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Reference Number EP/Y025946/1
Title Global Centers Track 1: Electric Power Innovation for a Carbon-free Society (EPICS)
Status Started
Energy Categories Renewable Energy Sources 50%;
Other Power and Storage Technologies 50%;
Research Types Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 100%
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator Professor M M O'Malley

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Imperial College London
Award Type Standard
Funding Source EPSRC
Start Date 01 November 2023
End Date 31 October 2028
Duration 60 months
Total Grant Value £5,336,549
Industrial Sectors Energy
Region London
Programme ISPF NSF Global Centers, UKRI Strategic Theme Building a Green Future
 
Investigators Principal Investigator Professor M M O'Malley , Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London (99.992%)
  Other Investigator Prof KRW (Keith ) Bell , Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde (0.001%)
Professor JW Bialek , Engineering, Durham University (0.001%)
Professor RJ (Richard ) Green , Business School, Imperial College London (0.001%)
Dr JS Britton , Geography, University of Exeter (0.001%)
Dr B Chaudhuri , Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London (0.001%)
Dr F Teng , Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London (0.001%)
Dr E Spyrou , Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London (0.001%)
Professor P Pinson , Design Engineering (Dyson School, Imperial College London (0.001%)
  Industrial Collaborator Project Contact , Energy Systems Integration Group (0.000%)
Project Contact , Global PST Consortium (0.000%)
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Objectives
Abstract The EPICS centre's vision is to become the global scientific leader in the development of the solutions for transitioning Towards a 100% Renewable Energy (T100RE) power grids. The centre is meant to be a global multidisciplinary cradle-to-grave innovation and implementation ecosystem engaging industry, policy and public stakeholders and accelerating transfer of the developed solutions. The need for both global and multi-stakeholder partnerships is instrumental for developing and implementing sound engineering, economic, computational and policy methods in time to achieve aggressive climate goals, while averting unnecessarily costly and wasteful practices and delays.Transitioning Towards a 100% Renewable Energy (T100RE) power grid is critical for both decarbonisation of the global electric power sector which is responsible for 42% of the global carbon emissions, and for supporting climate-critical decarbonisation of other economic sectors and energy end uses (e.g., transportation, heating and cooling, and industry). The EPICS Centre formed a community of academic leaders from Australia (University of Melbourne, Monash University, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization), UK (Imperial College London, University of Edinburgh, Strathclyde University, Newcastle University) and US (Johns Hopkins University, Georgia Tech, UC Davis, Resources for the Future) to execute the proposed research agenda and established partnerships with three global organizations - Global Power System Transformation (G-PST) Consortium, Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) and Future Power Forum Market (FPFM) - who committed their own resources to support the EPICS Centre's implementation agenda, that is translation of research discoveries into practice, education and workforce development, and public outreach. The EPICS Centre blurs the bounds between the traditionally separated academic and industry research activities in the global clean-energy community, and offers a multi- disciplinary research response to address, jointly with G-PST, ESIG and FPFM, the gaps in efficiency, reliability, resiliency, and sustainability of T100RE power grids of the future
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