Sussex

Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy

Recent years have seen a surge in interest and activity in small-scale, sustainable energy projects led by local communities.

Read more about: 

The Politics of Low Carbon Innovation: Towards a Theory of Niche Protection

Recent studies emphasise sustainable innovation processes developing within protective niches. Experimentation in these spaces accumulates experience and improvements, which carries technologies from demonstration and into commercial use.

Read more about: 

How to find us (SPRU)

SPRU - Science & Technology Policy ResearchSPRU at the Freeman CentrePostal Address

SPRU (Science and Technology Policy Research) University of Sussex Freeman Centre, Falmer Brighton, East Sussex BN1 9QE United Kingdom tel: +44 (0)1273 686758 fax: +44 (0)1273 685865  

University of Sussex

Tyndall Sussex has been a core partner in the Tyndall Centre since the Centre was founded in 2000. Tyndall Sussex research is managed as part of the Sussex Energy Group a leading social science research group that conducts engaged, multidisciplinary research on transitions to low carbon energy systems.