Science and evidence-informed policy will be at the heart of the
government's clean power mission and acceleration to net
zero.
A group of prestigious scientific leaders has been appointed to
the Science and Technology Advisory Council, which met for the
first time yesterday (Wednesday 9 July).
The Council will provide robust, scientific, evidence-based
information to support key decisions as we overhaul our energy
system to reach clean power by 2030.
It will also offer independent viewpoints and cutting-edge
research on topics from climate science, energy networks and
engineering, to the latest technologies and artificial
intelligence.
Their expert advice will allow ministers to access the most
up-to-date and well-informed scientific evidence, improving
decision-making and effectiveness of policy
implementation.
Energy Secretary said:
Evidence-based decision-making is fundamental to the drive for
clean power and tackling the climate crisis, with informed
policymaking the key to securing a better, fairer world for
current and future generations.
To give our mission the very best chance of success, the Science
and Technology Advisory Council will draw on the knowledge and
wisdom of some of the finest scientific minds of the nation –
because clean power offers a huge prize of energy security, lower
bills and good jobs.
DESNZ
Director General Chief Scientific Adviser Paul Monks said:
Robust scientific research and evidence is vital to inform
decisions, as we break new ground with the mission for clean
power by 2030 and accelerate to net zero.
I look forward to working with some of the country's most
esteemed climate and energy scientists, engineers and
mathematicians, to provide comprehensive and considered advice to
government on some of the greatest challenges of our time.
The team of 16 highly esteemed academic and industry experts will
be co-chaired by the Department for Energy Security and Net
Zero's Director General Chief Scientific Adviser, Paul Monks, and
Professor David Greenwood, CEO of the High Value
Manufacturing Catapult at Warwick Manufacturing
Group.
The group will be commissioned for advice as required and will
meet quarterly. They will assist the Energy Secretary and the
wider department.
Science and Technology Advisory Council members
- Professor Paul Monks CB, FRMetS, FRSC, FInstP - STAC Co-Chair
and Chief Scientific Adviser & Director General, Department
for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)
- Professor David Greenwood FREng - STAC Co-Chair and
CEO of Warwick
Manufacturing Group (WMG) High Value Manufacturing Catapult
Centre
- Professor Allwood FREng - Professor of
Engineering and the Environment, University of Cambridge
- Professor Feargal Brennan - Professor of Offshore
Engineering, University of Strathclyde
- Professor Richard Dawson CEng FICE FREng - Professor of Earth
Systems Engineering, Newcastle University
- Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer FRSE, FEI, FIChemE, FRSA,
FRSC - Director, UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and
Innovation Centre (IDRIC) and Deputy Principal (Global
Sustainability), Heriot-Watt University
- Professor Nicholas Pidgeon MBE FBA - Professor of
Environmental Psychology and Risk, Cardiff University
- Dr Fiona Rayment OBE, FREng, FRSE - Government Advisor,
Non-Executive Director and Visiting Professor at University of
Manchester
- Professor Nilay Shah OBE FREng -Professor of Process Systems
Engineering, Imperial College London
- Professor Emily Shuckburgh OBE - Director, Cambridge
Zero
- Professor Benjamin Sovacool Ph.D. FAcSS, FRSA, MAE -
Professor of Energy Policy, University of Sussex
- Dr Erica Thompson - Associate Professor of Modelling for
Decision Making, University College London
- Professor Elizabeth Patricia Thornley BSc, DPhil, FREng -
Professor of Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute, Aston
University
- Professor Sara Walker SFHEA - Director of Birmingham Energy
Institute
- Mr Jonathan Wood C. Eng FRSA - Vice President & Chief
Technical Officer, Cummins Inc
- Dr FREng, FIET, MIGEM
(Ex-Officio STAC Member) - Co-Chair Energy Research Partnership
