{"id":32983,"date":"2020-02-03T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?p=32983"},"modified":"2022-08-12T13:22:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T13:22:21","slug":"professor-mike-stephenson-appointed-to-the-epsrc-energy-strategic-advisory-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/professor-mike-stephenson-appointed-to-the-epsrc-energy-strategic-advisory-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Mike Stephenson appointed to the EPSRC Energy Strategic Advisory Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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BGS Executive Chief Scientist Prof Mike Stephenson has been appointed to the Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPSRC) Energy Strategic Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Energy Strategic Advisory Committee (SAC) is an independent body of advisors responsible for providing advice to help guide the UK\u2019s energy agenda in support of government targets, led by EPSRC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The committee meets at least twice a year, providing expertise to participating Research Councils who work together to bring strategy to UK energy training and research. It is influential across the whole of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Appointments to the SAC are by a robust assessment process, with selected representatives including industrialists, academics and individuals from across government organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those selected for the committee do not represent their individual organisations and advise impartially based on their expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof Stephenson is the chief scientist for decarbonisation and resource management at BGS and has internationally recognised expertise in the geoscience of energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He holds honorary professorships at Nottingham and Leicester universities in the UK and is a visiting professor at the University of Nanjing, China. He has published three books and over 100 peer-reviewed papers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His most recent book \u2018Energy and Climate Change: An Introduction to Geological Controls, Interventions and Mitigations\u2019 examines the earth system science context of the formation and use of fossil fuel resources, and the implications for climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof Stephenson regularly represents UK geoscience interests in energy, as well as providing advice to the UK Government. In October 2013 he was advisor to Sir Mark Walport, then chief UK Government scientific advisor, on shale gas and carbon capture and storage (CCS) during a fact-finding mission to Texas and Alberta.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t

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Speaking of his appointment, he said: \u201cI\u2019m delighted to be appointed by EPSRC. The Energy Strategic Advisory Committee has the potential to help guide tens of millions of government energy investment, and I\u2019m excited by the opportunity to ensure there is a focus on building the knowledge and skills base needed to address the scientific and technological challenges for a low carbon future.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\n\n

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