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Energy materials: meeting the challenge

Abstract Energy is an area where materials technology will play a particularly important role in meeting the needs of the future. Energy generation, conservation, storage and security of supply will continue to be major drivers for materials technology, to achieve sustainable energy production and use while meeting socio-economic and environmental targets: Thus it will be important to maintain and enhance research, development and modelling capabilities relevant for these areas. The Energy Materials Working Group of Materials UK has examined these issues from a UK perspective and in December 2007 published a series of reviews of materials needs for each energy sector. An important objective of 'Energy materials: meeting the challenge', held in Loughborough on 9–10 October, was to review the responses to these reports, and – with other inputs – to develop recommendations for research priorities that will inform future UK Government investment. The focus of Government policy is to enhance competitiveness and 'to develop world-class knowledge and capability in the UK in materials for energy generation, low energy processing and energy conservation, and to attract investment'.