The Centre for Energy Policy (CEP) is set to officially launch this week in Glasgow on the same week All-Energy 2015 arrives in Glasgow.
The University of Strathclyde said the new facility will have the remit of challenging and informing policy analysis and decision-making in Scotland and globally.
The launch, on Tuesday, May 5, will take place within the Technology and Innovation Centre – which as seen £89million worth of investment.
University of Strathclyde Principal, Professor Sir Jim McDonald will open the event which will also include speakers Ian Marchant, chairman of Wood Group, and renewable energy company Infinis and also the chair of the CEP
Professor Karen Turner, Director of the CEP, said: “The Centre will look to broaden the discussion about the future of energy policy in Scotland, not just focusing on electricity and renewables but also considering the longer-term issues, such as transport and heating.
“The Centre will benefit from Strathclyde’s renowned collaborative approach to research and knowledge exchange. Our team will draw on the University’s considerable energy-related expertise – held across its Science, Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences faculties and Business School – and will create a space for useful and challenging debate on energy policy.”
The CEP is part of the University’s International Public Policy Institute and will also play a leading role in the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) project to look at the economic benefits of energy saving efficiencies across households and industry.
The International Energy Agency anticipates that energy efficiency gains could account for around half of all global emission reductions by 2035.
Ian Marchant, Chair of the CEP, said: “How we produce energy determines our environmental impact, its price our economic welfare and its availability our way of life. We need a joined-up policy framework that acknowledges these objectives.
“The Centre for Energy Policy is a much-needed innovation to bridge academic approaches to energy policy, the needs of policy-makers and the engineering and business challenges of this 21st-century industry.”
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