The User-Centred Energy Systems mission is to provide policy-relevant evidence on factors influencing energy use, including technology acceptance, and their impact on society.
Latest News
Public Engagement Task publishes review report on social acceptance and public engagement in emerging energy infrastructures
A new review report highlights the critical role of public trust, risk perceptions and local context in shaping acceptance of emerging energy technologies such as green hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, and small modular nuclear reactors.
Public Engagement Task Meets at RVO in Utrecht
On the 1st April, the Public Engagement for Energy Infrastructure Task convened in Utrecht at the premises of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) for its latest progress meeting.
Unlocking Residential Demand Flexibility: Webinar presents evidence from large scale field experiments
As electricity systems transition to renewables, balancing supply and demand is becoming more complex. Demand flexibility (i.e., encouraging households to shift when they use electricity) has moved from theory to policy priority. But what actually works in the real world?
Tasks
Publications
GO-P2P Final Task Report
The GO-P2P Task was a five and a half year international research collaboration (2019 – 2025) and brought together over 200 researchers, practitioners, policymakers and regulators from 25 countries to build both a research community, and an authoritative, cross-disciplinary evidence base on the conditions underwhich local energy market models can be successfully deployed and scaled. This report summarises the Task’s principal findings, research outputs, and the lessons learned from five years of comparative international research.
Case Study Analysis: The 20 Degree Vision (Aotearoa NZ)
What if the ultimate outcome of a housing intervention programme wasn’t just warmer homes, but a fundamental culture shift in how Aotearoa New Zealand thinks about housing, health, and human dignity?
2025/26 Annual Report
The 2025/26 Annual Report is now available to view in an online version. This report provides an overview of the activities of the Users TCP and its Task during the 2025/26 year.
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.