The Institute for Energy Systems (IES) is one of five multi-disciplinary research institutes within the School of Engineering and Electronics at the University of Edinburgh.

The head of IES is Professor Robin Wallace and the formal divisions of activity are as follows:

Marine Energy and Coastal Defence led by Professor Ian Bryden

Power Systems Operation and Control led by Professor Janusz Bialek

Machines and Power Electronics led by Dr Markus Mueller

Energy and Climate Change led by Professor Rebecca Barthelmie.

With 13 academic staff, 11 research staff and over 30 postgraduate students, IES leads the EPSRC-funded Supergen Marine Energy Consortium (Lead and Finance Hub). It is a partner in the EPSRC SuperGen FlexNet, AMPerES and Photovoltaics consortia.

It was selected to co-host the Research Councils'UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC), with responsibility for the theme Future Sources of Energy.

The current research grant portfolio at IES amounts to about £5.5M. Most recently IES became one of five Joint Research Institutes (JRI) in the Edinburgh Research Partnership which combines research skills in Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt universities. This increases the JRI in Energy to 20 academic staff, 15 research staff and over 40 postgraduate students.

In addition to PhD-level postgraduate training opportunities, IES runs a well-established and successful MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems.

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