1. Driving Innovation
Localised energy systems – a cross sector
approach
£11m Collaborative Research and Development
competition
Christian Inglis – Energy, Mark Wray – Built Environment
Jon Horsley – Transport, Andrew Tyrer - Digital
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2. Three strategy pillars to do this
Driving Innovation
Affordable and
secure sources of
energy which also
reduce GHG
emissions
Integration of
future demand and
energy supply into
a flexible, secure
and resilient
energy system
Working with our
partners across the
Low Carbon
Innovation
Coordination Group
(LCICG) in delivery
Reduce green
house gas
emissions at point
of use

3. Driving Innovation
This is how we prioritise
• Four questions to ask yourself when thinking
about Technology Strategy Board
competitions
• Is there a global market to sell into?
• Do we have companies in the UK capable of
taking the innovation forwards?
• Is Technology Strategy Board support needed to
take it forwards?
• Is the time to do it now or is it unfortunately too
late or perhaps too early?

4. Driving Innovation
Localised energy systems – a cross
sector approach
Competition for Collaborative Research and
Development

5. UK Energy Demand 2010
Driving Innovation
15% from LES?

6. What are the drivers?
Driving Innovation
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Drivers for change – alternate business models, meeting carbon reduction
goals, improving resilience & flexibility, reducing delivery and running
costs
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Policy driving significant change for the future of the UK’s energy system
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15% renewables predicted to be deployed by 2020
Changing mix of technologies generating, distributing, using and
storing energy
Ageing infrastructure
80% reduction in green house gas emissions by 2050
- Built environment accounts for 45% of baseline emissions and
85% of it will still be in use in 2050.
- Reduction of the UK transport sector carbon emissions will rely
heavily upon vehicles being powered by electricity and that will
rely on a significantly decarbonized grid.

7. Driving Innovation
What are the opportunities?
Energy
Built environment
• Integration of renewable
energy supplies
• Integrating DC and
charging systems into
buildings
• Balancing supply and
demand
• Developing a resilient
energy system
• Active control and
communication systems
• Delivering packages of
infrastructure
improvements to support
growth and reduce capital
and revenue costs

8. Driving Innovation
What are the opportunities?
Transport
Digital
• Removing barriers to
electric vehicle charging
• increased engagement in
generating, using, and
trading energy locally
• Leveraging benefits of
charging e.g. Load
levelling, deployment or
use of smart metering
• Battery (or other storage
media) re-use to support
periodic localisedhigh
demand
• enhanced data
management and
security.

9. Driving Innovation
Scale of the opportunity
It’s significant
• Smart energy systems - £3 > 5bn to UK by 2020
– Growth at 10% in UK, 30 % EU
• Electricity storage & networks - £6 > 34bn by 2050
• Offset of grid reinforcement - £4 > 19bn by 2050
• Electric vehicle stock to reach 75% by 2050
– Nationally 10% increase in demand
– Locally this could be 500%
• Innovation in heat and related markets £2-12bn by
2050
• Global market opportunities, not UK specific

10. Driving Innovation
What has happened already?
• Feasibility funding rounds
e.g. buildings better connected, smart
power distribution and demand
• Developing energy systems
Catapult
• Building a community in future
energy systems

11. Scope of the call – 3 key points
Driving Innovation
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Focus on industrial research in energy
systems @ local scale
– Clusters of buildings up to districts / mini
networks / inclusive of energy user and/or
producers / virtual communities
– Electrical / heating / cooling / combustible
gases / alternative fuel technologies /
•
Energy
Localised
Built
environment energy
systems
Cross sector working to deliver innovation
in system integration
Built environment / digital / energy / transport
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Projects to develop new products, services,
and solutions across these sectors both for
UK and global markets
Transport
Digital

12. Driving Innovation
Challenge areas:
1. systems solutions that balance supply and
demand and enable economically viable
energy eco systems e.g. design and modelling,
interoperability, combination/aggregation of individual technologies,
active management, control and monitoring of energy systems and
networks customer engagement tools
2. Developing new services for local energy
systems e.g. low carbon vehicle charging/refuelling, resilient
systems services, demand-side management, commercial models
and trading protocols that enable technologies and systems to be
used effectively, new ways of using/deploying smart meters

13. Driving Innovation
Challenge areas:
3. integration of individual technologies,
including innovative combinations of;
distributed generation, energy harvesting, storage, heating and
cooling and power technologies, smarter charging/refuelling, and
innovative energy storage facilities, for use with electric and
alternatively fuelled vehicles, DC power systems to supply
consumer electronics from DC sources, for example, photovoltaics,
fuel cells and batteries, without the need for conversion to AC
4. preparing for the digital energy era where
appliances can intelligently communicate
with supply networks including: ICT enabling
systems, tools for managing data, security and use, communication,
sensors

14. Driving Innovation
Out of scope
• Projects that focus on individual technology
development alone, e.g. generation
technologies, storage media, new battery
development, development of smart-meters
• Projects that focus on energy efficiency
measures for buildings or individual
management systems technologies

15. Driving Innovation
Deliverables
• A tangible outcome, e.g.
– Small scale technology demonstration
– Pilot system or process demonstrator
• We are planning on working with partners in the
LCICG to follow up on dissemination,
technology showcasing, policy informing and
community building around energy systems
– Events to be confirmed in 2015 and beyond
– http://tinyurl.com/ouv7jv6

16. Driving Innovation
What’s the TSB / EPSRC offer
Up to £11M for business led industrial research
Up to £1.5M from EPSRC to support academic partners on energy
components. Funding for Universities, RTO’s etc limited to 30% of
project costs in any one project
Collaborative R&D - grant
Project costs - £200k to £2M
Project duration – 12 to 36 months

17. Application process
Driving Innovation
Two stage application process
Stage 1 opens
20 January 2014
Competition briefing – Bristol
30 January 2014
Additional brokering event – London
18 February 2014
Registration (by website) closes (noon) 12 March 2014
Stage 1 applications submitted (noon)
19 March 2014
TSB assessment and successful applicants invited to
submit detailed proposal in stage 2 7 April 2014
Stage 2 applications submitted (noon)
22 May 2014
Projects commence
August 2014

18. Driving Innovation
Looking for partners?
• The future energy systems group is an online space
to find partners, discuss ideas, and get up to date
information.
• Growing community of nearing 200 and we
encourage you to join and be active
• Your profiles will also be uploaded here
https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/futureenergy-systems/overview

19. Driving Innovation
Christian Inglis
• Background
– Business: Johnson Matthey Ceramics, Rio Tinto Minerals
– 2000 to 2007
– Joined materials team at TSB in 2007, joined energy team
in 2012
– Academic: BEng,Materials Science and Engineering at
Surrey University – 2000
• Responsibilities
– Grid balancing, management and infrastructure
– next generation solar
– localised energy systems
Contact details:
e: christian.inglis@tsb.gov.uk
m: 07824599792
Twitter: @energytechstrat

20. Driving Innovation
Further contacts
• Built Environment, mark.wray@tsb.gov.uk
• Digital, andrew.tyrer@tsb.gov.uk
• Transport, jon.horsley@tsb.gov.uk
• EPSRC, gavin.salisbury@epsrc.ac.uk

21. DECCs community energy strategy
Driving Innovation
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Launch of a £10m Urban Community Energy Fund
Some key points (courtesy RegenSW )
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Communities have invested ~£17m in community renewable
electricity through 40 community share offers.
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Highlights 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.
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A least 60MW of community-owned renewable electricity
generation capacity is currently in operation.
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https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-energystrategy