# Research
**Source**: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/crest/research/
**Parent**: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/crest/research/projects/modernising-cooking/
Research activities at CREST cover a range of technical applications, including wind power, solar PV, energy in buildings, grid connection and integration, and energy storage (including hydrogen).
CREST is a member of the European Renewable Energy Centres Agency - a prestigious network of over 40 of the top renewable energy research centres. CREST regularly collaborates on projects with many of these organisations.
> "CREST employs highly skilled academics, scientists and researchers who generate ideas and technologies that have much broader social and economic impact. It is playing a role in helping society to address the global challenges it faces in energy, fuel poverty and environment."
**Dr John Liddle, Director, Sustainable Construction I-Net**