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New survey report on citizens’ willingness to engage with emerging energy infrastructures
A new report by the Public Engagement for Energy Infrastructure Task finds that most of the citizens surveyed in Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom are willing to
Newsletter Issue no. 13
News and updates from our Users TCP Tasks, projects and Academy.
New Users TCP Task to tackle the energy support participation gap
A new Users TCP Task Behavioural Design for Affordability will develop and pilot behavioural design methods to help more vulnerable households enrol in, and stay engaged with, the energy
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Publications
Slide Pack: Engagement preferences for renewable hydrogen, CCUS, and advanced nuclear technologies: Insights from a cross-country online survey
The UsersTCP Task Public Engagement for Energy Infrastructure summarises the key findings of its new report into a slide pack.
Report: Engagement preferences for renewable hydrogen, CCUS, and advanced nuclear technologies: Insights from a cross-country online survey
A new report finds that most of the citizens surveyed in Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom are willing to engage with local infrastructure projects for renewable hydrogen, carbon capture utilisation and storage, and advanced nuclear, but that how they want to be engaged differs by country and by technology.
Hidden Hardship Hui Report
The Hidden Energy Hardship Hui [workshop] brought 87 participants from 52 organisations to Māngere East Hall in Tāmaki Makaurau [Auckland] over 1.5 days in April 2026. It was the third and final National Expert Workshop of Phase 2 of the Hard-to-Reach (HTR) Energy Users Task, hosted in Aotearoa [New Zealand].
The UsersTCP Academy builds on the success of a half century of webinars delivered through the DSM University. The new series provides access to the knowledge developed through our research programme and the work of our partners.