Former DEI director Jon Gluyas and co-author Neil Fowler from Shift Geothermal Ltd, have won a ‘best paper’ award for, ‘The future of geoenergy – a perspective’, as selected by the Geoenergy Editorial Board as one of the best papers published in the journal during 2024. The paper explores geoenergy development and production options that are low, zero and negative carbon.

We have a long-standing strategic partnership with Ørsted UK, the leading offshore wind developer. As part of this partnership, Ørsted offers annual bursaries to students on our Energy-related Master's programmes here at Durham.

Kate Webb of the Durham Energy Institute (DEI) has been named Apprentice of the Year at the University's 2024 Professional Services: Inspiring the Extraordinary Awards.

The UK National Clean Maritime Research Hub is making waves in the maritime industry with its ground breaking approach to decarbonisation. Launched in September 2023, this innovative hub has created a website to showcase the activities that are set to transform the sector by addressing critical research challenges and developing sustainable solutions for the future.

Recruitment to funded PhD Scholarships with the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience, are now open until the 4th December 2024 for a September 2025 enrolment. There are 15 funded PhD scholarships including four projects to be based at Durham University.

On 17 and 18 September 2024, Durham Energy Institute (DEI) held a conference focussed on the multi-disciplinary research on mine water geothermal energy taking place at Durham University.

Durham Energy Institute (DEI) hosted its annual Energy Day this November focusing on the future of home energy solutions.

Durham Energy Institute is delighted that our Professor in Practice Andrew Crossland joined the panel for BBC Radio 4 Rethink… Energy on 31st October 2024. The podcast looked at the future energy landscape and what is needed to keep the lights on, charge our many devices and power our electric vehicles in the future.

On 7th October 2024, DEI hosted twenty colleagues from Department for Energy Security and Net Zero in Durham to explore how we can integrate our research with UK energy policy development.

On 3rd September 2024, a team from DEI visited Ørsted at their East Coast Hub to celebrate the recent renewal of the DEI-Ørsted partnership and set the agenda for future research. The ongoing partnership brings together Ørsted’s leading industrial insight and intelligence with DEI’s research expertise.

We’re taking on some of the offshore wind industry’s toughest challenges by joining forces with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult.

We have a long-standing strategic partnership with Ørsted UK, the leading offshore wind developer. As part of this partnership, Ørsted offers annual bursaries to students on our Energy-related Master's programmes here at Durham.