ETI’s Strategy Manager Hannah Evans presents “Bridging the gap between technological innovation and market demand” at the Bio Based Innovations Expo 2017
The objective of the Distributed Energy (DE) Programme is to increase the uptake of DE through the development of integrated systems in order to reduce through-life costs, improve ease of installation and increase efficiency in the combined generation of heat and electricity. Within this programme framework the objective of the Macro DE FRP will develop and validate a software methodology to enable the design of optimised DE solutions where clusters of demand sites are linked with appropriate DE supply equipment. The project will quantify the opportunity for Macro level DE (up to 50MW) in the UK and the potential to accelerate the development of appropriate technology by 2020 for the purposes of significant implementation by 2030
Subsequent to this report it was agreed to purchase CreditSafe’s registered company database due to its better overall accuracy of key indicator data for the tertiary sector.
Having developed and validated a method for forecasting energy demand, the next steps within this particular work package are
To develop an approach for creating around 20 UK “Characteristic Zones” to calculate aggregated zonal demand.
Develop an approach for assessing large UK waste heat emitters
In addition with a separate work package (WP4) the consortium will develop a design/optimisation methodology to aggregate zonal energy demand data and design/optimise zonal DE centre’s using the temporal demand profiles from this deliverable together with a library of DE technology/equipment (WP3). This design/optimisation methodology will be embedded in a pre-prototype software too
The objective of the Distributed Energy (DE) Programme is to increase the uptake of DE through the development of integrated systems in order to reduce through-life costs, improve ease of installation and increase efficiency in the combined generation of heat and electricity. Within this programme framework the objective of the Macro DE FRP will develop and validate a software methodology to enable the design of optimised DE solutions where clusters of demand sites are linked with appropriate DE supply equipment. The project will quantify the opportunity for Macro level DE (up to 50MW) in GB and the potential to accelerate the development of appropriate technology by 2020 for the purposes of significant implementation by 2030
This executive summary discusses the five work packages and their results in terms of the key outcomes from the project:
Evaluation of the potential benefits of system aggregation and optimisation techniques
Characterisation of energy demand and supply profiles for typical UK site types (typically 100 kWe – 10 MWe)
Development of software methodology which analyses and integrates combinations of sites to enable optimised DE solutions
Benefits case for the development of such an approach
Identification of the deployment and CO2 reduction opportunity for macro DE systems
This UKERC Research Landscape provides an overview of the competencies and publicly funded activities in energy efficiency (industry) research, development and demonstration (RD&D) in the UK. It covers the main funding streams, research providers, infrastructure, networks and UK participation in international activities.
UKERC ENERGY RESEARCH LANDSCAPE: ENERGY EFFICIENCY - INDUSTRY
Section 1: An overview which includes a broad characterisation of research activity in the sector and the key research challenges
Section 2: An assessment of UK capabilities in relation to wider international activities, in the context of market potential
Section 3: Major funding streams and providers of basic research along with a brief commentary
Section 4: Major funding streams and providers of applied research along with a brief commentary
Section 5: Major funding streams for demonstration activity along with major projects and a brief commentary
Section 6: Research infrastructure and other major research assets (e.g. databases, models)
Section 7: Research networks, mainly in the UK, but also European networks not covered by the EU Framework Research and Technology Development (RTD) Programmes
Section 8: UK participation in energy-related EU Framework Research and Technology Development (RTD) Programmes
Section 9: UK participation in wider international initiatives, including those supported by the International Energy Agency
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