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Reference Number
ETI-EN2004
Title
Energy Infrastructure Cost and Performance 2010-2050
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research (Energy system analysis)
Research Types
Applied Research and Development
Science and Technology Fields
SOCIAL SCIENCES (Economics and Econometrics)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Applied Mathematics)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Computer Science and Informatics)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Applied Mathematics)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Computer Science and Informatics)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Systems Analysis related to energy R&D (Energy modelling)
Principal Investigator
Project Contact
Buro Happold Ltd
Buro Happold Ltd
Award Type
Institute Project
Funding Source
ETI
Start Date
12 March 2012
End Date
04 March 2015
Duration
36 months
Total Grant Value
£600,000
Industrial Sectors
Region
South West
Programme
Energy Storage and Distribution
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Objectives
Abstract
This £600,000 research project was led by international consulting engineers Buro Happold, and provides users with data on the costs and performance associated with key types of fixed energy infrastructure.
- The Infrastructure Cost Calculator was developed to allow users to calculate and compare network transition costs across a number of scenarios and vectors, including electricity, gas, heat and hydrogen
- The Infrastructure Cost Calculator provides users with access to a robust, centrally stored database of infrastructure costs based on current industry data
- Users can define and compare different scenarios to understand long term investments for a UK transition to a low carbon energy network
In order to assess the opportunities for meeting long term emissions reductions targets, it is necessary to understand the costs and performance of the energy infrastructure that will carry energy from where it is generated, to where it is consumed. Example capabilities of the Infrastructure Cost Calculator include:
- Impact Analysis: testing new innovations to understand how they impact on the cost of networks.
- Sensitivity Analysis: investigating how cost changes based on future scenarios impact upon lifetime network costs.
- Transition comparisons: investigating the difference between the costs of pathways to reach a low carbon energy network.
- Time implications: analysing the financial impacts of carrying out infrastructure changes over different time periods.
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