DrIain Staffell

Iain's research centres on decarbonising electricity systems, ranging from the economics of battery storage and productivity of offshore wind farms to efficient ways of integrating renewables into electricity markets. Broad research areas include the potential of an interconnected super-grid and smart energy storage systems to reduce the cost and carbon emissions of generating electricity across Europe; the impacts that climate change will have on the business case for renewables; the role of flexible fossil power in balancing decarbonised energy systems; and residential-scale microgeneration for decarbonising the heat sector.