Aurora Energy Research
The University of Oxford
Problem
The rapid shift from fossil fuels to renewables creates complex, volatile energy markets. Investors, developers, and governments often struggle to forecast long-term power prices, project financial risks, and manage grid congestion using traditional estimation methods.
Solution
Aurora Energy Research was founded by Oxford professors and economists who saw the need for deeper, bankable energy intelligence. Today, it is the largest dedicated power analytics provider in Europe, trusted across continents to guide critical decisions through a changing energy landscape. Aurora partners with leading finance, energy, utility, and development organisations to deliver critical insights that drive investment, strategy, and policy decisions across global energy markets.
Sustainable Development Goals addressed
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The 1928 Institute
The University of Oxford
The 1928 Institute targets a lack of representation, systemic data gaps, and under-addressed discrimination facing the British Indian community.
The 1752 Group
University of York
Sexual misconduct by staff is under-reported and under-researched. Higher education institutions in the UK need to be leading the change to prevent cultures of abuse, respond effectively and without inflicting further harm, ensure robust, student-centred reporting and investigation procedures, and implement policies and procedures to eliminate the sexual misconduct of academic, professional services, contracted and temporary staff.
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Queen Mary University of London
Game designers, developers and publishers often have questions about their games which requires custom answers, such as evaluation of different strategies, game balance, frequency and types of actions played, victory conditions triggered most often, etc.