Supergen Storage Network Plus 2019

Completed

Other Power and Storage Technologies(Energy storage)

Basic and strategic applied research

PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy)
Other (Energy technology information dissemination)

Dr Y Ding
Inst of Particle Science & Engineering
University of Leeds

Standard

EPSRC

02 September 2019

01 September 2025

72 months

£1,107,188

Energy

Yorkshire & Humberside

Energy : Energy

Dr Y Ding, Inst of Particle Science & Engineering, University of Leeds

Professor NP Brandon, Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London
Professor P Bruce, Chemistry, University of St Andrews
Dr A Cruden, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton
Dr SE Dutton, Physics, University of Cambridge
Professor PC Eames, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University
Professor S Garvey, Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham
Dr A Gormally, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
Professor CP Grey, Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Professor S Islam, Materials, University of Oxford
Dr Y Li, Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham
Dr J Marco, School of Engineering, Cranfield University
Dr CN Markides, Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
Dr C Patsios, Electrical, Electronic & Computer Eng, Newcastle University
Dr J Radcliffe, Electronic, Electrical and Computer Eng, University of Birmingham
Dr P Shearing, Chemical Engineering, University College London
Professor G Strbac, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London
Professor PC Taylor, Engineering, Durham University
Prof J Wang, School of Engineering, University of Warwick

Project Contact, Cenex
Project Contact, Rolls-Royce PLC
Project Contact, The Alan Turing Institute
Project Contact, International Energy Storage Alliance
Project Contact, Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership
Project Contact, Pivot Power LLP
Project Contact, Innovatium Group Limited
Project Contact, Johnson Matthey Plc
Project Contact, Babcock International Group plc
Project Contact, Newcastle University
Project Contact, Jaguar Land Rover Limited
Project Contact, Highview Power Storage
Project Contact, PassivSystems Limited
Project Contact, Scottish and Southern Energy plc
Project Contact, National Grid plc
Project Contact, Advanced Propulsion Centre UK Ltd (APC)
Project Contact, Northern Powergrid
Project Contact, Aggregated Micro Power Holdings
Project Contact, H J Enthoven & Sons
Project Contact, Flexible Power Systems
Project Contact, Penso Power
Project Contact, Northern Gas Networks
Project Contact, Nexeon Ltd
Project Contact, ITM Power PLC
Project Contact, Heatcatcher Ltd
Project Contact, ABB Limited
Project Contact, OXIS Energy Limited
Project Contact, Yuasa Battery UK Ltd
Project Contact, Williams Advanced Engineering
Project Contact, Siemens plc (UK)
Project Contact, Conservatoire for Dance and Drama
Project Contact, SP Energy Networks
Project Contact, Atkins

Energy Storage (ES) has a key role to play as a part of whole UK and global energy systems, by providing flexibility, enhancing affordability, security and resilience against supply uncertainties, and addressing the huge challenges related to the climate change. Following UKRI investment over the last decade, the UK is in a strong position internationally in ES research and innovation. Although areas of UK expertise are world leading, there is little interaction between these areas and interplaying disciplines e.g. artificial intelligence, data and social sciences. This fragmentation limits the community's ability to deliver significant societal impact and threatens the continuity of delivering research excellence, missing opportunities as a result. Consequently, there is now an urgent need for the ES community to connect, convene and communicate more effectively. The proposed Supergen Storage Network Plus 2019 project (ES-Network+) responds to this need by bringing together 19 leading academics at different career stages across 12 UK institutions, with complementary energy storage (ES) related expertise and the necessary multidisciplinary balance to deliver the proposed programme.The aim of the ES-Network+ is to create a dynamic, forward-looking and sustainable platform, connecting and serving people from diverse backgrounds across the whole ES value chain including industry, academia and policymakers. As a focal point for the ES community, we will create, exchange and disseminate ES knowledge with our stakeholders. We will nurture early career researchers (ECR) in ES and establish ambitious, measurable goals for equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI). We will complement existing activities (e.g. Faraday Institution, UKERC, Energy Systems Catapult, CREDS, other Supergen Hubs) to serve the UK's needs, delivering impact nationally and internationally.The ES-Network+ will convene and support the ES community to deliver societal impact through technological breakthroughs, generating further value from the UKRI ES portfolio. It will be a secure and inclusive eco-system for researchers in ES & related fields to access, innovate, build and grow their UK and international networks. It is distinctive from the current Supergen Storage Hub: We have a PI with non-electrochemical background, an expanded investigator team with complementary expertise in energy network integration, mechanical and inter-seasonal thermal ES, hybrid storage with digital knowledge, cold storage, transport with ES integration, ES materials measurement & imaging and social science with policy implications. Early career researchers will hold key positions within the ES-Network+ and we will underpin all of our work with EDI values. We will develop an authoritative whitepaper for steering ES related decision-making, giving an overview of the ES community and a technical view on how ES research should be steered going forward.The team is extremely well-connected to the ES industry and the wider energy community and has secured 57 supporting organisations, including energy production, transmission, distribution & network operation, specialist aggregators of heat & power, storage technology developers and integrators; ES related manufacturers, ES related recycling; and research institutes/centres/hubs/networks/associations both nationally and internationally. The supporting organisations also bring in a significant amount of extra resources to ensure a successful delivery of the ES-Network+.

20/08/21