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Projects: Projects for Investigator
Reference Number	InnUK/102222/01
Title	Optimising regional clusters of smart electricity networks
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electricity transmission and distribution) 100%;
Research Types	Applied Research and Development 75%; Final stage Development and Demonstration 25%;
Science and Technology Fields	ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 100%
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator	Project Contact No email address given Encraft Limited
Award Type	Collaborative Research & Development
Funding Source	Innovate-UK
Start Date	01 May 2015
End Date	30 April 2016
Duration	12 months
Total Grant Value	£191,282
Industrial Sectors
Region	West Midlands
Programme	Competition Call: 1405_CRD_ENE_GEN_ENCATESR1 - Not Available. Activity Energy Catalyst Rnd 1 Early Stage
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Project Contact , Encraft Limited (29.552%)
	Other Investigator	Project Contact , Wolverhampton City Council (13.070%) Project Contact , E2E Services Limited (27.487%) Project Contact , EA Technology Limited (29.891%)
	Industrial Collaborator	Project Contact , Sch of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University (0.000%)
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Objectives
Abstract	The project aims to reduce energy costs and improve security of energy supply for customers by making it easier for communities in cities and towns to optimise their own energy system before calling on the National Grid. This will be achieved by a new kind of local network control system, located at substations across participating localities. The benefits to the national system are reduced demand on the central control system. The benefits to localities are scope for them to make more efficient use of distributed generation assets (solar, wind etc) and potential to realise greater value from demand management approaches and technologies. This is an early stage project to demonstrate technical feasibility and subsequent pilots and commercial deployments are expected to result in a highly scaleable and exportable technology solution, providing a platform wider adoption of low carbon distributed energy technologies nationally.The project aims to reduce energy costs and improve security of energy supply for customers by making it easier for communities in cities and towns to optimise their own energy system before calling on the National Grid. This will be achieved by a new kind of local network control system, located at substations across participating localities. The benefits to the national system are reduced demand on the central control system. The benefits to localities are scope for them to make more efficient use of distributed generation assets (solar, wind etc) and potential to realise greater value from demand management approaches and technologies. This is an early stage project to demonstrate technical feasibility and subsequent pilots and commercial deployments are expected to result in a highly scaleable and exportable technology solution, providing a platform wider adoption of low carbon distributed energy technologies nationally.The project aims to reduce energy costs and improve security of energy supply for customers by making it easier for communities in cities and towns to optimise their own energy system before calling on the National Grid. This will be achieved by a new kind of local network control system, located at substations across participating localities. The benefits to the national system are reduced demand on the central control system. The benefits to localities are scope for them to make more efficient use of distributed generation assets (solar, wind etc) and potential to realise greater value from demand management approaches and technologies. This is an early stage project to demonstrate technical feasibility and subsequent pilots and commercial deployments are expected to result in a highly scaleable and exportable technology solution, providing a platform wider adoption of low carbon distributed energy technologies nationally.The project aims to reduce energy costs and improve security of energy supply for customers by making it easier for communities in cities and towns to optimise their own energy system before calling on the National Grid. This will be achieved by a new kind of local network control system, located at substations across participating localities. The benefits to the national system are reduced demand on the central control system. The benefits to localities are scope for them to make more efficient use of distributed generation assets (solar, wind etc) and potential to realise greater value from demand management approaches and technologies. This is an early stage project to demonstrate technical feasibility and subsequent pilots and commercial deployments are expected to result in a highly scaleable and exportable technology solution, providing a platform wider adoption of low carbon distributed energy technologies nationally.The project aims to reduce energy costs and improve security of energy supply for customers by making it easier for communities in cities and towns to optimise their own energy system before calling on the National Grid. This will be achieved by a new kind of local network control system, located at substations across participating localities. The benefits to the national system are reduced demand on the central control system. The benefits to localities are scope for them to make more efficient use of distributed generation assets (solar, wind etc) and potential to realise greater value from demand management approaches and technologies. This is an early stage project to demonstrate technical feasibility and subsequent pilots and commercial deployments are expected to result in a highly scaleable and exportable technology solution, providing a platform wider adoption of low carbon distributed energy technologies nationally.
Publications	(none)
Final Report	(none)
Added to Database	08/10/15