SUPERGEN is EPSRC's flagship initiative in Sustainable Power Generation and Supply. SUPERGEN, now part of the Research Councils' Energy Programme, is managed and led by EPSRC in partnership with BBSRC, ESRC, NERC and the Carbon Trust.

This brochure introduces SUPERGEN and the challenges being tackled, together with research consortia funded on:

• Bioenergy Consortium
• UK Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Consortium (UK-SHEC)
• Marine Energy Research Consortium
• Future Network Technologies (FutureNet) Consortium
• Photovoltaic Materials for the 21st Century 'PV-21' Consortium
• Conventional Power Plant Lifetime Extension (PLE) Consortium
• Fuel Cells Consortium
• Highly Distributed Power Systems Consortium
• Exaction Solar Cell Consortium
• Energy Storage Consortium
• Biological Fuel Cells Consortium
• Asset Management and Performance of Energy Systems (AMPerES) Consortium
• Wind Energy Technologies Consortium