About ETP

ETP is a partnership of 14 Scottish higher education institutions, providing world-class capability and resources in energy R&I.

Our administrative and physical host is the University of Strathclyde. We have a strong governance structure, with representation from across its academic partners, and wider stakeholder community.

Established in 2008, we work in strategic partnership with innovation translators, industry and government to future-proof Scotland's position as a world-class centre of research excellence and globally competitive driving force in energy, and a key actor in Scotland’s drive towards a just transition to net-zero.

ETP's activity is focused on three areas:

• Promotion and growth of world leading research based on Scotland’s internationally competitive research base.
• Translation of research for impact, through knowledge exchange activity, communication, conferences, seminars, workshops, special interest groups;
• Skills creation as driver for economic growth.

ETP is the Scottish research partnership for energy, funded by its 14 partner higher education institutions.

The 14 partner higher education institutions provide £135kpa of support. This funding supports a management team of 2.2FTE: an Executive Director, a Project Coordinator, and a Communications Assistant.

This core funding enables ETP to win and run programmes worth an additional £1.5Mpa. These comprise:

• The Energy Industry Doctorate Programme (EIDP): provides the energy sector with the advanced skills it needs;
• Four Innovation programmes, which connect businesses in the energy sector with targeted academic expertise to develop new products and processes:
• The Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN)
• The Zero Emissions Mobility Academic Network (ZEMAN)
• The Hydrogen Innovation Programme (HIP)
• The Hydro Nation Energy Innovation Programme (HNEIP)