DEI congratulates Fellows Behzad Kazemtabrizi and Mahmoud Shahbazi on their promotion to Professor in the Department of Engineering at Durham University. These well-deserved promotions recognise their outstanding contributions to research, education, leadership, and the advancement of sustainable energy systems.

Durham Energy Institute (DEI) has successfully hosted its first full Year 10 work experience programme, welcoming three pupils from UTC South Durham for a week of hands-on learning, research and exploration of the energy transition.

Our researchers are leading on international energy and climate research – from monitoring vulnerable ice sheets to shaping future energy policy.

Our research is advancing understanding of the Arctic, and how we might better protect this crucial part of our planet.

The UK could store enough green hydrogen in depleted North Sea oil and gas fields to meet the country’s future electricity demands for 7 years, new research has shown.

A pioneering clean tech company that was spun out of Durham academic research has secured £1.5m of funding to further its development.

A new exhibition opening this week at the East Durham Artists' Network (EDAN) Gallery in Seaham marks an unlikely but richly productive partnership between community artists and academic researchers, one that began with a shared document and grew into something far more expansive.

A major feature in iNews exploring the possibility of a UK-wide power outage has brought renewed attention to energy resilience, with expert insight from Durham Energy Institute’s Executive Director, Professor Simone Abram.

Durham Energy Institute’s Advisory Board recently heard a stark warning about the growing tide of climate and energy misinformation, and what it means for the UK’s net zero transition.

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.

Researchers from our top-rated Engineering Department have used travel to cricket matches at Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham to test a new tool designed to help cut transport emissions in cities.

Secondary school students from across County Durham took on the challenge of designing a greener future this week, as the Durham Energy Institute (DEI) at Durham University delivered a series of interactive presentations at the Durham Schools’ Science Festival.