
The infographic provides a visual illustration of the many ways the subsurface can contribute to decarbonisation of our energy systems.
We would like to thank PE Limited for their support of our structural geology research and teaching through their provision of academic licences for the MOVE suite (the commercial equivalent of which is £1,928,385).