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PAGE 1 KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER NETWORK THE UK’S INNOVATION NETWORK The UK’s Innovation Network What we do The KTN is the UK’s innovation network. We bring together businesses, entrepreneurs, academics and funders to develop new products and services. We help business to grow the economy and improve people’s lives by capturing maximum value from innovative ideas, scientific research and creativity PAGE 2 Introducing the KTN PAGE 3 The Knowledge Transfer Network Enabling Collaboration Strategic Connecting people who wouldn’t usually meet to solve innovation challenges Interdisciplinary Bringing together businesses and researchers from different sectors Entrepreneurial Linking people with new ideas and technologies to partners and customers Commercial Introducing innovators to public and private funders and investors Our energy system is changing... Sustainable PAGE 4 Is driven by Affordable Energy trilemma Secure Causing Energy production changes: - Less flexible generation - More variable output - Mix of central and local - Consumers to suppliers Demand Shifts - Changing use patterns - Government stimulation - Electrification of heat and transport System Concerns - Electricity capacity margin now <5% - Infrastructure inadequacy E.g. Storage Resulting in an increased complexity and uncertainty....... Demand-led control of supply Independent unidirectional vectors Centralised generation Balancing demand and supply Multidirectional interdependent vectors Generation at multiple scales & sites 4 ........and opportunities for businesses to respond to challenges through innovation PAGE 5 Some Opportunity Areas Energy Built Environment Integration of renewable energy supplies Balancing supply and demand Developing a resilient energy system Active control and communication systems Integrating DC and charging systems into buildings Delivering packages of infrastructure improvements to support growth and reduce capital and revenue costs ICT/Digital increased engagement in generating, using, and trading energy locally Enhanced data management and security. £10m Urban Community Energy Fund Some key points (courtesy RegenSW) A least 60MW of community-owned renewable electricity generation capacity is currently in operation Communities have invested ~£17m in community renewable electricity through 40 community share offers. If current growth rate is maintained, this could rise to more than £320m by 2020, or as much as £1.5bn under the most optimistic scenario . •https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/comm unity-energy-strategy PAGE 6 DECC Community Energy Strategy PAGE 7 Localised Energy Systems A cross-sector approach for collaborative RD&D £11m competition funded by Innovate UK and EPSRC Intelligent SME energy management and trading with ancillary services Maximising waste water and energy utilisation through combined AD, PV and heat systems Managing flexibly generated electricity across local battery storage systems Using Hydrogen as a storage medium for intermittent generating sources Virtual Power Plant to maximise utility of energy produced from disparate sources Modeling of PV and heat systems for clustered buildings. “One out of every five people on Earth lives without access to electricity and the opportunities it provides for working, learning, or operating a business. Twice as many – nearly 3 billion people – use wood, coal, charcoal, or animal waste to cook their meals and heat their homes, exposing themselves and their families to smoke and fumes that damage their health and kill nearly 2 million people a year. Without access to energy, it is not possible to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.” Vision Statement by Ban Ki-moon (November ) Secretary-General of the United Nations PAGE 8 1.1 Energy and development PAGE 9 PAGE 10 What now? No easy answer – but do-able! Technology Appropriate? DRL? Scaleable? Production? Funding Public Private Own investment Charity Business Model Markets are different! New markets don’t need (or want) old technology. BUT simple is good Contacts End-user community engagement Training Feet on the ground. PAGE 11 PAGE 12 Questions? [email protected]