ERA Energy Research Accelerator

The ERA Energy Research Accelerator is a research partnership in the United Kingdom that focuses on energy. It describes itself as the largest UK research network dedicated to energy, and it aims to link industry with academic expertise and facilities. Its partners work with more than a thousand national and regional businesses.

What ERA Energy Research Accelerator offers

• Research collaboration — connects companies to university expertise and testing facilities.
• Hydrogen work — runs the HyDEX programme on developing a hydrogen economy and has published on hydrogen storage in caverns.
• Energy storage studies — covers medium-duration energy storage and smart, decarbonised university campuses.
• Skills academy — offers studentships, doctoral showcases and challenges such as Energy 101 for PhD and post-doctoral researchers.
• Events and reports — hosts expos and workshops and publishes reports, including one on energy and healthcare.

Who it works with

Businesses of national and regional scale, university researchers and students, and the Midlands energy sector, including nuclear.

Key facts

• Based in: United Kingdom
• Focus areas: energy and the built environment, energy generation and systems
• Recognition: national award for thought leadership in hydrogen