The UK government is considering approving a licence for the Jackdaw gasfield, but would it answer Britain’s energy security problem? Or are there other ways to use the North Sea to reduce bills, increase energy security and create jobs in clean energy storage? Durham Energy Institute experts Professor Stuart Jones and Professor Jon Gluyas, Emeritus Chair in Geoenergy, Carbon Capture & Storage, both Department of Earth Sciences, and Dr Andrew Crossland, Department of Engineering, take a look.

The UK could store enough green hydrogen in depleted North Sea oil and gas fields to meet the country’s future electricity demands for seven years. The researchers behind this discovery, Professor Stuart Jones, Professor Chris Groves, and Associate Professor in Practice Dr Andrew Crossland, tell us how using the depleted fields for hydrogen storage could take conventional gas power stations off the grid altogether by 2040.

Durham Energy Institute (DEI) is delighted to welcome two highly respected regional figures, Maggie Bosanquet and Ross Forbes, as Professors in Practice, bringing decades of expertise in net zero, energy policy, communications, public affairs and regional engagement to the Institute.

Co-authored by Durham’s Professor Jon Gluyas, a leading expert in geoenergy and carbon capture and storage, this article explores the often-confusing landscape of carbon capture technologies and explains why different approaches are needed to tackle climate change.

It is with immense sadness that we share the news of the recent passing of Dr. Sarah Knuth, Associate Professor in Human Geography.

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.