Technology directory
Energy technologies, explained independently.
We start with your business and its energy requirements — not with a product. This directory sets out the renewable, low-carbon, efficiency, storage, flexibility and electrification technologies available to UK organisations, and what actually determines whether each one fits.
19 categories · 107 technologies
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Categories are maintained by UEG and expand as the market develops. Where we do not yet hold enough substantiated detail on a technology, we say so rather than filling the gap.
Solar
Photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies for commercial and industrial sites, from rooftop arrays to ground-mounted schemes.
7 technologies
ExploreEnergy storage
Electrical and thermal storage technologies that shift energy in time, manage peaks and support flexibility.
11 technologies
ExploreWind
Onshore, small-scale and offshore wind generation technologies.
6 technologies
ExploreHeat pumps
Electrically driven heat pump technologies for space heating, hot water and process heat.
6 technologies
ExploreHeat recovery
Technologies that capture and reuse heat that would otherwise be rejected.
5 technologies
ExploreBiomass and bioenergy
Fuels and conversion technologies derived from biological and organic feedstocks.
7 technologies
ExploreHydro
Water-driven generation and pumped storage technologies.
5 technologies
ExploreGeothermal
Energy recovered from the ground, mine water and deeper geological resources.
4 technologies
ExploreHydrogen
Hydrogen production, storage and end-use technologies.
6 technologies
ExploreFuel cells
Electrochemical generation technologies for stationary power and heat.
3 technologies
ExploreEV and transport electrification
Charging infrastructure and vehicle-grid technologies for fleets and workplaces.
7 technologies
ExploreEnergy management
Metering, monitoring, controls and software that make energy use visible and controllable.
8 technologies
ExploreDemand flexibility
Technologies and services that shift or reduce demand in response to grid and market signals.
6 technologies
ExploreGrid and private energy networks
Connection, distribution and power quality technologies behind and in front of the meter.
7 technologies
ExploreCHP and distributed generation
On-site generation technologies producing power close to the point of use.
4 technologies
ExploreWaste to energy
Recovering energy from residual waste and waste streams.
4 technologies
ExploreCarbon management
Technologies for capturing, using and storing carbon, and for decarbonising industry.
5 technologies
ExploreBuilding energy efficiency
Measures that reduce demand before generation is considered.
6 technologies
ExploreEmerging technologies
Technologies at earlier commercial maturity that do not yet justify their own category.
0 technologies
ExploreSuppliers behind the technologies
Alongside the technology directory we are building an independent UK supplier directory — manufacturers, distributors, installers, EPC contractors, integrators, consultants, funders and software providers.
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