Macro Distributed Energy

Completed

Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Energy system analysis)
Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial)

Applied Research and Development

SOCIAL SCIENCES (Town and Country Planning)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (General Engineering and Mineral & Mining Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Architecture and the Built Environment)

Not Cross-cutting

Project Contact
Caterpillar UK Ltd

Institute Project

ETI

28 January 2010

28 June 2013

41 months

£800,000

Technical Consultancy

East of England

Distributed Energy

Project Contact, Caterpillar UK Ltd

Project Contact, University of Manchester
Project Contact, EDF Energy

This project quantified the opportunity for Macro level Distributed Energy (DE) across the UK and accelerate the development of appropriate technology by 2020 for the purposes of significant implementation by 2030. The project studied energy demand such as residential accommodation, local services, hospitals, business parks and equipment, and is developing a software methodology to analyse local combinations of sites and technologies. This enabled the design of optimised distributed energy delivery solutions for these areas. The project identified a number of larger scale technology development and demonstration projects for the ETI to consider developing. The findings from this project is now being distilled into our Smart Systems and Heat programme. The ETI acknowledges that the project was undertaken and reports produced by Caterpillar, EDF, and the University of Manchester

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