Category: Explainers

  • AI Primer

    This is an introduction to some of the terminology used in AI at the date of publication – Sept 2025. It gives a very brief overview of the technology and some examples of applications and current status.

  • FP10 – Horizon Europe’s 10th Funding Programme for 2028-2034

    FP10 – Horizon Europe’s 10th Funding Programme for 2028-2034

    Whilst we mull over the implications in the UK for the government’s Industrial Policy, and reshaping of organisations such as the UK Space Agency and Alan Turing Institute in the orbit of DSIT (Department of Science, Innovation and Technology), things in Europe have not stood still. The EU Commission have been preparing for future budgets,…

  • The Science behind Net Zero

    The Science behind Net Zero

    Achieving Net Zero is the key to limiting global warming and related climate change impacts, but what is Net Zero (or net zero carbon) and what do we have to do to achieve this? Here we explain the methods needed, including the urgent need for carbon capture and storage. While there are differences and error bars on…

  • Energy Transition

    Energy Transition

    The energy and utilities industries are merging. The global energy transition is shaping new industries and influencing all others. To find their place in the new world, energy and utilities firms (and all those affected) must collaborate and align their strategies to this global context. The energy transition dominated the conversations in our recent energy…