Institute for Energy Systems

The Institute for Energy Systems, IES, is one of six multi-disciplinary research institutes within the School of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh.

Led by Professor Markus Mueller there are seven integrated research areas involving 19 academic staff, 26 research staff and around 50 postgraduate students.

Research in the Institute for Energy Systems (IES) delivers world leading research in low carbon energy systems, technology and policy.

Within IES we have academic expertise in resource modelling and measurement, hydrodynamics, aerodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, electromagnetics, power electronics, control, power systems analysis and life-cycle analysis.

IES has developed unique world class test facilities for wave and tidal energy, in particular the FloWave Combined Wave and Current Test Tank .

Staff play a central role in marine renewable research at both a national and international level. It hosts the EPSRC-funded UK Centre for Marine Energy Research , and is founder and chair of the Ocean Energy Group within the European Energy Research Alliance.

Flagship projects include:

DTOcean - Optimal Design Tools for Ocean Energy Arrays, EU FP7
ADVANTAGE - Advanced Communications and Information Processing in Smart Grid Systems, Marie Curie ITN, FP7
ARIES - Adaption and Resilience in Energy Systems, EPSRC
RENEW-NET - SME support in Electrical Power Engineering
LEANWIND - Logistic Efficiencies And Naval architecture for Wind Installations with Novel Developments, EU FP7
MARINA PLATFORM - Multi-Purpose Platforms for Marine Renewable Energy, EU FP7
POLYWEC - Polymeric Wave Energy Converter, EU FP7
MARINET - Marine Renewables Infrastructure Network, EU FP7
TROPOS - Multi-use Offshore Platforms, EU FP7
UKCCS - UK Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage, EPSRC