Low Carbon Energy Focus Areas
In order to meet the temperature goals set out in the Paris Agreement – to limit the global average temperature increase to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C – the world will need to take actions including reducing its reliance on energy derived from fossil fuels. However, with higher energy usage strongly linked to improved human development (UN, 2018), we need to ensure that energy demand is supported with an increase of energy from low carbon sources. This poses an ambitious challenge to the energy sector, including bp, and materials science and engineering will undoubtedly be playing a critical role in seeking to help to meet it.
The research being explored in the ICAM aims to support bp’s strategy to transform from an International Oil Company to an Integrated Energy Company, as well as to help to open up new areas that may disrupt current technologies and offer new business opportunities. It involves five focus areas: Hydrogen, Bioenergy, Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging, Renewables and Power and Safe and Reliable Technologies.
With these five focus areas in place, ICAM is maintaining its focus on research excellence in the field of advanced materials and supporting the transition to net zero.
