Centre for Energy Systems Integration
Lead Research Organisation:
Newcastle University
Department Name: Sch of Engineering
Abstract
Energy systems are vitally important to the future of UK industry and society. However, the energy trilemma presents many complex interconnected challenges. Current integrated energy systems modelling and simulation techniques suffer from a series of shortcomings that undermine their ability to develop and inform improved policy and planning decisions, therefore preventing the UK realising huge potential benefits. The current approach is characterised by high level static models which produce answers or predictions that are highly subject to a set of critical simplifying assumptions and therefore cannot be relied upon with a high degree of confidence. They are unable to provide sufficiently accurate or detailed, integrated representations of the physics, engineering, social, spatial temporal or stochastic aspects of real energy systems. They also struggle to generate robust long term plans in the face of uncertainties in commercial and technological developments and the effects of climate change, behavioural dynamics and technological interdependencies.
The aim of the Centre for Energy Systems Integration (CESI) is to address this weakness and reduce the risks associated with securing and delivering a fully integrated future energy system for the UK. This will be achieved through the development of a radically different, holistic modelling, simulation and optimisation methodology which makes use of existing high level tools from academic, industry and government networks and couples them with detailed models validated using full scale multi vector demonstration systems. CESI will carry out uncertainty quantification to identify the robust messages which the models are providing about the real world, and to identify where effort on improving models should be focused in order to maximise learning about the real world. This approach, and the associated models and data, will be made available to the energy community and will provide a rigorous underpinning for current integrated energy systems research, so that future energy system planning and policy formulation can be carried out with a greater degree of confidence than is currently possible.
CESI is a unique partnership of five research intensive universities and underpinning strategic partner Siemens (contribution value of £7.1m to the centre) The Universities of Newcastle, Durham, Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt and Sussex have a combined RCUK energy portfolio worth over £100m. The centre will have a physical base as Newcastle University which will release space for the centre in the new £60m Urban Sciences Building. This building will contain world-class facilities from which to lead international research into digitally enabled urban sustainability and will also be physically connected to a full scale instrumented multi vector energy system. The building will feature an Urban Observatory, which will collect a diverse set of data from across the city, and a 3D Decision Theatre which will enable real-time data to be analysed, explored and the enable the testing of hypotheses.
The main aim of CESI's work is to develop a modular 'plug-n-play' environment in which components of the energy system can be co-simulated and optimised in detail. With no technology considered in isolation, considering sectors as an interlinked whole, the interactions and rebound effects across technologies and users can be examined.
The methodology proposed is a system architect concept underpinned by a twin track approach of detailed multi-vector, integrated simulation and optimisation at various scales incorporating uncertainty, coupled with large scale demonstration and experimental facilities in order to test, validate and evaluate solutions and scenarios. A System Architect takes a fully integrated, balanced, long term, transparent approach to energy system planning unfettered by silos and short term thinking.
The aim of the Centre for Energy Systems Integration (CESI) is to address this weakness and reduce the risks associated with securing and delivering a fully integrated future energy system for the UK. This will be achieved through the development of a radically different, holistic modelling, simulation and optimisation methodology which makes use of existing high level tools from academic, industry and government networks and couples them with detailed models validated using full scale multi vector demonstration systems. CESI will carry out uncertainty quantification to identify the robust messages which the models are providing about the real world, and to identify where effort on improving models should be focused in order to maximise learning about the real world. This approach, and the associated models and data, will be made available to the energy community and will provide a rigorous underpinning for current integrated energy systems research, so that future energy system planning and policy formulation can be carried out with a greater degree of confidence than is currently possible.
CESI is a unique partnership of five research intensive universities and underpinning strategic partner Siemens (contribution value of £7.1m to the centre) The Universities of Newcastle, Durham, Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt and Sussex have a combined RCUK energy portfolio worth over £100m. The centre will have a physical base as Newcastle University which will release space for the centre in the new £60m Urban Sciences Building. This building will contain world-class facilities from which to lead international research into digitally enabled urban sustainability and will also be physically connected to a full scale instrumented multi vector energy system. The building will feature an Urban Observatory, which will collect a diverse set of data from across the city, and a 3D Decision Theatre which will enable real-time data to be analysed, explored and the enable the testing of hypotheses.
The main aim of CESI's work is to develop a modular 'plug-n-play' environment in which components of the energy system can be co-simulated and optimised in detail. With no technology considered in isolation, considering sectors as an interlinked whole, the interactions and rebound effects across technologies and users can be examined.
The methodology proposed is a system architect concept underpinned by a twin track approach of detailed multi-vector, integrated simulation and optimisation at various scales incorporating uncertainty, coupled with large scale demonstration and experimental facilities in order to test, validate and evaluate solutions and scenarios. A System Architect takes a fully integrated, balanced, long term, transparent approach to energy system planning unfettered by silos and short term thinking.
Planned Impact
CESI has been designed to maximise the impact of the proposed research on the economy and society. We propose an Impact and Engagement Officer, seconding researchers into external organisations and creating a unique full-scale demonstration facility. The Centre Director time is 40%FTE, around 5% is estimated for impact and engagement networking and the awards from the £1m of "flexible funding" will be based on potential impact. Most of the demonstration facilities will be at Newcastle University's £60m Urban Sciences Building, which includes working space for CESI and its visiting academic, public and private collaborators.
CESI will address the gap between research and large scale deployments with unique full-scale demonstrator facilities. The most comprehensive demonstrator is Science Central which includes integrated smart energy networks and a £60m smart building. The importance that CESI non-academic partners attach to this project is shown by their significant financial support (cash and in-kind) as seen in the attached letters of support, including £7.1m contribution from Siemens. Senior figures from key partners have agreed to serve on our Industrial Innovation Board and our International Scientific Advisory Board. In order to encourage industry and the public sector to benefit from this research, CESI will endeavour to release all tools, models, scenarios and data.
The consortium has put in place routes for CESI to play an important role in influencing energy policy and many of the CESI academics work closely with DECC. For example, Professor Taylor sits on the DECC energy storage steering group. Due to its importance, DECC and the Scottish Government have stated that they wish to collaborate closely with CESI.
A specific route to policy impact is created by CESI's novel co-evolution cycle approach, combined with an energy trilemma evaluation. This will develop future scenarios showing how integrated energy systems can provide solutions for the UK. These findings will be disseminated through five annual policy briefings, covering energy systems integration issues for decision makers and they shall be invited to workshops and demonstrator open days. Academics will be supported in applying to the Royal Society Westminster and MEP-Scientist Pairing Schemes. CESI will embed researchers in Government Departments. Policy impact will also be enabled by CESI's collaboration with the Energy Systems Catapult. CESI will participate in the European Energy Research Alliance Joint Programme in Energy Systems Integration (EERA JP ESI) at a number of levels.
CESI will maximise the potential societal impact by building on our existing, long-term relationships with third sector partners such as National Energy Action and Thames Valley Vision. We will undertake public engagement by opening at least 2 of the 9 demonstrator open days to the public. CESI's work touches on societal challenges, as a result, we expect the research to be of interest to local media and we will publicise the outputs of the research to the local communities. These activities will exploit the Decision Theatre at Science Central to explain complex multi-dimensional decision-making to the public through 3D visualisation.
The CESI consortium will publish and disseminate research in leading journals and through high-profile conferences, including keynote and plenary lectures. To cement the necessary cross-disciplinary methods of working, some consortium researchers and PhD students will spend time at other academic institutions and/or with our industrial and government partners, and we have retained some flexible funding to meet the costs of these activities.
CESI is leveraging international collaboration to ensure that UKRC funding delivers significant international impact. Our international collaboration includes for example, Skoltech (Russia)and NREL (USA).
CESI will address the gap between research and large scale deployments with unique full-scale demonstrator facilities. The most comprehensive demonstrator is Science Central which includes integrated smart energy networks and a £60m smart building. The importance that CESI non-academic partners attach to this project is shown by their significant financial support (cash and in-kind) as seen in the attached letters of support, including £7.1m contribution from Siemens. Senior figures from key partners have agreed to serve on our Industrial Innovation Board and our International Scientific Advisory Board. In order to encourage industry and the public sector to benefit from this research, CESI will endeavour to release all tools, models, scenarios and data.
The consortium has put in place routes for CESI to play an important role in influencing energy policy and many of the CESI academics work closely with DECC. For example, Professor Taylor sits on the DECC energy storage steering group. Due to its importance, DECC and the Scottish Government have stated that they wish to collaborate closely with CESI.
A specific route to policy impact is created by CESI's novel co-evolution cycle approach, combined with an energy trilemma evaluation. This will develop future scenarios showing how integrated energy systems can provide solutions for the UK. These findings will be disseminated through five annual policy briefings, covering energy systems integration issues for decision makers and they shall be invited to workshops and demonstrator open days. Academics will be supported in applying to the Royal Society Westminster and MEP-Scientist Pairing Schemes. CESI will embed researchers in Government Departments. Policy impact will also be enabled by CESI's collaboration with the Energy Systems Catapult. CESI will participate in the European Energy Research Alliance Joint Programme in Energy Systems Integration (EERA JP ESI) at a number of levels.
CESI will maximise the potential societal impact by building on our existing, long-term relationships with third sector partners such as National Energy Action and Thames Valley Vision. We will undertake public engagement by opening at least 2 of the 9 demonstrator open days to the public. CESI's work touches on societal challenges, as a result, we expect the research to be of interest to local media and we will publicise the outputs of the research to the local communities. These activities will exploit the Decision Theatre at Science Central to explain complex multi-dimensional decision-making to the public through 3D visualisation.
The CESI consortium will publish and disseminate research in leading journals and through high-profile conferences, including keynote and plenary lectures. To cement the necessary cross-disciplinary methods of working, some consortium researchers and PhD students will spend time at other academic institutions and/or with our industrial and government partners, and we have retained some flexible funding to meet the costs of these activities.
CESI is leveraging international collaboration to ensure that UKRC funding delivers significant international impact. Our international collaboration includes for example, Skoltech (Russia)and NREL (USA).
Organisations
- Newcastle University (Lead Research Organisation)
- Shangdong University (Collaboration)
- NATIONAL GRID ESO (Collaboration)
- Siemens AG (Collaboration)
- Scottish Power Ltd (Collaboration)
- Ofgem Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Collaboration)
- Gentoo Group (Project Partner)
- Energy Systems Catapult (Project Partner)
- University College Dublin (Project Partner)
- REDT UK Ltd (Project Partner)
- NREL (Nat Renewable Energy Laboratory) (Project Partner)
- YOUR HOMES NEWCASTLE LIMITED (Project Partner)
- Northern Powergrid (Project Partner)
- Siemens plc (UK) (Project Partner)
- Scottish Power Energy Networks (Project Partner)
- Skolkovo Inst of Sci and Tech (Skoltech) (Project Partner)
- Energy Networks Association (Project Partner)
- Technical University of Denmark (Project Partner)
- Cluff Geothermal Ltd (Project Partner)
- Findhorn Foundation (Project Partner)
- Centre for Sensor and Imaging Systems (Project Partner)
- North East Local Enterprise Partnership (Project Partner)
- National Grid plc (Project Partner)
- Dong Energy (Project Partner)
- TNEI Services Limited (Project Partner)
- UK Energy Research Centre (Project Partner)
- Scottish and Southern Energy SSE plc (Project Partner)
- NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL (Project Partner)
- Durham County Council (Project Partner)
- KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER NETWORK LIMITED (Project Partner)
- Nanyang Technological University (Project Partner)
- Triphase NV (Project Partner)
- Northern Gas Networks (Project Partner)
- NTNU Nor Uni of Sci & Tech (Remove) (Project Partner)
- ARCC (Project Partner)
- NATIONAL ENERGY ACTION (Project Partner)
- Denchi Power Ltd (Project Partner)
Publications
Ahangar H
(2023)
Smart Local Energy Systems: Optimal Planning of Stand-Alone Hybrid Green Power Systems for On-Line Charging of Electric Vehicles
in IEEE Access
Alabi O
(2020)
Can spending to upgrade electricity networks to support electric vehicles (EVs) roll-outs unlock value in the wider economy?
in Energy Policy
Allahham A
(2023)
Primary frequency response from hydrogen-based bidirectional vector coupling storage: modelling and demonstration using power-hardware-in-the-loop simulation
in Frontiers in Energy Research
Ambrosius M
(2022)
Risk aversion in multilevel electricity market models with different congestion pricing regimes
in Energy Economics
Ambrosius M
(2020)
Uncertain bidding zone configurations: The role of expectations for transmission and generation capacity expansion
in European Journal of Operational Research
Ameen M
(2020)
The development of a screen valve for reciprocating heat pump/engine applications
in Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy
| Description | Overall, CESI made strong progress against the ambitious vision. CESI developed models, tools and methods to study ESI at multiple scales, which have contributed significantly to understanding the real-world challenges and how these can be overcome. During the creation of CESI, Co-evolution cycles were developed, which could be considered one of the main outputs of CESI. They proved to be useful when studying case studies at different scales such as the Findhorn Community Energy System and the North of Tyne Combined Authority energy system. Another attribute of CESI which can be considered unique is the vast array of validation and cross vector demonstrators that were used within WP 5. Initially the following demonstrators were outlined: ? Urban Science Building (USB)/Newcastle Helix ? ETI/ESCat Smart Systems and Heat ? Findhorn ? Haringey ? Thames Valley Vision ? Cockle Park Farm ? Customer Led Network Revolution (CLNR) CESI used the USB, ESCAT Smart Systems and Heat, Findhorn, Cockle Park Farm and CLNR demonstrators to good effect in generating data, running experiments and validating and calibrating models. Haringey and Thames Valley Vision were not used as extensively. The demonstrators InTEGReL (Integrated Transport, Electricity and Gas Research Laboratory) and ReFLEX (Responsive Flexibility) were developed after the proposal, and both were used extensively, which was a positive and unexpected boost. Similarly, the Port of Tyne as a Clean Maritime demonstrator was developed and used at the end of 2021 to further validate models created during earlier stages of CESI. CESI largely adhered to the original vision and ambition set out in the proposal. Particularly, the creation of frameworks to analyse the future UK ESI and scenarios, developing and validating detailed models of large, interconnected energy systems using stochastic programming, systems of systems and agent-based modelling techniques, and lastly the delivery of a variety of engagement activities from workshops, conferences to site visits. CESI also adapted to insights and changes in the energy landscape through consultation with its Industry Innovation Board (IIB), International Scientific Committee Advisory Board (ISAB) and EPSRC as well as by using its flexible funding mechanism. A good example of this is the government announcement in 2019 stating the UK had moved from an 80% reduction in emissions to Net-Zero targets by 2050; CESI aligned its research to encompass useful outputs for this. The research in CESI is beginning to have an impact in Industry and Government in the UK and internationally and future energy research funding. Through the work of CESI, the UK is moving away from segregated energy vectors that operate in isolation, and towards a more 'whole systems' approach to energy management. Our research has fed into business plans from Northern Gas Networks, has influenced decision-making within BEIS and Ofgem and is changing how the UK Distribution Network Operators view and manage their networks. Ofgem now require whole systems planning from network operators and require considerations for investments in electricity, heat, gas and transport vectors (see Ofgem RIIO-S Business Plan guidance - https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/riio-2-business-plans-guidance-document). Northern Gas Network's whole systems strategy for Ofgem identifies how the transmission operator will enable whole systems solutions in its business (see https://www.northerngasnetworks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/A14-NGN-RIIO-2-Our-Whole-Systems-Strategy.pdf). CESI is helping shape the future of energy research in the UK. UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) has published two reports giving an analysis of the UK's existing research landscape (https://www.ukri.org/files/infrastructure/landscape-analysis-final-web-version/) and identifying opportunities to grow the UK's research and innovation infrastructure capacity (https://www.ukri.org/files/infrastructure/the-uks-research-and-innovation-infrastructure-opportunities-to-grow-our-capacity-final-low-res/) in the period to 2030. These reports make recommendations across six broad research sectors (including energy) identified as key to ensuring the UK remains a global leader. CESI was a key author in the energy sections of the reports. A multi-disciplinary CESI team of researchers from Newcastle University led by Prof Phil Taylor were commissioned by UKRI to consult with the energy community in industry and academia. An important finding from initial consultations was that opportunities to grow future energy research and innovation infrastructure could be classified in seven key themes: Whole energy systems; fuel cells and hydrogen; energy storage; renewable energy sources; alternative fuels; nuclear energy and carbon capture and storage. Our findings and recommendations across these themes are included in the published reports. Of particular relevance to CESI are the recommendations for the whole energy systems theme. These include a new interdisciplinary centre for excellence in energy analysis integration and a decarbonisation of heat demonstrator. CESI research on blockchain has been widely cited nationally and internationally, including by the US Congressional Research Office for a strategic policy briefing to US Congress. The August 2019 US Congress strategic report "Bitcoin, Blockchain and the Energy Sector"( https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45863 ), cited the CESI journal paper "Blockchain Technology in the Energy Sector: A systematic review of challenges and opportunities", published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.10.014). This paper is the most downloaded article in this top-ranked energy journal (IF 10.5). This paper has already received over 160 citations since its publication in February 2019. Professor Karen Turner, Director of University of Strathclyde's Centre for Energy Policy, is PI of a project funded in our first flexible funding call: Modelling the distribution of costs from network upgrades for electric vehicles (EVs) (https://www.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/cesiflexfund/firstcesiflexfundprojects/turn/). Working with Scottish Power Energy Network (SPEN), the project team investigated who would ultimately pay for the cost of upgrading the power network to facilitate the intended rollout of EVs. The project team found that EV uptake has positive impacts for all household incomes and results in increases in GDP and employment. One key finding from the research was that the investment in the electricity network needed to support a 20% uptake in electric vehicles would create 3,000 new jobs. This contributed to a £7.5 million project commissioned by the Scottish Government, following its announcement for accelerated targets to remove the need for carbon emitting cars by 2030 (https://www.gov.scot/news/more-electric-vehicle-charging-points/). The findings of the CESI-funded research are published in Energy Policy (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111117). The Communities Secretary, Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP, rejected permission for an open cast mine near Druridge Bay in 2020, stating that the proposal "is still not environmentally acceptable". This announcement follows a lengthy decision process and extensive media coverage, including a Public Inquiry and an appeal to the High Court. In his expert witness testimony to the Public Inquiry, CESI's former Director and current Associate Director, Professor Phil Taylor, emphasised the need to take a whole systems view, highlighting CESI's research into an integrated energy system. CESI evidence showed that, by balancing supply and demand on the electricity grid, we can phase out coal and reduce the need to build new power stations. An additional benefit of decarbonising our energy system more rapidly is that this offers the opportunity to also decarbonise our transport and heat sectors. We have helped Siemens win a large Whole Systems project at Keele University. Co-Investigator Phil Blythe was awarded the honour of the Order of Commander of the British Empire in the 2022 New Years Honours for services to Science and Engineering in Transport and Government. Phil Blythe is Professor of Intelligent Transport Systems and has made significant contributions throughout the transport sector, including applying information, communications, and computing technology to this industry. Phil also is Vice President IET and former Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Transport (2015-2021). He is involved in the CESI work package on demand. As of 2021, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) highlight a 'featured article' in their bi-monthly issue. The chosen article is selected by the journal editorial team of IET, specifically selected by the Co-Editors-in-Chief (HongJian SUN and Ram Rajagopal), as noteworthy based on the quality and impact of the research presented. The October 2021 edition of the issue (Volume 4, Issue 5), features a paper researched and written by Dr Zoya Pourmirza, Professor Sara Walker and John Brooke titled 'Data reduction algorithm for correlated data in the smart grid'. The paper, originally published in February 2021, discusses the information and communication technology (ICT) in the smart grid. In September 2021, CESI and partners namely Port of Tyne, Siemens, Connected Places Catapult and North-East LEP, were successful in the Department for Transport's Clean Maritime Demonstration call for ""Clean Tyne, UK Roadmap to Decarbonisation". The Clean Tyne project is part of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, funded by the Department for Transport and is delivered in partnership with Innovate UK. The above stakeholders will work together to create a real-time digital platform which will facilitate planning and feasibility studies and help to gain a better understanding on future power needs of Port of Tyne. Outcomes of the project will be used as a data-driven evidence base to establish how a multi-vector renewables port can drive operational transition and wider compliance to deliver on the Governments Clean Air Strategy (2019), Clean Maritime Plan (2020), Maritime 2050 Strategy and Net-Zero (2050). The project uses tools developed by CESI researchers. |
| Exploitation Route | This is already happening. For example: Government Impact: Clean Tyne Project The Clean Tyne Project was developed as part of the Governments call for event as part of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition in 2021. The 6-month project was successful in its bid and the consortium included CESI academics, WP5 lead Haris Patsios and Senior Research Associate Adib Allahham and industry partners Port of Tyne, Siemens, Energy Systems Catapult and North East LEP. The main aims of the project were to help determine the future power needs of the Port of Tyne by deploying a real-time digital platform for scenario planning and feasibility studies, which made of use of some CESI tools. The project delivered outputs that show real benefits to decarbonisation across the UK Port Sector and informed the Governments ten-point plan for a green industrial revolution. As part of the dissemination activities of this project, the Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps commented: 'I would like to congratulate those involved with the Clean Tyne Project, for not only seeing it to completion but developing a technology that will lead to more efficient, clan and profitable ports across the country. You've not just created a blueprint for what maritime must do to decarbonise, but how we do this.' |
| Sectors | Energy |
| URL | https://www.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/ |
| Description | The research in CESI is beginning to have an impact in Industry and Government in the UK and internationally and future energy research funding. Through the work of CESI, the UK is moving away from segregated energy vectors that operate in isolation, and towards a more 'whole systems' approach to energy management. Our research has fed into business plans from Northern Gas Networks, has influenced decision-making within BEIS and Ofgem and is changing how the UK Distribution Network Operators view and manage their networks. Ofgem now require whole systems planning from network operators and require considerations for investments in electricity, heat, gas and transport vectors (see Ofgem RIIO-S Business Plan guidance - https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/riio-2-business-plans-guidance-document). Northern Gas Network's whole systems strategy for Ofgem identifies how the transmission operator will enable whole systems solutions in its business (see https://www.northerngasnetworks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/A14-NGN-RIIO-2-Our-Whole-Systems-Strategy.pdf). CESI is helping shape the future of energy research in the UK. UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) has recently published two reports giving an analysis of the UK's existing research landscape (https://www.ukri.org/files/infrastructure/landscape-analysis-final-web-version/) and identifying opportunities to grow the UK's research and innovation infrastructure capacity (https://www.ukri.org/files/infrastructure/the-uks-research-and-innovation-infrastructure-opportunities-to-grow-our-capacity-final-low-res/) in the period to 2030. These reports make recommendations across six broad research sectors (including energy) identified as key to ensuring the UK remains a global leader. A multi-disciplinary CESI team of researchers from Newcastle University led by Prof Phil Taylor were commissioned by UKRI to consult with the energy community in industry and academia. An important finding from initial consultations was that opportunities to grow future energy research and innovation infrastructure could be classified in seven key themes: Whole energy systems; fuel cells and hydrogen; energy storage; renewable energy sources; alternative fuels; nuclear energy and carbon capture and storage. Our findings and recommendations across these themes are included in the published reports. Of particular relevance to CESI are the recommendations for the whole energy systems theme. These include a new interdisciplinary centre for excellence in energy analysis integration and a decarbonisation of heat demonstrator. CESI research on blockchain has been widely cited nationally and internationally, including by the US Congressional Research Office for a strategic policy briefing to US Congress. The August 2019 US Congress strategic report "Bitcoin, Blockchain and the Energy Sector"( https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45863 ), cited the CESI journal paper "Blockchain Technology in the Energy Sector: A systematic review of challenges and opportunities", published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.10.014). This paper is the most downloaded article in this top-ranked energy journal (IF 10.5). This paper has already received over 160 citations since its publication in February 2019. Professor Karen Turner, Director of University of Strathclyde's Centre for Energy Policy, is PI of a project funded in our first flexible funding call: Modelling the distribution of costs from network upgrades for electric vehicles (EVs) (https://www.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/cesiflexfund/firstcesiflexfundprojects/turn/). Working with Scottish Power Energy Network (SPEN), the project team investigated who would ultimately pay for the cost of upgrading the power network to facilitate the intended rollout of EVs. The project team found that EV uptake has positive impacts for all household incomes and results in increases in GDP and employment. One key finding from the research was that the investment in the electricity network needed to support a 20% uptake in electric vehicles would create 3,000 new jobs. This contributed to a £7.5 million project commissioned by the Scottish Government, following its announcement for accelerated targets to remove the need for carbon emitting cars by 2030 (https://www.gov.scot/news/more-electric-vehicle-charging-points/). The findings of the CESI-funded research are published in Energy Policy (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111117). The Communities Secretary, Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP, rejected permission for an open cast mine near Druridge Bay in 2020, stating that the proposal "is still not environmentally acceptable". This announcement follows a lengthy decision process and extensive media coverage, including a Public Inquiry and an appeal to the High Court. In his expert witness testimony to the Public Inquiry, CESI's former Director and current Associate Director, Professor Phil Taylor, emphasised the need to take a whole systems view, highlighting CESI's research into an integrated energy system. CESI evidence showed that, by balancing supply and demand on the electricity grid, we can phase out coal and reduce the need to build new power stations. An additional benefit of decarbonising our energy system more rapidly is that this offers the opportunity to also decarbonise our transport and heat sectors. We have helped Siemens win a large Whole Systems project at Keele University. Co-Investigator Phil Blythe was awarded the honour of the Order of Commander of the British Empire in the 2022 New Years Honours for services to Science and Engineering in Transport and Government. Phil Blythe is Professor of Intelligent Transport Systems and has made significant contributions throughout the transport sector, including applying information, communications, and computing technology to this industry. Phil also is Vice President IET and former Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Transport (2015-2021). He is involved in the CESI work package on demand. As of 2021, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) highlight a 'featured article' in their bi-monthly issue. The chosen article is selected by the journal editorial team of IET, specifically selected by the Co-Editors-in-Chief (HongJian SUN and Ram Rajagopal), as noteworthy based on the quality and impact of the research presented. The October 2021 edition of the issue (Volume 4, Issue 5), features a paper researched and written by Dr Zoya Pourmirza, Professor Sara Walker and John Brooke titled 'Data reduction algorithm for correlated data in the smart grid'. The paper, originally published in February 2021, discusses the information and communication technology (ICT) in the smart grid. In September 2021, CESI and partners namely Port of Tyne, Siemens, Connected Places Catapult and North-East LEP, were successful in the Department for Transport's Clean Maritime Demonstration call for ""Clean Tyne, UK Roadmap to Decarbonisation". The Clean Tyne project is part of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, funded by the Department for Transport and is delivered in partnership with Innovate UK. The above stakeholders will work together to create a real-time digital platform which will facilitate planning and feasibility studies and help to gain a better understanding on future power needs of Port of Tyne. Outcomes of the project will be used as a data-driven evidence base to establish how a multi-vector renewables port can drive operational transition and wider compliance to deliver on the Governments Clean Air Strategy (2019), Clean Maritime Plan (2020), Maritime 2050 Strategy and Net-Zero (2050). The project uses tools developed by CESI researchers. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
| Sector | Energy,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice,Transport |
| Impact Types | Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | CEP team responded to the Open Letter Consultation on the approach to setting the next electricity distribution price control (RIIO-ED2) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| URL | https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/open-letter-consultation-riio-ed2-price-control |
| Description | CESI Blockchain research - Policy citation |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45863 |
| Description | Chris Dent - Member of Advisory Board for Newton Gateway to Mathematics |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Newton Gateway coordinates mathematics knowledge transfer to industry and government |
| Description | Chris Dent - Member of BIG Mathematics Initiative Implementation Group |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Providing guidelines for mathematics knowledge transfer across all sectors - I led a paper specifically on best practice for Maths schools in this |
| URL | http://www.cms.ac.uk/wp/the-big-mathematics-initiative/ |
| Description | Chris Dent - member of Modernising Energy Data Access expert group |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Expert group advising innovation activity on making energy data more widely available. |
| URL | https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/19m-modernising-energy-data-access-competition |
| Description | Dr Sara Walker and Dr Zoya Pourmirza- Contribution to a POSTnote on Energy Sector Digitalisation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0655/ |
| Description | Gave verbal evidence to Scottish Parliament Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee Energy Inquiry |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=12434&mode=pdf |
| Description | Membership of Scottish Hydroelectric Transmission Ltd RIIO2 User Group |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://www.ssen-transmission.co.uk/talk-to-us/user-group/ |
| Description | Ofgem and Northern Gas Networks - Whole systems approach |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | Through the work of CESI, the UK is moving from away from segregated energy vectors that operate in isolation, and towards a more 'whole systems' approach to energy management. Our research has fed into business plans from Northern Gas Networks, has influenced decision-making within BEIS and Ofgem, and is changing how the UK Distribution Network Operators view and manage their networks. For the UK to move towards a secure, reliable, and renewable-friendly energy system, it is vital that we move beyond electricity and consider the integration and interdependencies of heat, gas and transport systems. This is the underlying rationale for CESI, and we have been pushing forward this view with BEIS and Ofgem over three years during industrial advisory board meetings, through consultation responses and in private meetings with Ofgem. To make the case for taking a whole systems approach to Ofgem, we used results from the modelling and simulation of coupled gas and electricity networks and used the research carried out on the full-scale gas and electricity demonstrator, InTEGReL. CESI developed the simulation tools over a period of two years, with models populated with data from industry and real-world cases. Recently Ofgem responded to this by explicitly insisting that the gas and electricity distribution operators make it clear in their GD2 and ED2 plans under the RIIO framework how they are plan to take a whole systems approach in order to deliver value for customers and assist the low carbon transition (see Ofgem RIIO-S Business Plan Guidance - https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/riio-2-business-plans-guidance-document). This has changed the approach of Ofgem and the network operators: Ofgem now ask for whole systems planning from network operators and require considerations for investments in electricity, heat, gas and transport vectors. Prior to this they only considered one vector in isolation. These investments are estimated to be in the billions of pounds in the next decade. This is evidenced in Northern Gas Network's (NGN) whole systems strategy for Ofgem (https://www.northerngasnetworks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/A14-NGN-RIIO-2-Our-Whole-Systems-Strategy.pdf) , which forms a section of its business plan for the next price control, Revenue=Incentives+Innovation+Outputs 2 (RIIO-2). In line with Ofgem guidance, this business plan includes information on NGN's whole systems strategy (https://www.northerngasnetworks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/A14-NGN-RIIO-2-Our-Whole-Systems-Strategy.pdf, identifying how the transmission system operator (TSO) will enable whole systems solutions in its business. CESI helped NGN to write this strategy, which is heavily influenced by the Centre's research into whole energy systems. CESI Director, Prof Phil Taylor, provided a letter for support for NGN's whole systems approach. In this, he cited the importance of CESI collaborative research projects undertaken with NGN. Of particular relevance here are those undertaken at the CESI demonstrator, InTEGReL, for example exploring multi-vector control rooms of the future and the use of hydrogen and coupled electrical and gas distribution networks. Through these projects it has been possible to demonstrate the value of taking a whole systems approach and the resulting long-term customer benefits. |
| URL | https://www.northerngasnetworks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/A14-NGN-RIIO-2-Our-Whole-Systems-St... |
| Description | Royal Society of Edinburgh Inquiry: Scotland's Energy Future |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | http://www.rse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Energy-Report-for-Web-2.pdf |
| Description | Submission from Dr Sara Walker in the Call for Evidence from BEIS on decarbonisation of domestic heat from the 'post-pandemic economic growth' inquiry |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | UKRI UK Research and Innovation Infrastructure Roadmap - Energy |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | CESI is also helping shape the future of energy research in the UK. UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) has recently published two reports giving an analysis of the UK's existing research landscape (https://www.ukri.org/files/infrastructure/landscape-analysis-final-web-version/) and identifying opportunities to grow the UK's research and innovation infrastructure capacity (https://www.ukri.org/files/infrastructure/the-uks-research-and-innovation-infrastructure-opportunities-to-grow-our-capacity-final-low-res/) in the period to 2030. These reports make recommendations across six broad research sectors (including energy) identified as key to ensuring the UK remains a global leader. A multi-disciplinary CESI team of researchers from Newcastle University led by Prof Phil Taylor were commissioned by UKRI to consult with the energy community. The extensive consultation process involved four facilitated workshops, two questionnaires and over 100 one-to-one interviews with energy experts from industry and academia. An important finding from initial consultations was that opportunities to grow future energy research and innovation infrastructure could be classified in seven key themes: Whole energy systems; fuel cells and hydrogen; energy storage; renewable energy sources; alternative fuels; nuclear energy and carbon capture and storage. Our findings and recommendations across these themes are included in the published reports. The Landscape Analysis report provides a snapshot view of existing energy infrastructure, of regional, national and international importance. The Opportunities to Grow our Capacity report makes recommendations for progressing the energy themes and highlighted case studies for each. The CESI Demonstrator, InTEGReL (https://www.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/research/demo/integrel/), is referenced on several occasions in this report as an example of the type of facility needed in future and in the case study for demonstrating a whole-systems approach to UK energy use. Of particular relevance to CESI are the recommendations for the whole energy systems theme. These include a new interdisciplinary centre for excellence in energy analysis integration and a decarbonisation of heat demonstrator. |
| URL | https://www.ukri.org/files/infrastructure/ |
| Description | Written evidence to the UK House of Commons Treasury Select Committee Inquiry |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/treasury-committee/inqui... |
| Description | (ENSYSTRA) - Energy Systems in Transition |
| Amount | € 4,067,521 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 765515 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | Alan Turing Institute Partnership Project Scheme |
| Amount | £403,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Alan Turing Institute |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 10/2018 |
| Description | Alan Turing Institute Strategic Priorities Fund |
| Amount | £64,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Alan Turing Institute |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2018 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | BF2RA (Biomass & Fossil Fuel Research Alliance) - Energy storage for large biomass plant flexibility |
| Amount | £47,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | BF2RA |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2019 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| Description | Biochar Demonstrator Addressing Key Deployment Barriers for Carbon Sequestration |
| Amount | £4,389,134 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/V011596/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 10/2025 |
| Description | CReDo plus |
| Amount | £650,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Ofgem Office of Gas and Electricity Markets |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | CReDo plus, Water Catalyst scheme |
| Amount | £1,000,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Ofwat |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2023 |
| End | 06/2024 |
| Description | Centre for Digital Built Britain Research Network |
| Amount | £46,990 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Digital Built Britain |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 12/2018 |
| Description | DecarbonISation PAThways for Cooling and Heating (DISPATCH) |
| Amount | £1,401,881 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V042955/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 09/2024 |
| Description | Decarbonisation of the steel industry |
| Amount | £808,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 02/2023 |
| Description | EPRSC Flexible Research Fund call as part of the UKERC Phase 4 Programme |
| Amount | £298,128 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S029575/1 |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2021 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | INTEGRATE: Integrating seasoNal Thermal storagE with multiple enerGy souRces to decArbonise Thermal Energy |
| Amount | £1,445,832 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T023112/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2020 |
| End | 09/2024 |
| Description | Integrating Seasonal Thermal Storage with Multiple Energy Sources to Decarbonise Thermal Energy (INTEGRATE) |
| Amount | £1,422,975 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T023112/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | Linking Whole Energy System Models to the Real World |
| Amount | £250,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2020 |
| End | 06/2023 |
| Description | Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies |
| Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Scotland |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | Mathematics Mobilised for the Energy Transition (M-MET) |
| Amount | £56,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2023 |
| End | 06/2024 |
| Description | National Digital Twin Programme CLimate Resilience Demonstrator |
| Amount | £1,000,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | Net Zero Geothermal Research for District Infrastructure Engineering (NetZero GeoRDIE) |
| Amount | £1,276,276 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T022825/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2020 |
| End | 09/2024 |
| Description | Optimal network upgrade investment timing and the wider economy returns for the EV roll-out |
| Amount | £84,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Scottish Power Ltd |
| Department | Scottish Power Energy Networks |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2019 |
| End | 05/2020 |
| Description | Scottish Funding Council support for University of Edinburgh research during Covid: DDI Beacon Data Platform |
| Amount | £600,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Scotland |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2020 |
| End | 07/2021 |
| Description | THERMAL - Ofgem Network Innovation Allowance under NGET |
| Amount | £1,000,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Ofgem Office of Gas and Electricity Markets |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2024 |
| End | 07/2025 |
| Title | Integration of economy-wide and whole system methods |
| Description | Over the last couple of years the CEP team has been developing expertise and capacity in applying dynamic economic systems modelling approaches to complement and add value to energy systems analyses in considering energy challenges in both a public policy and 'whole systems' context. Since our 2015 launch, this has involved developing the type of multi-sector economy-wide computable general equilibrium (CGE) models (used for policy evaluation by national policy actors such as HM Treasury, Scottish Government and international ones such as the World Bank and OECD) for economic system analyses of energy policy actions. This has primarily been via an EPSRC 'Working with the [EUED] Centres (grant ref: EP/M00760X/1 - working with CIED, University of Sussex), where the modelling focus is on the economic system side via CGE model development. We have begun the process of considering how our Scottish and UK CGE models may interact with TIMES energy system models via two Scottish Government ClimateXChange (CXC) fellowships held by the CIs Figus and Calvillo. To date, this has been in the context of energy efficiency. Through this flexible funded project we have made novel developments in interacting CGE and TIMES models - largely limited in the existing literature to higher level macroeconomic impacts (e.g. GDP) triggered by and/or driving energy system changes - at a sectoral and market level. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The project team found that EV uptake has positive impacts for all household incomes and results in increases in GDP and employment. One key findings from the research was that the investment in the electricity network needed to support a 20% uptake in electric vehicles would create 3,000 new jobs. These research findings were widely reported in print and online media, including television and radio broadcasts. |
| URL | https://www.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/news/newsitems/evsysteminvestment.html |
| Title | 2016 Social Account Matrix (SAM) for EV rollout |
| Description | This is a 2016 UK Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for use in projects aiming to explore the rollout of electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK economy, including a specialised UK sector manufacturing them. In the current version the new EV manufacturing sector is assumed to be identical, in terms of its supply chain and production technology, to the existing UK sector manufacturing cars and other vehicles. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This research dataset, has enabled advancement with our modelling work and analyses,with notable impact around using more recent national accounting tables (2016) produced by Office of National Statistics (ONS) for calibrating our economy-wide UKENVI computable general equilibrum (CGE) model. Noting that our previous research used 2010 estimates.This has played an important role in drawing out clearer insights on the economy-wide implications of enabling and reasling the rollout of electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK. |
| Title | Data for: Building as a Virtual Power Plant, Magnitude and Persistence of Deferrable Loads and Human Comfort Implications |
| Description | Data in summary: 1- Building total B side: This is metered data from one of two mains busbars that supplies all none-emergency services and HVAC equipment 2- Building total A side: This is metered data from the second of two mains busbars that supplies all emergency services including fire safety, comm rooms, emergency lighting and public announcement. It also is connected to a PV array with peak electrical supply of around 33kWe. 3- Half hourly building demand and deferrable load breakdowns: This is processed data that includes building total and HH instances of deferrable loads for all sub-categories of loads considered in this work. It also includes HH instances of PV generation, and outside air temperature. 4- Early morning ramp rates following plant start-up: This is a file containing the difference between two instantaneous recordings of total building electricity consumption that shows the continuous fluctuation in total electricity demand in the building. 5- CO2-raw (Typical office): This files contains actual CO2 data in an office that represents typical space occupant density in the case study building. 6- CO2-raw (worst case): This files contains actual CO2 data in a teaching space that represents the highest observed space occupant density in the case study building. 7- Warming and cooling rates in the worst case zones: This file include actual data describing the operational temperature in the worst case zones most prone to overheating in summer and excessive heat loss in winter. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This data supports the journal output "Building as a Virtual Power Plant, Magnitude and Persistence of Deferrable Loads and Human Comfort Implications" |
| URL | https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/g523kyy4v7/1 |
| Title | Respondent transcripts |
| Description | Key interview transcripts used for quotations in the journal paper "Green hope or red herring? Examining consumer perceptions of peer-to-peer energy trading in the United Kingdom" |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Respondent_transcripts/12800648 |
| Description | Academic and industry collaboration |
| Organisation | Scottish Power Ltd |
| Department | Scottish Power Energy Networks |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Throughout the project on Modelling the distribution of cost from networks upgrades for electric vehicles (SPEN) we have collaborated with SP Energy Network (SPEN) Strategic Stakeholder Group. This collaboration has developed through our shared aim to develop on respective previous works by SPEN (on estimating likely impacts of infrastructure development on consumer bills) and our Strathclyde Centre for Energy Policy (CEP) work (funded through the EPSRC H2FC Hub, Grant Ref: EP/J016454/1) on potential wider supply chain impacts of hydrogen and other EV solutions. Our contribution to the collaboration involved investigating and providing key insights on who would ultimately pay for the cost of upgrading the power network to facilitate the intended rollout of EVs. We investigate the nature, extent and distribution of a range of potential wider economy returns (including key political economy indicators such as jobs and GDP) resulting from different levels of investment to support the projected EV roll-out (given varying extents of smart centralised charging systems). This is set in the context of energy indsutries aiming to deliver required infrastucture to enable the EV roll out and the transition of the UK's transport system. |
| Collaborator Contribution | SPEN are keen to see their work challenged and extended in an independent academic research context, and to learn how they can realise internal value through engaging with public policy research. SPEN's contribution have included discussing and challenging the modelling assumptions to ensure that our analysis is robust |
| Impact | Policy brief paper, titled, Who Ultimately Pays for and Who Gains from the Electricity Network Upgrade for EVs? Journal paper, titled, Can spending to upgrade electricity networks to support electric vehicles (EVs) roll-outs unlock value in the wider economy? |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | CSSC Visiting Student - Shangdong University |
| Organisation | Shangdong University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We hosted a CSSC funded visiting student for one year, working on topics closely relevant to our CESI work |
| Collaborator Contribution | The students conducted some valuable modelling work which built on several of our outputs from CESI. This has formed the start of an ongoing collaboaration with Shangdong University |
| Impact | Two papers have been submitted |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Consultancy on GB Electricity Capacity market |
| Organisation | National Grid ESO |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Ongoing consultancy on modelling methodology to support the GB Electricity Capacity Market. Value of order of £10k per year. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Implemented methods arising from our research in practical studies. |
| Impact | Contribution is described in NGESO's annual Electricity Capacity Report at https://www.emrdeliverybody.com/CM/Capacity.aspx |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Ofgem consultancy on decision analysis |
| Organisation | Ofgem Office of Gas and Electricity Markets |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Consultancy report on methods for decision support for capital planning decisions |
| Collaborator Contribution | Series of workshops associated with this report |
| Impact | Report available athttps://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/decision-making-future-energy-systems |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Siemens CESI support |
| Organisation | Siemens AG |
| Department | Siemens plc, Keele |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The open and consolidating CESI approach will be extremely useful to Siemens and our other partners to unify the vast amounts of data already in the public domain. We will provide Siemens with access to the CESI demonstrators to test-bed and evaluate and novel interventions. |
| Collaborator Contribution | To ensure the three proposed co-evolution cycles within CESI are as accurate as possible Siemens will share real world data from the following Siemens' divisions: 1) Power and Gas, 2) Wind Power and Renewables, 3) Energy Management (encompassing solutions for power transmission and distribution as well as technologies for smart grids), 4) Mobility and 5) Building Technologies (encompassing technologies for the efficient application of energy in commercial, public and residential buildings). Siemens will take an active role in the CESI's Industrial Innovation Board as well as provide a Chair. |
| Impact | Outcomes to follow |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Title | Stand_and_Adapt_Bend Julia code |
| Description | This code solves a power system investment planning problem with a time horizon of 15 years. The deterministic version of the problem has 3 decision nodes: one refers to decisions to be taken at present time, one to decisions in 5 years time, and one to the decision in 10 years time. The stochastic version is obtained by modelling different possible scenarios for the future of the system in 5 and 10 years. At each node, we also compute the cost of operating the system for the following 5 years for given installed capacity. We consider a construction time of 5 years, so new assets installed at present time will only be available in 5 and 10 years, and new capacity installed in 5 years will only be available in 10 years. We model a set twelve of technologies: six thermal units, three storage units, and three renewable generation units. The investment problem can be solved with two algorithms: Algorithm 1 ( Stand_Bend) and Algorithm 2 ( Adapt_Bend). Both Algorithm Stand_Bend and Adapt_Bend are presented in ''Benders Decomposition with Adaptive Oracles for Large Scale Optimization''. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/4117799 |
| Title | Stand_and_Adapt_Bend Julia code |
| Description | This code solves a power system investment planning problem with a time horizon of 15 years. The deterministic version of the problem has 3 decision nodes: one refers to decisions to be taken at present time, one to decisions in 5 years time, and one to the decision in 10 years time. The stochastic version is obtained by modelling different possible scenarios for the future of the system in 5 and 10 years. At each node, we also compute the cost of operating the system for the following 5 years for given installed capacity. We consider a construction time of 5 years, so new assets installed at present time will only be available in 5 and 10 years, and new capacity installed in 5 years will only be available in 10 years. We model a set twelve of technologies: six thermal units, three storage units, and three renewable generation units. The investment problem can be solved with two algorithms: Algorithm 1 ( Stand_Bend) and Algorithm 2 ( Adapt_Bend). Both Algorithm Stand_Bend and Adapt_Bend are presented in ''Benders Decomposition with Adaptive Oracles for Large Scale Optimization''. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/4117798 |
| Description | 1st CESI Bootcamp |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This bootcamp workshop was a multi-disciplinary review of the whole energy systems research challenge. The full day event included all the CESI co-investigators, RAs and PhD's involved with the Centre as well as some specially invited contributors. A series of presentations were given by experts with the discipline to provide detail. The group then discussed and brainstormed the elements of their work that could be evolved/improved to include these elements. Introduction to the highRES model - a temporally and spatially detailed energy model (Dr James Price, UCL Energy Institute) Modelling gas networks (Keith Owen, Head of Systems Development and Energy strategy, Northern Gas Networks) Statistics and uncertainty (Professor Michael Goldstein, Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University) Policy landscape (Professor Gordon MacKerron, Professor of Science and Technology Policy, University of Sussex) Generalised Test Environment (Professor Phil Taylor, Siemens Professor of Energy Systems, Newcastle University) Big Data (Professor Paul Watson, Professor of Computing Science, Newcastle University) Multi-agent modelling (Dr Valentin Robu, Heriot Watt University) Sociology of Energy Science (Dr Simone Abram, Co-Director in the Durham Energy Institute, Durham University) The main outcome from this event was for the researchers to learn from other disciplines about what the challenges of the CESI research will be. Also they learned techniques in how to embed this multi-disciplinarity whole systems approach into their research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/events/launch/bootcamp/ |
| Description | 2nd International Conference on Energy Systems Integration - March 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 2nd International Conference on Energy Systems Integration, London - programme included presentation sessions & research discussion session |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.esig.energy/event/second-international-conference-on-energy-systems-integration/ |
| Description | ACDC 2023, The 19th International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission, Glasgow |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Sara Walker chaired two sessions on Reliability Considerations for the Design and Maintenance and Operation and Testing Considerations for HVDC Systems and was on a panel speaking about Is a Whole System Approach the Way Forward? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://acdc.theiet.org/ |
| Description | Advisory Board meeting with industry and academic stakeholders |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Advisory Board meeting with industry and academic stakeholders - delivered presentation and facilitated discussions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | All Energy Conference 2019 - invited speaker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | All Energy Conference - invited panellist - The net-zero challenge: emerging solutions debate session - System efficiency and integration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.all-energy.co.uk/ |
| Description | Alumnus Visit to Helix & USB |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Alumnus Visit to Helix & USB |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Amy Wilson presentation at ISBA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at International Society for Bayesian Analysis on statistical model emulation with limited model runs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Asian Conference on Energy Power & Transportation Electrification (ACEPT) 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Asian Conference on Energy Power & Transportation Electrification (ACEPT) 2019 - invited keynote |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://erian.ntu.edu.sg/NE/Pages/Events-Detail.aspx?news=5369be8e-f334-4951-966e-ce346a6754a5 |
| Description | Attend Advisory Board Meeting, London - Energy Storage for Low Carbon Grids - 12/1/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in Advisory Board Meeting for Energy Storage for Low Carbon Grids at Royal Academy of Engineering, London. Reviewed progress on the project. Discussions included options for future research, horizon scanning, contribution to white papers, a call for evidence by BEIS / Ofgem and next steps. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.es-lcg.com/ |
| Description | Attendance at Siemens University Event, 2/11/2017, University of Lincoln |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended Siemens University Event - "Our Digital Future" on future plans of Siemens. Included presentations by Neil Corner, Managing Director, Siemens Industrial Gas Turbines; Toby Peyton Jones, HR Director, Siemens; Juergen Maier, Siemens CEO and Adam Cartwright, Head of Open Innovation, Siemens. Topics covered included plans for future collaboration with Siemens University partners, Mindsphere innovation network and an opportunity to provide feedback on the impact of digitalisation and the future of work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Attendance at UK-US Smart Grid Summit, Cambridge University - 30-31/1/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attended invite UK-US Smart Grid Summit at Cambridge University, 30-31/1/2018. The event was jointly organised by UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, University of Cambridge, UK Science & Innovation Network and Cambridge Cleantech. Purpose of meeting to allow select group of UK SMEs to develop meaningful commercial relationships with potential US partners, while contributing to the development of policies supporting UK access to the US energy market. Included briefings on latest developments in UK & US energy systems; exploration of policy incentives & regulations in UK & US and how new technologies will shape the energy system; workshops with network companies on innovations & commercial opportunities; networking workshops to facilitate collaboration. Attended by UKs smart grid energy companies; UK Energy Catapult, BEIS, Ofgem, Electric Power Research Institute (US), UK & US grid technology companies & industry technology suppliers; policymakers & regulators, academic experts in energy systems and electricity grid innovation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BBC News Interview: How energy flexibility can save us money and cut carbon |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BBC News Interview: How energy flexibility can save us money and cut carbon |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-58898999 |
| Description | BBC R4 The Bottom Line interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview for BBC R4 The Bottom Line "Net Zero in the House" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000s9s9 |
| Description | BBC Radio 4 - NetZero Interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussed heat pumps and governments NetZero strategy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bottom-line/id264340697?i=1000509739372 |
| Description | BBC Radio Newcastle Interview on Commission on Climate Change (CCC) Report |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | BBC Radio Newcastle Interview on Commission on Climate Change (CCC) Report - achieving net zero emissions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | BBC Radio Newcastle Interview: Alfie & Joey at Breakfast - March 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | BBC Radio Newcastle Interview: Alfie & Joey at Breakfast; Discussion on demand for coal in light of a planning application of a new opencast mine on the outskirts of Newcastle |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | BEIS / Energy Systems Catapult Workshop - 11/6/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | BEIS / ESC Workshop on 2050 calculator - London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BEIS Digital Twin steering group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Member of advisory group for a Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy-funded pilot project at Energy Systems Catapult |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | BEIS POWERful Women Energy Leaders Reception - 23/5/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | BEIS POWERful Women Energy Leaders Reception, House of Lords |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BaPP Industrial Advisory Committee meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | BaPP Industrial Advisory Committee meeting, Newcastle |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BaPP Kick off meeting with Industrial Advisory Committee |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | BaPP Kick off meeting with Industrial Advisory Committee, Newcastle |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Beijing interview for Chinese news |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof Sara Walker was interviewed by Chinese media about the energy crisis facing UK households this winter, along with other experts. Her input raised the problems being faced by a lot of low income households in light of the rise in energy costs. "Anyone in a low-income group, or living in a poorly insulated house, will struggle with their energy bills in the winter." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://m.bjnews.com.cn/detail/166212554114358.html?shareuser=162289886516970 |
| Description | Beyond climate change mitigation: the role of low carbon initiatives in growing jobs and the economy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Karen Turner presented the project findings and implications to network spending and EV roll out on the wider econony in a presentation titled 'beyond climate change mitigation: the role of low carbon initiatives in growing jobs and the economy' at the opening plenary session at the All-Energy Conference in May 2019. The First Minister of Scotland and CEO of Committee on Climate Change (CCC) were in attendance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://reedexpo.app.box.com/s/zl8ggyrdf82sreem2ao5q47n41us6pqr/file/473111229418 |
| Description | Bid consortium meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Funding bid meeting with academic and industry partners. Bid finalised. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Blog article on energy modelling |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Blog article on good modelling practice, as part of a University of Edinburgh series relating to the Scottish Government's energy strategy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/global-environment-society-academy/2017/05/22/energy-systems-modelling-mod... |
| Description | Borderlands Energy Masterplan Board |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited chair of Borderlands Energy Masterplan Board Meetings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| Description | British High Commissioner, Singapore Visit to Newcastle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | British High Commissioner, Singapore Visit to Newcastle - energy research talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Building back better: Construction post covid19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited attendance - Northumbria University: Building back better: Construction post covid19 - MOBIE Applications Launch - with industrial partners IC3, cene, Dynamo North East, One Voice, CIC North East, MOBIE |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | CBI Energy Opportunity Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | CBI Energy Opportunity Conference - invited attendance |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2019 |
| URL | https://www.cbi.org.uk/events/the-energy-opportunity/ |
| Description | CBI Energy Opportunity Conference - invited panellist |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | CBI Energy Opportunity Conference - invited panellist "Skills of the Future" session |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.cbi.org.uk/events/the-energy-opportunity/ |
| Description | CBI/BEIS virtual roundtable |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 9th November 2020, Dr Sara Walker took part in a CBI/BEIS virtual roundtable on Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy. Included in the roundtable were representatives of from academia, industry and government. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | CEP economy wide modelling: research base and capacity to inform HMT Net Zero Review |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Karen Turner (PI) presented and discussed the results of the project to HM Treasury in the context of the net-zero review |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | CESI Blog -How far does the Ofgem Decarbonisation Action Plan support the transition to a net zero UK? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CESI Blog: How far does the Ofgem Decarbonisation Action Plan support the transition to a net zero UK? - Co-authored with Prof Janusz Bialek |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/2020/03/31/how-far-does-the-ofgem-decarbonisation-action-plan-support-t... |
| Description | CESI Blog: Achieving net-zero in the UK through an integrated energy system |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CESI Blog: Achieving net-zero in the UK through an integrated energy system - Blog by Dr Sara Walker on the announcement by the Communities Secretary to reject the permission for an open cast mine near Druridge Bay. CESI Associate Director, Prof Phil Taylor appeared as an expert witness in the Planning Inqury for mine, citing CESI's whole systems approach to energy systems integration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/2020/10/09/achieving-net-zero-in-the-uk-through-an-integrated-energy-sy... |
| Description | CESI Blog: A CESI researcher's secondment journey to the Government - Dr Zoya Pourmirza |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blog by Dr Zoya Pourmirza on secondment with OZEV |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/2021/01/20/ozev-secondment-dr-pourmirza/ |
| Description | CESI Blog: Achieving net-zero targets under uncertainty: A framework to support decision making in an increasingly integrated energy system |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CESI Blog by Dr Hamid Hosseini on recently published research journal paper |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/2021/02/05/achieving-net-zero-targets-under-uncertainty-a-framework-to-... |
| Description | CESI Blog: Approaching equality, diversity and inclusion within research teams |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blog by Dr Sara Walker & Laura Brown |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/2020/10/19/research-edi/ |
| Description | CESI Blog: Optimal planning and operation of multi-vector energy networks: A systematic review |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CESI Blog by Dr Hamid Hosseini on recent research paper - Optimal planning and operation of multi-vector energy networks: A systematic review |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/2020/09/18/optimal-planning-and-operation-of-multi-vector-energy-networ... |
| Description | CESI Blog: Where is the value in cost, carbon and resilience in taking an energy systems integration approach to the UK's energy future? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CESI Blog: Where is the value in cost, carbon and resilience in taking an energy systems integration approach to the UK's energy future? - Blog by Dr Adib Allahham on a recent research paper |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/2020/09/25/techno-economic-environmental-evaluation-framework-for-integ... |
| Description | CESI ESI Stakeholder Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Stakeholder workshop to discuss ESI questions and CESI Models. Chaired meeting and delivered talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | CESI Flex fund project workshop - invited attendance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker at Workshop hosted by CESI Flex fund project on Interdisciplinary research for energy systems integration; |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | CESI Industrial Innovation Board Launch Event (Tues 11th October, 2016) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | At this launch event, we held a very constructive workshop consulting our Industrial Partners (47 representatives from these organisations) on what they see as the key challenges of energy systems integration. We collated the findings and grouped these under the broad headings of Affordability, Security, Sustainability, Societal, Operational and Policy. One strong outcome from the feedback is the need for a literature review to provide a 'state of the art' understanding to use as a starting point for our project. This is already a key early deliverable of the Centre and each work package will deliver a specific review. Horizon scanning exercises will also be carried out as preparation for the first co-evolution cycle. From the outputs of this and our ISAB meeting, we will introduce multi-vector, multi-disciplinary working at the very outset of the Centre's research by kick-starting our collaboration with a defined programme of seven Task and Finish groups. These are based on the academic and industrial partner suggestions, and with consultation with our ISAB. These short term projects will bring together different academic and industrial partners to address critical challenges/opportunities within the energy system with delivery over the next 3 to 6 months. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/events/launch/ |
| Description | CESI Industrial Innovation Board Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | CESI Industrial Innovation Board Meeting - presented on CESI activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CESI Industrial Innovation Board Meeting & Dinner - November 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CESI Industrial Innovation Board Meeting & Dinner |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CESI Internatioanl Scientific Advisory Board - November 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CESI International Scientific Advisory Board |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CESI International Scientific Advisory Board |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Delivered update on CESI activities followed by discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CESI International Scientific Advisory Board |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CESI International Scientific Advisory Board - discussed and presented on CESI activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CESI International Scientific Advisory Board - 29/1/2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Delivered update on CESI activities followed by discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CESI North of Tyne Energy System Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | CESI North of Tyne Energy System Conference - Event chair |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CESI North of Tyne Post Pandemic Energy Futures Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to discuss Post Pandemic Energy Futures Workshop with energy stakeholders |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | CESI Research Conference 2019 - Conference & Session Chair; presentation award panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CESI Research Conference 2019 - Session Chair & presentation award panel; delegates included representatives from RenewableUK, Committee for Climate Change; EnergyREV, Supergen Hubs, UKERC, CREDS, IDLES |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CESI Research Conference 2019 - July 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CESI Research Conference 2019 - Session Chair & presentation award panel; delegates included representatives from RenewableUK, Committee for Climate Change; EnergyREV, Supergen Hubs, UKERC, CREDS, IDLES |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CESI Research Dissemination: Evaluating hydrogen & electric energy systems as decarbonisation options for transport |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Panellist - with speakers from University of Cambridge, Department of Transport, Heriot-Watt University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/events/webinars/#cesiwebinarseries |
| Description | CESI Stakeholder workshop - ESI Questions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Stakeholder workshop to discuss ESI Questions and CESI Models |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | CESI Team meeting with Siemens, 15/2/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting & working lunch with Siemens. Discussed opportunities for further collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | CESI WP6 ESI Question Stakeholder workshop: Defining ESI Questions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of multi-agent systems based modelling approaches. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | CESI Webinar: Approaches to modelling a decentralised, integrated energy system |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of modelling approaches at a webinar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/events/webinars/#cesiwebinarseries |
| Description | CESI Webinar: Approaches to modelling an integrated energy system |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended webinar hosted by CESI, with talks by CESI academics and researchers from Heriot-Watt University and Newcastle University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/events/webinars/#cesiwebinarseries |
| Description | CESI Webinar: Digitalisation for Net Zero - How the UK will meet its net zero ambitions by 2050 by taking an ESI approach |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended webinar hosted by CESI, with speakers from Cardiff University, Newcastle University and Siemens |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/events/webinars/#cesiwebinarseries |
| Description | CESI Webinar: Panel Discussion - How the UK will meet its Net Zero ambitions by 2050 by taking an energy systems integration approach |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chaired panel discussion with speakers from National Grid, Newcastle University and the Coal Authority |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/events/webinars/#cesiwebinarseries |
| Description | CESI Workshop: Interdisciplinary working for ESI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CESI Workshop: Interdisciplinary working for ESI; talk on "The CESI Approach"; followed by Q&A and networking; delegates included representatives from Scottish Government and BEIS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CESI Workshop: Interdisciplinary working for ESI - June 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CESI Workshop: Interdisciplinary working for ESI. Delivered talk on "The CESI Approach"; followed by Q&A and networking; delegates included representatives from Scottish Government and BEIS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CESI Workshop: Multi-criteria decision analysis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop on MCDA methods + discussion on their use by CESI |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/events/item/cesiworkshopmulti-criteriaanalysis.html |
| Description | CESI Workshop: New framework for evaluation of scenarios |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Chaired workshop on energy scenarios |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | CESI Workshop: What is energy systems integration for? - talk 27/9/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CESI ESI Workshop, Durham University - delivered talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | CESI- GHD meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion regarding potential collaboration; delivered a presentation on CESI activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | CESI-DEI Webinar: CESI Case study on integrated zero-carbon hub |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended webinar jointly hosted by CESI and Durham Energy Institute, with talks by CESI academics and researchers from Durham University on a CESI Case Study |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/events/webinars/#cesiwebinarseries |
| Description | CESI-IDLES Modelling Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to share models developed by CESI and IDLES consortia. A multi-agent systems model was presented at the workshop. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | CESI-IDLES Modelling Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to share models developed by CESI and IDLES consortia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | CESI-MEDA meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion regarding potential collaboration; delivered a presentation on CESI |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | CIBSE Energy Performance Group Power Hour - presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | CIBSE Energy Performance Group Power Hour, London - presentation by Peter Davison |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | CIBSE Resilient city event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CIBSE Resilient cities webinar: Modelling, master planning and urban design - a holistic and fair response to a climate emergency |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/KZlUZiYDXkM |
| Description | CKI, Hong Kong 5/5/2018-10/5/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meetings with CKI, Hong Kong - 5/5/2018-10/5/2018; |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | CLNR Workshop, Northern Powergrid - 23/4/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | CLNR Workshop - 23/4/2018 - to discuss impact of CLNR & present findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | COP26 Interview of Sky News |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Hydrogen interview on Sky news during COP26 has led to various research meetings for further followup |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | COP26 next steps interview for National TV |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview for ITV to be aired on National news discussing COP26 and what has been put into action following the event in Glasgow in 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | CREDS Energy Demand Networking Hub event - May 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CREDS Energy Demand Networking Hub event, Birmingham - invitation only |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/energy-demand-networking-hub-tickets-57082888456# |
| Description | CREDS webinar: Demand side flexibility - beyond price & technology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended CREDS webinar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | CREDS webinar: Policy and impact - how does research make a difference? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended CREDS webinar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.creds.ac.uk/government-policy-and-impact-in-creds/ |
| Description | Centre for Life Climate Matters Video |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Sara Walker shared her knowledge on the specialised equipment of the Urban Science Building as part of the Climate matters video series for the Centre of Life. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.life.org.uk/climate-matters |
| Description | Chair at UKERC annual conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chair of conference session, for UKERC annual conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Chairing sessions at ACDC 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Sara Walker chairing two sessions on Reliability Considerations for the Design and Maintenance and Operation and Testing Considerations for HVDC Systems and is on a panel speaking about Is a Whole System Approach the Way Forward? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://acdc.theiet.org/programme/ |
| Description | Changeworks meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on potential collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Chi Onwurah MP visit - USB 14/12/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Chi Onwurah MP visit - USB |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chris Dent and Amy Wilson presentations on capacity markets and uncertainty quantification at the Isaac Newton Institute Mathematics of Energy Systems programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentations to mixed audience of researchers, industry and policy - part of origin of subsequent consultancy work on decision support for energy network planning. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Chris Dent tutorial talk at N American Electricity Reliability Corporation Probabilistic Analysis Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at major N American workshop on resource adequacy assessment |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Citizen's Assembly Oversight Panel Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | North of Tyne CA Citizens' Assembly Oversight Panel - invited membership |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Climate Conversation event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Climate Conversation event - delivered presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Clmate Conversation event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Delivered talk at Climate Conversation Event, Newcastle University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Closing plenary talk at UKES 2016 Conference, Birmingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | UK Energy Storage Conference 2016 brings together senior and early career researchers in academia, representatives from industry and policy makers across the whole field of energy storage. Gave the closing plenary talk on 2/12/2016, entitled "Energy storage as an integral part of whole energy systems", highlighting Newcastle and CESI research in this area, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://ukenergystorage.co/ |
| Description | Collaborated with ITV Tonight program to investigate how a UK family might benefit from Smart Meters in their homes. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Working with the Storey's - a family of four from West Denton, in Newcastle - Professor Taylor was part of an ITV investigation into the real cost of the government's smart meter programme. Fitting the family home with a smart meter and IHD - an In-Home Display which works with the meter to give you information about your energy use - Prof Taylor says they saw the family's behaviour change so that in the space of just a month the Storey's were already saving themselves £1/week. (ITV Tonight Energy Bills: Can We Be Smarter? Series 19 - Episode 2 ) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.itv.com/hub/tonight/1a9757a0066 |
| Description | Collaboration Exchange Face-to-Face meeting at NREL, Colorado 28/2/2017-2/3/2017 - with UK Science & Innovation Network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker at initial workshop hosted by NREL in Colorado, organised by UK Science & Innovation Network to review global research landscape on grid research, share info on research capabilities and expertise and to discuss areas for possible future collaboration. Attended by 20 people. Delivered talk on global landscape review of energy systems in UK & Europe. Included a tour of NREL facilities. Meeting agreed actions to be completed and discussed topics / additional participants of future meetings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Collaboration opportunmities with SP Group 03/09/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Singapore Power Group re potential collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Collaboration with Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We modelled the energy flows at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn to study operation improvements, and was able to demonstrate over 15% cost savings were available. This led to engagement with the local grid company to re-negotiate the electricity connection agreement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| URL | https://e2s.energy/2023/06/02/qeh-chp-plant-operation-improvement/ |
| Description | Collaboration with Rotherham Hospital NHS partner |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Established collaboration with Rotherham hospital's estate department. Demonstrating research outputs using data from the site as a case study. The work has led to introductions to other NHS organisations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023,2024 |
| Description | Collaboration workshop with industry partner |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to discuss collaboration with Siemens Gamesa |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Community Energy Modelling Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Regional specifics of household and building characteristics, and geography-related challenges and opportunities to low-carbon retrofit at scale, can be difficult to characterise within modelling studies. The work of this CESI Flex Fund aimed to address this through a period of engagement and elicitation with a range of stakeholders with detailed understanding of how future scenarios may be implemented at community scale, and how this may vary with different communities. The first part of this project involved a series of semi-structured interviews identifying key themes to structure a workshop exercise around: i) Occupants and inequality, ii) Buildings, iii) Energy System, iv) Governance, and v) Practical obstacles. The workshop then brought focus group-style sessions together to discuss how these five themes need to evolve to meet the challenge of creating low (and zero) carbon communities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Conference call with UK Power Networks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Conference call re potential collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Consortium next steps meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Consortium next steps meeting re InTEGReL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Continuing Professional Development delivered to Square One Law, 1/6/23 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CPD lunchtime talk on renewable energy and energy transition to law firm |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Customer Energy Village Board Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Customer Energy Village Board Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | DecarboN8 Launch Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance at DecarboN8 Launch Event - Place-based decarbonisation for transport |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.n8research.org.uk/decarbon8-reducing-transport-carbon-emissions-north/ |
| Description | Delegate attending COP26 Blue Zone |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attending COP26 in Blue Zone, took part in briefing sessions and talks. Offered professional opinions and asked questions leading to increased activity across the Supergen project website and social media outlets. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Delivered MPEE Lecture to 6th form students - 12/10/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker at NUSTEM 6th form evening lecture. Lecture entitled "Keeping the lights on". Talked about how the electricity system works and electricity & renewables policy. Event attended by 6th form students from across Tyneside. Lecture forms part of a programme of outreach activities organised by Northumbria University. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://nustem.uk/eveninglectures/ |
| Description | Delivered talk at 5th UNI-Set Energy Clustering Conference, KU Leuven - 1/6/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Delivered talk at 5th UNI-Set Energy Clustering Conference, KU Leuven - 1/6/2017. Talk entitled "Energy Systems Integration Research & Education - Challenges and Opportunities". Aim of conference series is to discuss & stimulate the development of innovative research & education programmes in the energy field. The 2017 conference addressed various aspects of renewals integration to the energy system. Conference hosted by KU Leuven and organised by FP7 UNI-Set Project. Attendance at conference led to inviation to review and comment on documents being prepared for submission to the EU Commission |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.eua.be/activities-services/events/event/2017/05/31/default-calendar/5th-uni-set-energy-cl... |
| Description | Delivered talk at RCUK Energy Programme Regional Meeting - 30/3/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Delivered talk at RCUK Energy Programme Regional Meeting in Leeds on research being undertaken by CESI. Programme covered impact & exploitation, equality & diversity, international research opportunities and the use of funds allocated to universities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rcuk-energy-programme-regional-meeting-tickets-31353655628 |
| Description | DfT Science Advisory Committee on Hydrogen |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dft Science advisory committee on hydrogen - invited attendance |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | DfT Science Advisory Council (SAC): Decarbonisation of the transport system - June 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | DfT Science Advisory Council (SAC): Decarbonisation of the transport system - Invitation only event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Durham County Council Energy Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Attended Durham County Council Energy Event; took part in minewater from heat discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Durham University Energy CDT Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk to Durham Energy CDT |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | EEGR Southern North Sea Conference 2020 Smart Generation: Transition to 2050 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Panellist & presentation in day 2 opening session: Energy Systems: Future integration to support the energy tranistion & potential solutions. Presentation: How can a whole systems apporach help the UK meet its 2050 targets post COVID |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | EIHK-Hydrogen Power Seminar - invited speaker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | EIHK-Hydrogen Power Seminar - invited speaker; Talk title "Latest development in the UK Green Hydrogen". YouTube video of slides and talk available via the link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsppWvmYbwA&list=PLQgnpKh1NZIARRVgQ75hyr2Bw7ru123_V?dex=3&t=0s |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsppWvmYbwA&list=PLQgnpKh1NZIARRVgQ75hyr2Bw7ru123_V&index=3&t=0s |
| Description | ENA Conference, Hilton Newcastle Gateshead - 25/5/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker at ENA Conference, Hilton Newcastle Gateshead - 25/5/2018; conference hosted by Northern Powergrid. Delivered talk ion Energy Technology Challenges in session on Engineering Challenges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ENA Visit 16/8/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Energy Networks Association |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | EPSRC EUED Tech Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Member EUED Tech Panel - attended panel meeting to review proposals |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | EPSRC Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund information event - 19/4/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Industrial strategy challenge fund - transforming construction - information event- 19/4/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | EPSRC Strategic Advisory Network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | EPSRC Strategic Advisory Network |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | EPSRC Strategic Advisory Network - Conference call 17/01/2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | EPSRC Strategic Advisory Network - Conference call |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | EPSRC Strategic Advisory Network Meeting 06/11/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | EPSRC Strategic Advisory Network Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | EPSRC strategic conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | EPSRC strategic conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | ESI Conference Scientific Committee 30/8/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ESI Conference Scientific Committee - dialled into imeeting, hosted by Imperial |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ESIG Webinar: Consumer preferences and energy system integration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ESIG Webinar with talk by Dr. Linda Steg, Professor of Environmental Psychology, University of Groningen |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-consumer-preferences-and-energy-system-integration/ |
| Description | Energy & Climate Attaches Conference - invited Reception, London 26/2/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Reception held at FCO - Hosted by Director for Economic Diplomacy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Energy & Climate Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Public engagement event on climate change in North Tyneside; delivered talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Energy Data Taskforce |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Energy data taskforce meeting, London, attended by Mehdi Pazhoohesh |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Energy Futures Lab: Smart & flexible electric heat |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended Energy Futures Lab: Smart & flexible electric heat briefing paper launch |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/122281/smart-and-flexible-electric-heat-briefing-paper-launch/ |
| Description | Energy Institute North East Branch - invited talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Energy Institute North East Branch - invited talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Energy Storage Workshop: Understanding the Risks and Opportunities, Imperial College London, 1/11/2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 60 people attended the event, which focussed on the impact of energy storage on the safety of life and property on land and in the air. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Energy Systems Catapult / EPSRC Energy Innovation Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussant in detailed strategic thinking on planning the way forward for R&D of the ESC with the assistance of EPSRC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Energy Systems Catapult Visit to Newcastle 6/3/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Hosted meeting at Newcastle with Energy Systems Catapult. Discussed research being carried out ESC and CESI and areas for potential collaboration. Attendees from ESC: Eric Brown (Head of Innovation); Gordon Graham; John Batterbee; Emma Harrison; Phil Lawton. Meeting followed by tour of labs. Newcastle / CESI attendees: Sara Walker; Martin Feeney; Damian Giaouris; Neal Wade; Haris Patsios; Sam Neill; Laura Brown |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Energy Systems Catapult industry and Academia Workshop on Whole Energy Systems Methodology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Scope out meeting to discuss the plans for future research and development in the area of Whole Energy Systems Research and Development for within the UK. BEIS, ESC and EPSRC planning a research call for Industrial and also Academic studies in this area. This meeting was to scope how this call might look and what priorities should be considered. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Energy Systems: Storage 2018 - 5/11/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Panel member for RenewableUK at Solar Trade Association Report launch, London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Energy Theme meeting with North of Tyne Mayor |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Newcastle University representative for Energy Theme meeting with North of Tyne Mayor-request made for further information from Newcastle on energy related research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Energy industry-hosted away day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Energy industry hosted away day on markets & clients |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | EnergyREV meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | EnergyREV meeting and visit to Newcastle |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2019 |
| Description | Engagement meeting with iiESI - 5/10/2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Engagement meeting with iiESI - 5/10/2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Engineering Net Zero Showcase-Glasgow |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Professor Walker spoke at a panel session on 'Delivering Net Zero" and chaired the session on 'Responding and Adapting to the New Normal: Energy Transition Implications from COVID-19 in the UK' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Equiwatt PhD meeting 20/11/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Equiwatt PhD meeting - outcome of previous meetings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Establishing a regional hydrogen economy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Launch event hosted by industry partner on establishing a regional hydrogen economy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Expert Witness to Public Inquiry into proposed opencast mine at Highthorn, Northumberland - 16/6/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Appeared as expert witness against planning permission being granted for the proposed Highthorn open cast mine in Northumberland. The mine had previously been granted planning permission by Northumberland County Council, but was referred to Public Inquiry on environmental grounds by the Secretary for State for Communities and Local Government, and resulted in local and national media coverage. The Secretary for State is to announce his decision on the outcome of the public inquiry at the start of March 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/343c7cb8-75d9-11e6-bf48-b372cdb1043a |
| Description | FGSA Steering group meeting 11/9/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Prep for IGEM conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Faraday Grid - tel con - 4/5/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Faraday Grid - tel con - 4/5/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Filmed interview for Integrated Transport Electricity Gas Research Laboratory (InTEGReL) - 26/7/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Filmed interview included in video made by Northern Gas Networks entitled "Pioneering an integrated energy future" about Integrated Transport Electricity Gas Research Laboratory (InTEGReL). Spoke about the need to carry out research to solve the difficult energy trilemma of cost / security / low carbon. Also spoke about the reasons for approaching this trilemma through a whole a whole systems approach. Video highlighted collaboration at the site between Northern Gas Networks, Northern Powergrid and CESI researchers at Newcastle University. Video aimed to demonstrate the value of research being undertaken at the site, the questions this research aims to answer, that the intention is that the site will be open - which can be used by other businesses / organisations - and to attract potential UK and international investors to the site. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/233108551 |
| Description | Filmed interview for Northern Powergrid - 12/12/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Filmed interview in the Smart Grid Lab of the Urban Sciences Building for Northern Powergrid. Interviews were included in set of videos shown in a panel session lead by Phil Jones, CEO of Northern Powergrid at the NPg's parent company group annual conference - Executive Leadership Conference 2018. The entire set of videos are all available on YouTube; interview included in video number 1, video 7 - Smart Grids; video 11 - Foresight Project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL94rWuj3fAYKmelC_Dsrm6uxCjM3O05lg |
| Description | Fleet World: Industry roundtable: decarbonising transport 26/11/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Fleetworld: Industry roundtable: decarbonising transport - summary of roundtable discussion on how transport can be decarbonising in the future through work at InTEGReL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://fleetworld.co.uk/industry-roundtable-decarbonising-transport/ |
| Description | Flexitricity Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Flextricity in Newcastle |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Forbes article: What contains 3 times more energy than gasoline, but produces zero CO2? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interviewed for Forbes article on potential for renewable hydrogen: What contains 3 times more energy than gasoline, but produces zero CO2? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2020/08/21/what-contains-3-times-more-energy-than-gasoline... |
| Description | From Newcastle COP26 Podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | For Social and Environmental Justice' Izzy sits down with our world-leading researchers to explore how their work is challenging inequalities and promoting a fairer society. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://podcasts.ncl.ac.uk/fromnewcastle/ |
| Description | From Newcastle blog on energy and Net Zero |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Professor Sara Walker, Director of the National Centre for Energy Systems Integration, discusses the role of the energy sector in the transition to net zero. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://from.ncl.ac.uk/research-energy-sector-role-in-net-zero-transition |
| Description | Future Build Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Future Build Conference - discussed InTEGReL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Future Networks Conference, Birmingham - 18/4/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Future Networks Conference, Birmingham - 18/4/2018 - conference chair & opening plenary; agenda stored in UN173614 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | GO Science masterclass |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited "Masterclass" by Chris Dent on modelling in public policy to the Government Office of Science Data Science Stream |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Global Observatory on Peer-to-Peer, Community Self-Consumption and Transactive Energy Models (GO-P2P) Market Layer Working Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in working group looking at Peer-to-Peer, Community Self-Consumption and Transactive Energy Models and the market layer |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020,2021 |
| Description | Global Observatory on Peer-to-Peer, Community Self-Consumption and Transactive Energy Models (GO-P2P) Power System Working Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in working group looking at Peer-to-Peer, Community Self-Consumption and Transactive Energy Models interactions with the physical networks and power systems |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020,2021 |
| Description | Grid Scale High Temperature Storage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with technology provider about grid scale high temperature storage options for InTEGReL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Grid Scale High Temperature Storage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with technology provider about grid scale high temperature storage options for InTEGReL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Grid Scale Storage workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Grid scale storage workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Groningen Energy Telcon |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Groningen Energy Telcon to discuss potential collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Growth / commercialisation workshop (Siemens + NU) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Growth / commercialisation workshop (Siemens + NU) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Hosted a visit from CEO Alan Dunn from Strathclyde University's Power Networks Demonstration Centre |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussed in detail the opportunities of collaboration between CESI's Smartlab and the PNDC. Agreed to work on future collaboration activities and also sign-post any contacts to each others Centre's as and when the opportunities arose. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Hosted a visit from the Director of the International Institute for Energy Systems Integration (iiESI), Professor Mark O'Malley |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr. Mark O'Malley is the Director of iiESI and a Professor of Electrical Engineering at University College Dublin (UCD). He is the founding Director of the Electricity Research Centre and Director of the UCD Energy Institute, a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional, industry-supported research activity. Dr. O'Malley is recognized as a world authority on energy systems integration and has authored over 300 academic papers and supervised 22 Ph.D.s to completion. He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences Advisory Council Energy Panel, a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. He graduated with a B.E. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Ireland. Prof O'Malley was keen to induct CESI into the iiESI consortium. This would increase the International impact |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://iiesi.org/who.html |
| Description | Hosted industry visit and workshop at InTEGReL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Hosted industry visit and workshop at InTEGReL on collaboration opportunities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Hosted industry visit to InTEGReL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit by industry contacts to InTEGReL; delivered talk on InTEGReL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Hosted industry visit to InTEGReL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Hosted visit by NGN customer engagement group to InTEGReL. Reviewed NGN business plan prior to submission to Ofgem price control period |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Hosted meeting by Singapore university |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Hosted meeting in Newcastle with colleagues from Singaporean university |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Hosted meeting with Derek Lickorish, Secure Meters & gave tour of Urban Sciences Building - 16/8/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Derek Lickorish, Non-Executive Director of Secure Meters and Suket Singhal, Group CEO, Secure Meters re smart meter DNO data & potential future collaboration. Gave a tour of the newly opened Urban Sciences Building in Newcastle, including a tour of the energy systems laboratories. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Hosted schools visit to InTEGReL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Hosted schools visit to InTEGReL; also attended by industry partners. Delivered talk on career opportunities across the consortium. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Hosted visit by Nanyang Polytechnic - 12/3/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Hosted visit by Nanyang Polytechnic - 12/3/2018 - Welcome talk, tour of Merz Court labs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Hosted visit from Employment Minister, Damian Hinds to CESI's Smartgrid laboratory and Energy Storage Test Bed facility. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Newcastle University hosted a visit from Employment Minister Damian Hinds who was in the North East to mark the release of the latest labour market figures. While touring the University's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the Minister will met the teams working with global companies such as Nissan, Siemens and Jaguar Land Rover. This latest project builds on the University's world-leading research in energy and future transport. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/news/2017/01/v2g/ |
| Description | Hosted visit to InTEGReL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit to InTEGReL by local councilors. Delivered talk on InTEGReL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Hosted visit to InTEGReL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Hosted visit and site tour of InTEGReL. Follow up discussions informed funding bid development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | ICESI London planning - tel con 05/09/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Planning for ICESI Conference in London with NREL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ICMS Energy Systems Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Scoping workshop on mathematical science research needs in management of energy systems. Linked to Isaac Newton Institute programme on Mathematics of Energy Systems in 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.icms.org.uk/energynetworks.php |
| Description | ICSF Demos bid meeting, InTEGReL - 15/6/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting of InTEGReL partners are potential bid |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ICSF Round Table, London - 9/3/2018 - hosted by UKERC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ICSF Round table, hosted by UKERC "Demonstrating and scaling up low carbon energy systems: what should the research priorities be" - discussions on linking with research priorities with UK Govt Industrial Strategy. Meeting note published on UKERC web site |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.ukerc.ac.uk/news/meeting-note.html |
| Description | IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies 2020 (ISGT-Europe 2020) International Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper "Optimal Residential Battery Scheduling with Asset Lifespan Consideration" by Benoit Couraud, Sonam Norbu, Merlinda Andoni, Valentin Robu, Hani Gharavi, David Flynn. Paper presented virtually by Benoit Couraud. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://attend.ieee.org/isgt-europe-2020/ |
| Description | IEEE Power & Energy General Meeting 2017, Chicago, 16-20 July 2017 - Invited Speaker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to speak in panel session on 18/7/2017 by Ben Kroposki, Director, Power Systems Engineering Center of NREL at IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) General Meeting 2017, Chicago, 16-20 July 2017 Title of the meeting: Energizing a more secure, resilient and adabptable grid. Session title: Unlocking Grid Flexibility - Energy Systems Integration; talk title: Integrating Gas and Electricity Distribution Networks in Search of Flexibility, followed by questions & discussion session. Other speakers in this session included Hirohisa Aki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology, Japan; Emililano Dall'Anese, NREL; Xu Yuan, NTU; Eoin Casey, UCD; Geertje Schuitema, UCD; Peerapat Vithaya, International Energy Agency; Steven Heinen, UCD. PES is the largest forum for sharing latest technology developments in the electric power industry and aims to be a leading provider of scientific and engineering information on electric power and energy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.pes-gm.org/2017/ |
| Description | IET Future Power System Architecture event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attended IET Future Power System Architecture dissemination event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ISCF Briefing - Cardiff |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ISCF Briefing event Cardiff |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ISCF Briefing - Leeds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ISCF Briefing, Leeds |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ISCF Details Designs Briefing event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ISCF Details Designs Briefing event on funding opportunity |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | ISCF Energy System Demonstrator bid meeting - 5/6/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ISCF Energy System Demonstrator bid meeting - 5/6/2018 - to discuss SEND project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ITV Interview- Dr Sara Walker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Dr Sara Walker was interviewed by ITV news to provide her response to the release of the UK Government Hydrogen Strategy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=7ec82cf6-b674-49f9-a9e9-15d15e53f3d5 |
| Description | ITV News - North East & Cumbria: Renewable energy tariffs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On the 11th November 2020, Dr Sara Walker was interviewed for an ITV News television programme for the North East & Cumbria. The content of the piece was renewable energy tariffs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | ITV News:COP26: How climate change is thought to be affecting the North East and North Yorkshire |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discusses personal activities to reduce energy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2021-11-01/how-climate-change-is-thought-to-be-affecting-the-regi... |
| Description | ITV news interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Walker was interviewed on ITV Tyne and Tees evening programme, discussing the rise in energy costs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | IfS Annual Conference "Sustainable Futures: Research, Policy & Practice", London, 8/11/2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | SW gave presentation, "Sustainable buildings: domestic retrofit" . Participated in the panel discussion on how to bring research to policy for the Sustainable Development Goals which followed the presentation session |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sustainability/events/conference/ |
| Description | InTEGREL - NetZeroHeat |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss collaboration on NetZeroHeat using InTEGReL facility |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | InTEGReL - Control rooms of the future, InTEGReL 26/9/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Led workshop on control rooms of the future, InTEGReL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | InTEGReL - discussion re potential research collaboration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with Teeside University regarding potential collaboration on InTEGReL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | InTEGReL 5G Discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | InTEGReL 5G Discussion with telecomms provider |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | InTEGReL Board Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited membership of board, discussing planned Customer Energy Village |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | InTEGReL Consortium Meeting on potential funding opportunities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | InTEGReL Consortium Meeting on potential funding opportunities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | InTEGReL Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting about InTEGReL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | InTEGReL Next steps workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | InTEGReL Next steps workshop, including representatives from NGN, NPG |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | InTEGReL Next steps workshop - May 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | InTEGReL Next steps workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | InTEGReL Opportunity & Follow-up Discussion - 26/2/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with L&G at their offices in London re InTEGReL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | InTEGReL Partnership Meeting - 13/7/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Keith Owen & Sam Neill, Northern Gas Networks at Newcastle University, regarding Northern Gas Networks' Integrated Transport, Electricity & Gas Research Laboratory (InTEGReL) site at Low Thornley. Discussed preparations for launch of the site, potential cross-vector projects that could be demonstrated at Low Thornley and planned future meetings. Laura Brown, CESI Centre Manager, also attended. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | InTEGReL and Customer Energy Village Strategy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss strategy for Customer Energy Village with industry partners |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | InTEGReL and EnergyREV - telcon with Coventry Uni |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | InTEGReL and EnergyREV - telcon with Coventry Uni |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | InTEGReL communication plan meeting, Merz Court 13/02/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | InTEGReL communication plan meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | InTEGReL meeting with industry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | InTEGReLmeeting with re industry collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | InTEGReL meeting, Merz Court, 12/2/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | InTEGReL meeting with Northern Gas Networks, 12/2/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Inaugural Lecture at Heriot Watt University Edinburgh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Inaugural lecture partly based on SCORRES project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM44UDEZvsw |
| Description | Indiana University visit 09/11/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Indiana University visit to Urban Sciences Building |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Industrial Challenge Strategy Fund Round table - 9/3/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ICSF Round table, hosted UKERC "Demonstrating and scaling up low carbon energy systems: what should the research priorities be" - discussions on linking with research priorities with UK Govt Industrial Strategy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund - Tel con - 30/4/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Industrial strategy challenge fund - tel con - 30/4/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Industry workshop linked to Isaac Newton Institute proposal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Co-organised industry scoping session associated with a proposal for an Energy Systems programme at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2017 |
| URL | https://iaciac.github.io/lobanet/events/ |
| Description | Infrastructure Roadmap Synthesis Workshop, Swindon 19/6/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss next steps in UKRI |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Innovate UK Conference call 03/10/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Innovate UK Conference call: Case for a Energy Transition Council / Leadership Council Consultation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Integrel Customer Energy Village |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss the Integrel project and its work with CESI and how the Supergen Energy Networks Research can engage |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Integrel meeting re China collaboration 03/9/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss collaboration between NU, NGN, China on InTEGReL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | International Blockchain Forum 2020, 19 Feb, Rotkreuz, Switzerland - Invited speaker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker from the UK embassy in Switzerland to present the future potential of blockchain technology for the energy sector in International Blockchain Forum 2020 held in Feb. 2020 in Switzerland. The event was attended by 120 participants including policy makers (UK, US and Canada Embassies), power sector professionals, blockchain developers, start-ups and students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ibfr.ch/ |
| Description | International Input Output Association Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Karen Turner (PI) introduced the project in a presentation titled ''The role of low carbon initiatives in growing jobs and the economy - how much can IO analysis tell us?'' in a panel session at International Input Output Association (IIOA) conference. Oluwafisayo Alabi (CI) presented on the actual research paper in a parallel session. Both presentaiton raised discussion on the need to shift attention to cosnider how the investment in the transition (through low carbon solution e.g EVs) may unlock, sustian and potentiallly increase value generation in different parts of the economy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | International Scientific Advisory Board inaugural meeting (Tuesday 11th Oct 2016) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This event brought together the Centre's directorate with the members of our International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) to establish the scientific and technical gaps in our collective knowledge, to set the initial focus of the project and to ensure that our activities are both relevant and timely. The ISAB members contributed by providing the Board with their thoughts on what they felt to be the 'state of the art' whole system analysis and where they believe the gaps currently were in this field. While the majority of ISAB travelled to Newcastle (from the EU) for the event, our members from the USA and Singapore, teleconferenced in. This meant all our industrial scientific advisors contributed to the discussions. The Centre's research strategy was discussed in detail and suggestions for improvement and evolution proposed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/events/launch/ |
| Description | International Women's Day 2020 Panel discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Laura Brown, CESI Centre Manager was an invited panellist, joining a panel comprised of women who work in traditionally male dominated industries |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Interview for BBC One Sunday Politics North East - March 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | BBC One Sunday Politics North East - Dr Sara Walker discusses demand for coal in light of a planning application for a new opencast mine on the outskirts of Newcastle. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Interview for BBC news online article - Climate Change: UK Government to commit to 2050 target |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview for BBC news online article - Climate Change: UK Government to commit to 2050 target |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Interview for Yorkshire Post |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview for article in Yorkshire Post on rural power outages after major storms |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/move-powerlines-under-ground-to-protect-from-storm-out... |
| Description | Interviews relating to Community Energy Modelling |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The study, described in an accompanying report, is a series of semi-structured interviews with a range of stakeholders (industry and academic) with an understanding of the challenge ahead for low-carbon communities, the barriers to low-carbon retrofit, and the complex interaction that householders have with new technologies. The results of these interviews are characterised by key themes that emanated from the conversations, and were designed to help understand the value and purpose of community energy modelling to different end-users and/or recipients of such modelling work. The work also fed into a second-stage workshop exercise. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Inteview as part of slot on electric vehicles on BBC Scotland evening news programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Karen Turner (PI) Inteviewed as part of slot on electric vehicles on BBC Scotland evening news programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited Speaker - Groningen Unviersity Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker for webinar hosted by Groningen University IREES on Building as a power plant |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.rug.nl/research/irees/calendar/2020/irees-colloquium-building-as-a-power-plant-guest-lec... |
| Description | Invited attendance at Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund & Energy Systems Workshop, Glasgow, 9/10/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited attendance at Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund & Energy Systems Workshop, 9/10/2017 hosted by University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Topics of discussions included the Smart Energy Systems Accelerator (SESA) and areas of targeted collaboration across institutions of attendees. Meeting aimed to develop key areas of targeted collaboration. Discussed Smart Energy Systems Accelerator (SESA), an initiative supported by Scottish Power, SSE, Vodafone, UK Power Networks, CISCO, Community Energy Scotland, University of Strathclyde, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, Fife Council, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Invited presentations in 2020-21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentations to - International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems - Energy Regulators Regional Association - Cambridge Society of Edinburgh - European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Invited speaker & attended Low carbon networks innovation (LCNI) conference - 6 & 7/12/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker at Low Carbon Networks Innovation Conference in Telford - 6 & 7/12/2017. Delivered talk in panel session entitled "Creating whole energy thinking", with representatives from WPD, Northern Powergrid, Ofgem, WMU, Northern Gas Networks. Also delivered talk entitled "Energy System Integration Research: Challenges and opportunities" in the "Views from Academia", alongside representatives from Cambridge, Strathyclyde and Imperial. In addition, represented CESI at its exhibition stand. David Greenwood (RA, Newcastle University); Zoya Pourmirza (RA, Newcastle University), Peter Davidson (RA, Newcastle University), Andrew Jenkins (PhD student, Newcastle University), Luke Burl (PhD Student, Newcastle University), Helen Temple (Research Administrator, Newcastle University) and Alison Norton (CESI Research Support Officer) also atended. Conference is organised annually by Energy Networks Association |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.lcniconference.org/archive/2017/conference-highlights.html |
| Description | Invited speaker - Energy & Climate Attaches Conference , London 27/2/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker in Science & Innovation Session of Energy & Climate Attaches Conference at FCO, London. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited speaker - Energy Storage for Low Carbon Grids event at IET in London - 25/1/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gave presentation on key achievements of research & future research needs - highlighting joint projects at Energy Storage for Low Carbon Grids and IMAGES Dissemination event at IET, Savoy Place, London - 25/1/2018. Meeting attended by EPSRC, BEIS, Ofgem, Climate Change Committee, energy storage manufacturers, energy industry and academia from UK and overseas. Other presentations delivered by PIs of other projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited speaker at Durham Energy Institute event "Power to the people" - 16-17/11/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at Durham Energy Institute (DEI) event - Power to the People: Affordability, Sustainability and Security for Global Energy - 17/11/2017. Invite only event, attended by representatives from N8, industry & policy makers. Intended outcome of meeting to write Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF) proposal for submission in 2019. Held at Ramside Hall, Durham. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Invited speaker at Fuel Poverty Research Network conference (FPRN#4) - 7/11/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Delivered talk on CESI's research at Fuel Poverty Research Networks annual conference - 7/11/2017. Presentation was entitled "CESI: A whole systems approach", on taking a whole systems approach to the energy trilemma. The conference focussed on research and action around themes of society, technology & fuel poverty. Led to discussion with Eaga about future research collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.fuelpovertyresearch.net/fprn4/ |
| Description | Invited speaker at National Energy Action (NEA) Annual Conference - 13/9/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Delivered talk & joined session panel at National Energy Action (NEA) Annual Conference, Nottingham - 13/9/2017. Spoke in session on Transforming our energy systems, chaired by Jenny Saunders OBE, Chief Executive, NEA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.nea.org.uk/conferences-and-seminars/annual-conference-2017/ |
| Description | Invited speaker at Siemens Meeting on University Collaborations, Digital Catapult, London - 16/1/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker at Siemens meeting in London on University Collaborations - 16/1/2018. Talk entitled " Energy Systems Integration & AI; other speakers in same session from University of Cambridge (topics Gas Turbine; Distributed Automation & Information Lab). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited speaker at wholeSEM Annual Conference 2017 - "The past, present and future of energy modelling" - 3/7/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker at wholeSEM annual conference. The theme of the 2017 conference was "The past, present and future of energy modelling". Delivered presentation entitled "Gas and Electricity distribution infrastructure interaction", in Session 4 - Operation & design of energy systems infrastructure on 3/7/2017. The session chair was Goran Strbac, Imperial; other speakers in this session included Erik Delarue, University of Leuven; Giulia de Zotti, Technical University of Denmark; Florent Le Strat, EDF Research & Development Group. wholeSEM is a multi-institution initiative to develop, integrate and apply state of the art energy models. The annual conference is a major UK and international event. Its purpose is to enable expert practitioners to discuss state of the art in energy modelling design, process and insights. Conference was attended by an invited audience of 120 leading energy modellers from all over the world. Experts were from academia, government, think-tanks, consulting & firm's in-house expertise. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.wholesem.ac.uk/events/annual-conference/annual-conf-2017/Annual-Conference-2017-Brochure/... |
| Description | Invited speaker, IGEM Annual Conference 2017 - Gas Networks: Securing our energy future, Derby, 10 & 11 October 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker at Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers (IGEM) Annual Conference 2017: Securing our energy future, 10 & 11 October 2017, Derby. Delivered talk on 11/10/2017, entitled "Whole system approaches to energy system planning & operation", which was followed by questions & discussion. The conference is for the gas industry sector; this year's conference aims to build on the Road to 2050 event series - looking at how to ensure gas remains important in the energy industry and how to transform the sector into a low carbon economy. Other speakers at the conference included representatives from BEIS, Ofgem, UK Energy Research Centre, National Grid Gas Transmission, Cadent, Northern Gas Networks, SSGN, Wales & West Utilities, WrC cng Services, Steve Vick International, Energy Intensive Users Group, Energy Systems Catapult, Leeds City Council, Keele University. The conference was accompanied by an exhibition |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://events.igem.org.uk/events/annual-conference-2017 |
| Description | Involvement in Higher Education Innovation Fund video |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | The National Centre for Universities and Business has produced a new video which showcases how the HEIF has facilitated innovation activities at three different universities: Goldsmiths University of London, University of Birmingham, and us at Newcastle University. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/635089677 |
| Description | Joint CESI Industrial Innovation Board / International Scientific Advisory Board Meeting - Feb 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Joint meeting of CESI Industrial Innovation Board and CESI International Scientific Advisory Board, where delivered a talk on CESI activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Joint CESI Industrial Innovation Board / International Scientific Advisory Board Meeting - Oct 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Joint meeting of CESI International Scientific Advisory Board & CESI Industrial Innovation Board, where delivered a talk on CESI activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Joint UK-India Clean Energy Centre Strategic Advisory Panel Meeting - 15/3/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | online meeting of Joint UK-India Clean Energy Centre Strategic Advisory Panel; hosted by Loughborough |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | KTN Energy Study Group, Edinburgh, December 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Brainstorming session between mathematical scientists and five industry/government challenges |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2018 |
| URL | http://www.icms.org.uk/KTN_Energy_SG.php |
| Description | Keynote |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Keynote at the 3rd International Conference of Energy and AI at University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard (France) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | LCNI Conference & Exhibition 2018, Telford |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | LCNI 2018 Conference & Exhibition - networking at CESI / Supergen EN stand; Werin Launch |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | LCNI Conference, Telford - invited speaker 17/10/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | LCNI 2018 Conference & Exhibition - delivered talk in View from Academia session; networking at CESI / Supergen EN stand |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Live filmed interview - Sky News - Comment on Committee Climate Change Report launch - 22/11/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Live filmed interview - Sky News - Comment on Committee Climate Change Report launch |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Living North interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Living North interview on Centre for Energy Systems Integration and Supergen network - Visionaires feature |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.livingnorth.com/northeast/people-places/national-centre-energy-systems-integration |
| Description | Lunch'n Think Webinar: Geothermal Success |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on Repurposing Hydrocarbon wells for Geothermal Use in the UK, which sparked questions and discussions on the opportunities that geothermal energy offer for geo-scientists. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.findingpetroleum.com/agenda/Lunchn-Think-Webinar-Geothermal-Success/a662e.aspx |
| Description | Meeting at Ncl with Raph Kortner, Siemens - 22/2/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Ralph Kortner, Siemens Global Expert on Distributed Energy Systems & tour of Smart Grid Lab and Joseph Swan Labs Discussions included collaboration between Siemens & CESI; CHP, Trigeneration & Energy Storage, Renewable thermal energy system design, Alternative fuel use (Biofuel and Hydrogen) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting at Newcastle Research & Innovation Institute Singapore |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Newcastle Research & Innovation Institute Singapore meeting & facilities visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting between MISTRAL Project Researchers & CESI Researchers - 8/6/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Workshop between Newcastle CESI academics & researchers and academics & researchers working on the ITRC Multi-scale Infrastructure Systems Analytics (MISTRAL) Project, to discuss the research being carried out by both projects & potential for interface / collaboration. Presentations delivered giving an overview of both CESI & MISTRAL, followed by a discussion on potential for collaboration and further meetings. The use of big data and modelling were of particular interest. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting to discuss SEND Demonstrator - June 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss SEND Demonstrator |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with AME |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with AME to share best practice |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with BEIS / Ofgem |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Ofgem & BEIS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with Dept for Transport - 10/2/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with representatives from Dept for Transport 10/2/2017. Discussed areas for research collaboration - including possible research fellowship. Laura Brown, CESI Centre Manager, also attended |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting with EPSRC senior staff |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with EPSRC senior staff in Newcastle |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Energy Systems Catapult at USB - 15/3/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting Energy Systems Catapult |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Energy Systems Catapult, Birmingham to plan Newcastle SSH Phase 2 demonstrators - 30/1/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Planning / strategy meeting with Energy Systems Catapult on Newcastle SSH Phase 2 demonstrators. Attended by 15 people |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting with GHD - April 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with GHD |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Indiana University - 9/11/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Indiana University in Newcastle |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with James O'Toole, End Use Energy Demand (EUED) Centres Coordinator - 20/1/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with James O'Toole, EUED Centres Coordinator - 20/1/2017 re opportunities research collaboration between CESI & EUED, including joint workshop. Phil Taylor (CESI Director) & Laura Brown CESI Centre Manager also attended |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting with Keele Unviersity on SEND project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Keele Unviersity on SEND project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with NGN and BEIS re IntEGReL, London - 22/2/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with BEIS to discuss IntEGReL (Integrating Electricity Gas Research Laboratory). Also attended by representatives from Northern Gas Networks & Northern Powergrid. Meeting in London, 22 February 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting with Northern Powergrid, 9/6/23 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussed possible joint projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with Ofgem - RIIO Price controls - 10/7/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Jon Parker, Ofgem to discuss RIIO Price Controls with Keith Owen, Northern Gas Networks and Jim Cardwell, Northern Powergrid. Discussed gas and electricity interactions, including potential price control barriers to coordination. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting with Ofgem - The role of the system architect - 10/7/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Andrew Wright, Ofgem to discuss "The role of the system architect in the whole energy system". Discussed initial findings of CESI research on the benefits of a System Architect approach which embraces whole systems thinking, and the opportunities for value to the sector. Sara Walker (CESI, Newcastle University), Gordon Mackerron (CESI, Sussex University) and Laura Brown (CESI Centre Manager) also attended. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting with Poweroll |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Poweroll; outcome of enquiry at another event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Ricardo Energy & Environment, who are consulting on behalf of Energy Systems Catapult - 7/7/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting at my office in Newcastle with Olivia Carpenter, Senior Consultant - Technical, Energy Practice, Ricardo Energy & Environment (REE), as part of consulting work on behalf of Energy Systems Catapult. Purpose of the meeting: Riccardo wished to hear about CESI and learn more about its research demonstrators, as they are developing an outline business case which describes the requirements for and costs and benefits of multi-vector demonstration and test facilities (likely to be made up of existing and multi-vector test facilities). Discussed CESI Research, its demonstrators and a potential visit to Newcastle. Meeting also attended by Laura Brown, CESI Centre Manager. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting with Siemens re ISEF Activities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Siemens re ISEF Activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with UKERC, London - 26/2/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with UKERC re Whole systems networking fund |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with college |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with college to discuss funding bid. The college was included in the bid. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with industry partner |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with potential industry partner about funding bid for InTEGReL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with industry partner re funding bid |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with industry partner re funding bid |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with industry re potential collaboration on hydrogen & carbon capture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with industry on potential collaboration on hydrogen and carbon capture |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with power station operator |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with power station operator; best practice on control rooms to feed into InTEGReL control room |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with the Global Head of Siemens Microgrids |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attended a meeting with the Global Unit head of Siemens Microgrids in Nuremberg Germany to discuss the collaboration efforts that Siemens can provide to the CESI Centre. Visited the Siemens Energy Systems Laboratories for discussions on whole energy systems experimentation and demonstration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.siemens.com/innovation/en/home/pictures-of-the-future/energy-and-efficiency/smart-grids-... |
| Description | Meetings with ANEEL, Brazil and Ofgem re Energy Storage Strategy Project Call - 31/1/2017-1/2/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Travel to Brazilia to meet with Agencia Nacional de Energia Electrica (ANEEL), Brazil's Electricity Regulatory Authority and Ofgem to discuss Energy Storage Strategic Project Call. Visted between 31/1/2017-1/2/2017. Meeting attended by 15 people. Follow up actions agreed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Membership of National Grid Electricity System Operator Technical Advisory Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Membership of strategic level advisory group reporting to NGESO's board |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.nationalgrideso.com/who-we-are/stakeholder-groups/technology-advisory-council |
| Description | Monash Seminar-Looking at Buildings as Virtual Power Plants |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | On the 26th May 2020, Dr Sara Walker delivered an online talk through the Monash Energy Institute to students at Monash University on Buildings as Virtual Power Plants. The talk included discussion of the potential for a building to offer flexibility to the local electricity network by reducing import from, or export to, the network at the point of connection. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.monash.edu/energy-institute/news-events/past-events/events/2020/webinar-looking-at-build... |
| Description | Muditha Abeysekera: Westminister Healthcare and Estates Energy Management Conference - July 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The purpose of the presentation was to share the results of a collaboration between Muditha and the public sector's energy managers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/agenda/environmental-sustainability-in-healthcare-20-agen... |
| Description | N8 Meeting, Leeds - 23/5/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | N8 Meeting, Leeds - 23/5/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | N8 Meeting: Clean and Productive Business |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Newcastle representatives at N8 meeting on Clean and Productive Business |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NE Energy Innovation Partnership |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | NE Energy Innovation Partnership - including discussion of energy demonstration assets in NE |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NECEM International Conference on Energy Materials & Interfaces - July 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | NECEM International Conference on Energy Materials & Interfaces - invited Keynote speaker |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/necem/conference/ |
| Description | NELEP Minewater Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited attendance; NELEP Minewater launch event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NESCOE Association Annual Dinner - invited speaker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | NESCOE Association Annual Dinner - invited speaker |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NESCOE Association Seminar - invited seminar chair |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | NESCOE Association Seminar - invited seminar chair; included presentations from Northern Powergrid, Durham University, GHD Consultants, EDF Nuclear, Lynemouth Power Ltd, Zero Carbon Futures |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NREL & CESI - tel con 23/8/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Tel con catch up between CESI & NREL, hosted US office of UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | NWG Innovation Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Delivered talk on opportunities at InTEGReL at NWG Innovation Day |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Nanyang Technological University Conference, Sabah 09/10/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | NTU Conference - delivered talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | National Grid Workshop: Future Energy Scenarios - 12/7/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Future Energy Scenarios, National Grid - 1 day workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | National Infrastructure Commission Meeting at Ncl University - 13/3/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Chris Newitt, National Infrastructure Commission. Discussed overview of work being undertaken by the Commission and the potential for collaboration. Given a tour of Newcastle Smart Grid Lab. Meeting also attended by Sara Walker (CESI Associate Director & Newcastle University), Laura Brown (CESI Centre Manager), Martin Feeney (Newcastle University), Haris Patsios (CESI Researcher & Newcastle University), Sam Neill & Neal Wade (CESI Researcher & Newcastle University) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Net Zero North East England indicators working group, 2/6/23 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Provided expert input to indicators working group for Net Zero North East England, indicators approved and adopted by North of Tyne Combined Authority. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | NetZero Live - Buildings & Transport session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 11th November 2020, Dr Sara Walker was a panelist at a NetZero Live Conference 2020 Buildings & Transport roundtable session. The discussion points included Net-zero carbon buildings and transport policy, developing the green office of the future and EVs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://netzerolive.com/agenda/day-2/ |
| Description | Network Awards 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presenting awards at Awards Ceremony hosted by Network Magazine |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Network Awards 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Network Awards 2020 - Awards panel |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://networks.online/gphsn/news/1001769/network-awards-2020-entries |
| Description | Networks Award 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Networks Awards Judge 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Networks Award 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Judge of Networks Awards 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Newcastle University Blog Piece |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Sara Walker wrote a blog for the new research focused Newcastle University blog webpage(from.ncl.ac.uk) on 'The energy sector and UK recovery in the wake of the COVID pandemic'. This included the different solutions for the energy sector when undergoing the rapid transformation required to meet national targets for net zero greenhouse gas emissions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://from.ncl.ac.uk/the-energy-sector-and-uk-recovery-in-the-wake-of-the-covid-pandemic |
| Description | Newcastle University Business School Webinar - Professor Natasha Mauthner in conversation with Dr Sara Walker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://microsites.ncl.ac.uk/nubsstaffblog/2020/11/12/08-december-2020-research-connections-event-en... |
| Description | Newcastle University Centre for Energy Webinar: Fuel poverty - who is affected and are our policies meeting the needs of families with children |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chaired panel session, with invited speakers from the Committee on Fuel Poverty |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Newcastle University Workshop on NetZero Report by Committee on Climate Change - June 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chair - Newcastle University Workshop on NetZero Report by Committee on Climate Change |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Newcastle University-University of California Davis Energy & Efficiency Institute Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on potential collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Newcastle University/Northern Powergrid Research Workshop: Transition to a more resilient and decarbonised energy system |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Professor Walker attended this workshop with both academics and industry partners, to disseminate learning from finished research, signpost new research and identify new ways that the stakeholders could work together to move towards a decarbonised energy system |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Newcastle-Turing Institute 30/4/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Newcastle-Turing Institute - 30/4/2018 - discussion on energy research collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Niagara 2016 Symposium on Microgrids - 20 & 21 October 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 150 senior academics and industry representatives from around the world attended the symposium. I gave a presentation entitled "Automatic Microgrids", followed by a discussion session. I attended other presentations and participated in discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://microgrid-symposiums.org/niagara-information/ |
| Description | Nissan Battery Project Close Down - 1/2/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attended Battery Project Closedown event at Nissan offices, Washington. Heard about project and networking opportunity. Led to invitation to speak at Advanced Propulsion Centre Conference taking place in Coventry |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | North East Energy Catalyst Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss potential collaboration; presented on CESI activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | North East LEP meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting NELEP with introduction to North East Energy Catalyst |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Northern Gas Networks H21: Public perceptions of hydrogen webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attended webinar hosted by Northern Gas Networks |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://together.northerngasnetworks.co.uk/events/h21-public-perceptions-of-hydrogen/ |
| Description | Northern Gas Networks H21: Public perceptions of hydrogen webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attended stakeholder workshop hosted by Northern Gas Networks |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://together.northerngasnetworks.co.uk/events/h21-public-perceptions-of-hydrogen/ |
| Description | Northern Gas Networks Networking Event, Trinity House, Newcastle - 19/10/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Networking event hosted by Northern Gas Networks at Trinity House, Newcastle. Attended by NGN staff, industry / business and professional practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Northern Gas Networks Networking Lunch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Northern Gas Networks Networking lunch |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Northern Power Women Conference 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Northern Power Women Conference 2019 - invited innovation panellist, with NELEP, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and followed by question and answer session |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Northern Powergrid - Customer Energy Village Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with Northern Powergrid on Customer Energy Village |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Northern Powergrid 2019 Stakeholder Summit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited panellist, Creating a Sustainable Energy Future for the North, Northern Powergrid Annual 2019 Stakeholder Summit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creating-a-sustainable-energy-future-for-the-north-tickets-7205251601... |
| Description | Northern Powergrid: Distributed Future Energy Scenarios Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | invited attendance at workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Northern Rail Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on carbon neutral railways |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Northumberland County Council Energy Central Campus Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | invited attendance at workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Northumbria University Energy Futures Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended Northumbria University Energy Futures Meeting: Boilers on the Brink - The future of domestic heating in the UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Northumbria Water Group Innovation Festival 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker "we built this city" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | OLEV Conference call - May 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Conference call with OLEV |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | ORE Catapult meeting on hydrogen |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Hydrogen taskforce introductory meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Ofgem Behavioural Insights Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Sara Walker delivered invited talk on the 13th May 2020 at an Ofgem Behavioural Insights Seminar on Building as power plants and the support buildings can offer networks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Ofgem RIIO-2 Draft Determinations Stakeholder Call |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Ofgem RIIO-2 Draft Determinations Stakeholder Call - attended by CESI Centre Manager, Laura Brown |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Open Energy Forum - 12/4/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Open Energy Forum - hosted by Zero Carbon Futures |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Panel Chair and Talk at International Institute for Energy Systems Integration Conference (iiESI), Colorado, USA - 5-6/12/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | International Institute for Energy Systems Integration Conference (iiESI) took place in Colorado, USA - 5-6/12/2017 at US Dept of Energy's National Renewable Laboratory. Conference theme was "Infrastructure for an Integrated Energy System". Delivered a talk entitled "Sector Coupling Solutions" and chaired Panel Discussion Session 1 on "Sector coupling solutions to renewables integration", with panellists: Kevin Harrison, Hydrrogen Systems Engineering Lead, NREL; Chongqing Kang, Tsinghua University; Ning Zhang, Tsinghua University; Leah Kaffine, GE Energy Consulting, USA; Ben Haley, Evolved Energy, USA; Steve Chalk, Dept of Energy, USA. Participating organisations included the World Energy Council, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), International Energy Agency (IEA), European Energy Research Alliance Joint Programme (EEERA JP), Joint Research Centre - European Commission (JRC), Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group (UVIG). Whilst at the conference, visited NREL's world leading Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF). As a result of attending the conference, a number of immediate opportunities for collaboration with NREL and other global ESI researchers were identified. David Greenwood (RA, Supergen Networks Hub) and Laura Brown (CESI Centre Manager) also attended. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://iiesi.org/workshop-icesi-12-2017.html |
| Description | Panel member for Official London Launch of the Energy Systems Catapult |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Nick Smailes, our Head of Business Development at the Energy Systems Catapult led a panel debate at the launch event focusing on Whole Energy System Thinking. As a panel member, I argued for different needs related to a whole energy system. There were multiple suggestions for other topics, research questions and areas that we should consider including, financial / investment models, ensuring customer / consumer engagement, using demonstrators to de-risk investment and ensuring that future systems are capable of adaption / evolution - all of which will be part of the Energy Systems catapult's thinking going forward. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://es.catapult.org.uk/news/official-london-launch/ |
| Description | Paper for presentation at World Geothermal Congress 2020 (postponed to 2021) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Watson, S.M., Falcone, G. and Westaway, R. Repurposing Hydrocarbon Wells for Geothermal Use in the UK: a Preliminary Resource Assessment. Proceedings of the World Geothermal Congress 2020, Reykjavik, Iceland, 21 - 26 May 2021, 12 pp. Online pre-prints: https://pangea.stanford.edu/ERE/db/WGC/papers/WGC/2020/16024.pdf |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Paper presentation at the European Geothermal Congress 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Watson, S.M., Westaway, R. and Falcone, G. 2019. A Review of Deep Geothermal Energy and Future Opportunities in the UK. Proceedings, European Geothermal Congress 2019, Den Haag, The Netherlands, 11-14 June 2019, 6 pp |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://europeangeothermalcongress.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/158.pdf |
| Description | Paper presentation at the European Geothermal Congress 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Watson, S.M., Westaway, R. and Falcone, G. 2019. A Review of Deep Geothermal Energy and Future Opportunities in the UK. Poster Presentation. European Geothermal Congress 2019, Den Haag, The Netherlands, 11-14 June 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Participate in Northern EnergyTaskforce Meeting, Manchester, 4/12/2016, hosted by Institute for Public Policy Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participate in Northern Energy Taskforce Meeting hosted by the Institute for Public Policy Research in Manchester, which sparked discussions. Further meetings planned. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Participate in panel session at launch of NGN Energysing the North Report, Palace of Westminster, 23/1/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Participation and attendance of launch event for "Energising the North" Report at the Palace of Westminster Event introduced by Andrew Percy MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for the Northern Powerhouse Panellist in debate session; other panellists Mark Horsley CEO Northern Gas Networks; Robert Hull, Director of Power & Utilities, KPMG; Councillor Lucinda Yeadon, Deputy Leader of Leeds City Council & Executive Member for Environment & Sustainability; Mark Lewis, Low Carbon Consultant, Tees Valley Combined Authority; Patrick Erwin, Policy & Markets Director, Northern Powergrid 36 people attended, including representatives from government / policy makers, industry and media. Andrew Percy MP and Robert Hull gave presentations, which led onto the panel debate session. Event was concluded with media interviews. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Participation in the IET's Future Power System Architecture 2 planning program (in collaboration with ESC) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | kick off meeting for a wide-ranging collaborative effort to address the needs of current and future users of the energy system. The collaboration is between the IET and ESC and commissioned by BEIS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://es.catapult.org.uk/news/fpsa2-addressing-needs-current-future-users-energy-system/ |
| Description | Petroleum Review comment piece: Green hydrogen development from a systems perspective |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Petroleum Review comment piece: Green hydrogen development from a systems perspective |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://knowledge.energyinst.org/magazines/petroleum-review |
| Description | Presentation at 7th London Geothermal Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Falcone, G., Westaway, R., Watson, S.M., Al Lawati, A. 2019. The Feasibility of Repurposing Hydrocarbon Wells for Geothermal Use in the UK: a Critical Assessment. Oral Presentation. 7th London Geothermal Symposium, The Geological Society, 5th November 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/expired/GSL-7th-London-Geothermal-Symposium |
| Description | Presentation at All Energy conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Watson, S.M., Falcone, G. and Westaway, R. 2019. Repurposing Hydrocarbon Wells for Geothermal Energy Production and Storage: EPSRC-CESI Flexi Fund Research Project. Oral Presentation. All Energy 2019, Glasgow, UK, 15th May 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at Scottish Ministerial and Universities Scotland Trade Mission to the British High Commission, New Delhi |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on Energy Research in Scotland to joint delegation audience at the British High Commission in New Delhi on the 3rd of December 2017. The subject was Energy Research in Scotland with a particular emphasis on energy utilisation in buildings. CEDRI and CESI were specifically mentioned due to their potential impact on energy modelling as India invests in new infrastructure in the built environment and smart energy systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.studyinscotland.org/news/2017/scotlands-universities-welcome-india/ |
| Description | Presentation at the 2020 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2020) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper "Strategic Decision-Making for Power Network Investments with Distributed Renewable Generation" by Merlinda Andoni, Valentin Robu, Wolf-Gerrit Früh, David Flynn at the 2020 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2020). Paper presented virtually by Merlinda Andoni (https://underline.io/lecture/293-strategic-decision-making-for-power-network-investments-with-distributed-renewable-generation) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://aamas2020.conference.auckland.ac.nz/ |
| Description | Presentation by Jenny Saunders OBE, prior to honorary degree ceremony - 8/12/2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | SW attended presentation by Jenny Saunders OBE, CEO of National Energy Action - 8/12/2016, prior to her honorary degree ceremony |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presented at the Durham Energy Institute Research Symposium 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented the research plans for CESI and acted as a panellist on the Energy System Integration session |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.dur.ac.uk/dei/events/?eventno=30543 |
| Description | Press release |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | As part of CEP's 5th year anniversary webinar series, Karen Turner discusses the headline research findings on the macroeconomic impacts on the UK economy of electrifying private transport up to 2050 with focus on the crucial question of ''can the electrification of private transport lead to economic prosperity''? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/centreforenergypolicy/newsblogs/electrificationofprivatetranspor... |
| Description | Press release |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Following the annoucement of sales of new petrol and diesel cars to be 'phased out' in Scotland by 2030 as part of new climate change plan,Karen Turner gives evidence from the research on the impacts of large scale investment for electricity network upgrades and roll out of EVs on economic prosperity in context of the wide net zero challenge. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/16/sales-new-petrol-diesel-cars-phased-scotland-2030-part-n... |
| Description | Project Meeting, Keele University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Project Meeting, Keele University re potential collaboration. Outcome of an enquiry at another event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | RAEng Event: Data-driven culture change - 27/11/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | RAEng Event: Data-driven culture change - invite only event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | RIE2020 MTR Programme 11/10/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | RIE2020 MTR Programme - Singapore Energy Programme - panellist, EMA Sinagpore |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ReFLEX Industry Advisory Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited membership of board |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Research Leaders Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance at a meeting for Research Leaders - How to lead a large research project, leading to further research collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Research Questions for Gas & Electricity Coupling Workshop - 28/7/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Led workshop attended by Keith Owen & Sam Neill, Northern Gas Networks on research questions for gas & electricity coupling. There were discussions on what questions may be answered through one of CESI Demonstrator sites - Integrated Transport Electricity & Gas Research Laboratory site (InTEGReL) at Low Thornley, operated by Northern Gas Networks - and how they might be answered and what other infrastructure would be required at the site in order to answer them. Also discussed preparation for further meetings, including planned VIP Launch of InTEGReL on 11/9/2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Research collaboration meeting with industry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Research collaboration meeting with industry and site visit. Resulted in follow-up discussions on further opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Research workshop - Institutions for digital energy governance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended University of Exeter research workshop - institutions for digital energy governance |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Roundtable event on EVs costs and benefits with Ofgem |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The activity involved the project team giving a presentation on costs and benefits of EVs rollout that involved demostrating the extent and nature of the wider economy impacts of enabling and realising EV rollouts for net zero to Ofgem (energy regulator for Great Britain). The presentation sparked questions and discussions on the unanticpated cost (i.e cost of living) and price (i.e electricity price) pressures from our research results and type of trade-off emerging crucial for policy makers and regulators thinking and consideration in context of decarbonisation of transport and the net zero challenge more widely. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Royal Society of Chemistry event: Mitigating issues of future wastes - 5/9/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker. Talk tile: How resilience to resource security may be incorporated into our energy networks |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | SST / SOP - Tel con 4/9/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | SST / SOP - Tel con 4/9/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Saudi Arabia Delegation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor Walker was responsible for entertaining and presenting work to delegates from Saudi Arabia who were visiting the University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | School visit, Newcastle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Outreach activity, highlighting Newcastle University Energy Research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Seminar and research discussions at NREL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and research discussions at National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Denver, CO, developing common interests in resource adequacy assessment and energy system modelling. Particular topics under energy system modelling are the incorporation of operational constraints into planning models, and uncertainty quantification in plannign models, linking to the Future Conventional Power project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Seminar at Ofgem on capacity markets and decision support, by Chris Dent, Amy Wilson and Stan Zachary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Seminar at energy regulator. Part of series of events leading to consultancy on decision support for network planning. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Seminar to Birmingham Energy Institute, 27/04/23 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Around 60 people attended seminar, given to Birmingham Energy Institute, on previous work for CESI and plans moving forward for CSI-HALF. Led to further engagement with Cadent, and Birmingham Energy Institute. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Showcasing research to chief scientific advisors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Chief Scientific Advisers (CSAs) to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Professor Paul Monks, and the Department for Transport (DfT), Professor Sarah Sharples, were in the University recently at the invitation of Professor of Energy, Sara Walker. They were here to visit our Northern Gas Networks research site, Hydrogen Homes, at Low Thornley in Gateshead, to learn more about the research Sara is leading into the potential of integrating hydrogen into the energy system as part of the transition to net zero. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | SiPF Briefing Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Prep for potential funding opportunity for InTEGReL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | SiPF funding workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | SiPF funding workshop - planning potential bid |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Siemens - Networking event, 9/11/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Informal networking event with Siemens, to build on ongoing relationship with Siemens and to discuss and plan areas for further collaboration. Hosted by Colin Henry, Siemens |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Siemens Gamesa Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Siemens Gamesa meeting with Energy leads at Newcastle regarding potential project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Siemens Mindsphere Launch Event - 5/3/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker - Launch event for Siemens Mindsphere Lab, USB, Newcastle |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Singapore Power - Conference call 29/11/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Singapore Power - Connference call re collaboration opportunities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Singapore Power Group Meeting, Singapore 11/7/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attended meetings with SP Group, Singapore |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sky News Hydrogen Interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof. Walker states the importance of the source of hydrogen and how improvements are needed, "around 95% of the hydrogen created in the UK is generated by fossil fuels". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://news.sky.com/story/climate-crisis-sky-news-presenter-adam-boulton-tries-out-hydrogen-powered... |
| Description | Sky News interview - Government 'failing to show leadership' - 21/2/2020 and 22/2/2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | TV interview for Sky News broadcast on Fri 21/2/2020 and on Sat 22/2/2020 on proposed open cast coal mine at Druridge Bay in Northumberland. A decision by Government on the proposed mine is still pending after the outcome of the planning inquiry refusing permission for the mine was appealed by Banks Mining. Interview also published online by Sky News. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://news.sky.com/story/government-failing-to-show-leadership-over-plans-for-new-coal-mines-11939... |
| Description | Society of Petroleum Engineers - Geothermal Seminar 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Over 100 people attended the presentation, which sparked questions and discussion on the actual potential for repurposing oil and gas wells as geothermal wells. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.spe-aberdeen.org/events/geothermal-conference-2022/ |
| Description | Speaker at HubNet Symposium: Future of Energy Networks, Bath - 19-20/9/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker at HubNet Symposium: Future of Energy Networks 2017, HubNet's annual conference hosted by Bath University on 19/9/2017. Talk entitled: Plans for next networks hub, which was followed by questions & discussions. Symposium organised by Supergen Energy Networks Hub (in addition to Newcastle University involving Imperial, Strathclyde, Cardiff, Durham, Edinburgh, Manchester Universities). Purpose of conference for leading experts to share research undertaken and future research plans; energy network planners & operators to share information on future plans and also networking opportunities. Topics covered included: smart grids, infrastructure, market mechanisms required. Conference included a keynotes from John McElroy, Advisory Board Member of UKERC and Nigel Turvey, Design & Development Manager, Western Power Distribution. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.hubnet.org.uk/filebyid/1060/FoEN_Agenda.pdf |
| Description | Speaker at Launch of Integrated Transport Electricity & Gas Research Laboratory (InTEGReL), Low Thornley, 11/9/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Speaker at Integrated Transport Electricity & Gas Research Laboratory (InTEGReL) VIP Launch event (invite only), hosted by Northern Gas Networks (NGN) at InTEGReL site in Low Thornley, Gateshead. InTEGReL is one of CESI Research Demonstrators. aNd is governed and operated by NGN with assistance of a project group including representatives from Northern Power Grid (NPg), CESI and the Energy Systems Catapult (ESC). Delivered talk entitled "Towards a whole systems approach", which included a demonstration of real time acquisition and visualisation of gas & electricity usage for the Low Thornley site and the modelling and simulation tool for an integrated multi-vector energy network being developed by CESI researchers. Talks followed by a tour of the site and discussions on potential future infrastructure and research questions to be answered through the site. Purpose of the event was to showcase the InTEGReL site and to illustrate the activities which could take place there - sharing the vision for the site in support UK in its transition to a low carbon economy. The aim of developing InTEGReL is to establish an open and collaborative facility to enable universities, SMEs and industry to innovate and demonstrate whole energy systems solution at full scale. The focus is on clarifying benefits to comers and government in terms of cost effectiveness, emissions and security of supply. Event attended by InTEGReL stakeholders / potential collaborators. Speakers at the event included representatives from NPg, NGN, CESI, ITM Energy, Enzen. Event attended by 50 delegates from industry, government and investment community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Speaker at Ofgem event in Edinburgh - 14/11/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speaker at Ofgem Smart Futures Event in Edinburgh, 14/11/2017. Delivered talk entitled "The transition to a smarter, low-carbon energy system", followed by Q&A session. Event chaired by Andrew Wright, Senior Partner, Ofgem; keynote address by Dermot Nolan, Chief Executive, Ofgem. Event included discussion sessions on Ofgem's future plans to facilitate the energy transition and also a panel discussion "How can we make the transition to a smarter low carbon energy system work for society?". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Speaker at Skoltech-MIT Conference, Moscow - 25-26/4/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Delivered talk and attended Skoltech-MIT Conference: Shaping the Future: Big Data, Biomedicine and Frontier Technologies, Moscow, 25-26 April 2017. Delivered invited lecture on "Autonomic Microgrids" on 26/4/2017, in the Frontier Technologies: Energy Systems session. Conference attended by MIT President, Prof L Rafael Reif, Russian government representatives, academics, researchers and industry representatives. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2017 |
| URL | http://www.skoltech.ru/en/2017/02/skoltech-mit-conference/ |
| Description | Storage at Scale Briefing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Delivered talk on InTEGReL at storage at scale briefing, London. Led to discussions on InTEGReL as a demonstrator. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Talk at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In February 2023, Sara Walker gave a talk on the high energy prices for the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Tyne & Wear at Northumbria University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk or presentation at the International Association of Energy Economics (IAEE) conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Two of the CIs/ Researchers of the project team ;Dr Oluwafisayo Alabi and Dr Chrisitain Calvillo presented at the IAEE online conference held 7th - 9th June 2021, with over 150 sessions and 1000 attendees. The presentations focused on key findings and outcomes emerging in terms of key drivers, causal processes, and supply constraints of enabling and realising more rapid EV-roll out by 2050 with net zero focus and some of the questions and challenges around how the pace of adoption of EV smart charging impacts the energy system. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Talk to North East Women in Engineering and Computing Science, 30/6/23 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk to staff and students about my career journey in energy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk to webinar 'Sustainability and the world around us', Newcastle University, 26/7/23 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk to university students |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Technical Committee Meeting, Singapore |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Technical Committee Meeting, Singapore |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Technical discussion of energy system management platform |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Technical discussion of energy system management platform |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Tel con - Faraday Grid - 26/3/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Tel con - Faraday Grid |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Tel con - SPGroup-Newcastle 18/5/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Tel con - SPGroup-NTUPNewcastle 18/5/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Tel con - Sark Commissioner for Electricity Price Controls - 26/3/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Tel con - Sark Commissioner for Electricity Price Controls |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Tel con -Culham Centre for Fusion Energy - 18/5/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Tel con - Culham Centre for Fusion Energy - 18/5/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Tel con with Enzen re placements for Newcastle Students - 9/2/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussed placements for Newcastle Students - 9/2/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Tele-conference with Zhong Fan, Keele University - 31/10/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Conference call with Zhong Fan, Keele University and Sara Walker (Ncl) on potential collaboration opportunities. Prof Fan is PI of Smart Energy Network Demonstrator (SEND) project. Discussed work being undertaken on the SEND project, CESI and Supergen and opportunities for potential collaboration on these projects. Also discussed arranging a future meeting in Newcastle on this collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Teleconference with Energy Systems Catapult re findings of their Future Power System Architecture 2 project - 8/5/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Teleconference with Eric Brown of Energy Systems Catapult re findings of their Future Power System Architecture 2 project and potential links with CESI. Phil Taylor (CESI Director) and Laura Brown (CESI Centre Manager), also joined call. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Tenaga University, Singapore - 17/2/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meetings included engineering / energy teams of Tenaga University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | The Alan Turing Institute Seminar: AI and digital energy grids for a low carbon future 14/11/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Delivered seminar The Alan Turing Institute Seminar: AI and digital energy grids for a low carbon future; also shared via Turing Institute's YouTube channel |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z36L1mNS2zY&list=PLuD_SqLtxSdUCXg_gTdPKN_aia79St0Am&index=6 |
| Description | The Conversation article |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Walker wrote a news article for The Conversation, detailing why there was a big hike in energy prices, and what the response to that should be. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/energy-bills-why-yours-is-now-so-expensive-and-where-all-the-money-goes-... |
| Description | The Conversation- 'The Roundtable-Building a Sustainable Future' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In October 2021, Dr Sara Walker took part in 'The Conversation- 'The Roundtable-Building a Sustainable Future'. The event was to discuss the North East's pivotal role in transforming the UK into a global clean energy leader. Dr Walker raised a variety of issues such as the fact that the North East as a location, is ideal in terms of the mix of energy solutions that can be investigated. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://netimesmagazine.co.uk/magazine/editorial/the-round-table-building-a-sustainable-future/ |
| Description | The HubNet Smart Grids Symposium 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Smart Grids Symposium is an annual event that showcases outcomes from the UK Smart Grid research community to a broad audience of stakeholders. . Presented in session 2 on Session 2 - Distributed Intelligence for Network Operation and Control on an integrated environment for testing and evaluating distributed and decentralised control techniques |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.hubnet.org.uk/events/smartgrids_symposium/sept2016 |
| Description | The IET Power Academy Seminar Programme 2019 - Keynote address |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The IET Power Academy Seminar Programme 2019 - Keynote address "Tackling the 4D Energy Challenge through Storage and Flexibility: Decarbonisation, Decentralisation, Democratisation, Digitalisation" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The need to accelerate the transition to a low carbon economy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Karen Turner invited to speak on the findings of the research at the Heathrow Clean Vehicle Partnership (CVP) awards 15 November 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Tour and technical demonstration of the CESI Smartgrid lab to Distribution Network Operator (DNO) Northern Powergrid's engineers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This was a hosted tour of the Smartgrid facility followed by a networking opportunity lunch with some of the CESI's Power Systems researchers and the local DNO technical innovation team. The purpose of the visit was to increase the regional DNO's understanding of our research and development capabilities in the arena of smart grid technologies and to discuss future collaboration opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Tutorial day on Energy System Planning Under Uncertainty |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Tutorial day for academics and practitioners. Around 40 delegates including speakers. Aim was to translate methods from mathematical science to application disciplines. Slides and videos of talks available on website, see URL. Sponsored by Hubnet and CESI. Other grants listed indicate source of methodology presented in one or more talks, or payment of travel for a speaker. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://icms.org.uk/workshops/energytutorialday |
| Description | Tyndall Centre, Manchester University - guest lecture - June 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Tyndall Centre, Manchester University - guest lecture |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | UK Energy Storage Conference (UKES) 2019, Newcastle, UK - Invited Keynote Speaker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation about the role of Energy Storage, Integration and Control in Whole Energy Systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/ukes2019/ |
| Description | UK Energy Storage Conference 2018 - 20-22/3/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | UKES Conference at USB, Newcastle. Keynote speaker and session chair on policy & economics of energy storage |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://ukenergystorage.co/ |
| Description | UK Energy Storage Conference 2018, Newcastle - 20-22/3/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Hosted UKES 2018 conference at USB; delivered conference welcome plenary talk; conference dinner - 21/3/2018; |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://ukenergystorage.co/ |
| Description | UK Energy Storage Conference 2019, Newcastle - September 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | UK Energy Storage Conference 2019 - Keynote speaker |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | UK-France Joint Smart Energy Technology Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Bilateral smart energy technology workshop, at invite of BEIS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | UKCCSRC Network Assembly and Advisory Council Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In January 2023, Sara Walker attended the virtual UKCCSRC Network Assembly and Advisory Council Meeting which aims to ensure that carbon capture and storage (CCS) plays an effective role in helping the UK achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | UKERC Advisory Board |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited membership of advisory board |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | UKERC Annual Assembly |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited attendance at UKERC Assembly |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | UKERC Annual Assembly 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Update from UKERC and networking with attendees |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.ukerc.ac.uk/ |
| Description | UKERC Annual Conference - 4-5/7/2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | SW attended & participated in discussions; PCT & Colin Henry presented. Conference title: Energy Modelling insights for iterative dynamic decision making. Hosted by wholeSEM - Whole Systems Energy Modelling Consortium, Cambridge |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.wholesem.ac.uk/wholesem-events-repository/annual-conf-16 |
| Description | UKERC Collaboration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with Director of UKERC about potential collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | UKERC Funding event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | attended workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | UKERC Research Committee |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited membership of committee |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | UKERC Whole Systems Hydrogen Network - conf call 03/12/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | UKERC Whole Systems Hydrogen Network - conf call |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | UKRI Energy Systems Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | UKRI Energy Systems Workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | UKRI Energy Systems Workshop - June 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | UKRI Energy Systems Workshop, Birmingham - invitation only workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | UKRI Meeting with EPSRC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss UKRI RIIR Roadmap: Energy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | UKRI Meeting with EPSRC - 22/1/2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss UKRI RIIR Roadmap: Energy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | UKRI RIIR - Tel co 22/8/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Interview to gather opinion on current and future landscape of energy research infrastructure |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | UKRI RIIR Energy Workshop - 11/5/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in UKRI RIIR Energy workshop, Edinburgh |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | UKRI Roadmap - Taskforce workshop, London 24/9/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | UKRI Innovation & Infrastructure - Energy Taskforce Workshop, London - 24/9/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | UKRI Roadmap, London - 30/4/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | UKRI Innovation & Infrastructure - Energy Workshop, London - 30/4/2018 - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | UPEN Blog: Harnessing hydrogen fuel for a green and industrial recovery |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | UPEN Blog: Harnessing hydrogen fuel for a green and industrial recovery - by Laura Brown, CESI Centre Manager |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.upen.ac.uk/blogs/?action=story&id=134 |
| Description | University Building Opening event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Newcastle University Building Opening event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Utility Week Live Exhibition & conference - 23-24/5/2017 - Delivered talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Delivered keynote talk on 24/5/2017 at the Utility Week Live Conference and Exhibition held at Birmingham NEC. Keynote talk entitled "Future of Energy Systems" which was followed by Q&A session. Attended discussions on meeting the challenges of a changing sector, what Brexit will mean for utilities and innovations in advanced water treatment. The conference and exhibition is dedicated to the UKs gas, electricity and water industries. Conference speakers included experts from across UK utility industry and academia. Approx 3000 delegates. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://utilityweek.co.uk/Event/utility-week-live-2017-/195057#.WjfoyYdLGUk |
| Description | Vision workshop with industrial partner |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Vision workshop with industrial partner |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit & meeting with Siemens Gamesa - 13/6/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | visit by Siemens Gamesa & tour of labs re potential future collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit by Chief Scientific Advisor at BEIS 16/7/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit Chief Scientific Advisor at BEIS to USB |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit by Chancellor of Pittsburgh University - 11/4/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Chancellor of Pittsburgh University; talk on CESI & tour of labs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit by Chief Scientific Advisor, BEIS - 16/7/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Chief Scientific Advisor at BEIS to USB |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit by EPSRC & EPT - 2/2/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with EPSRC re cesi project & energy research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit by EnergyREV |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit by EnergyREV to Helix, InTEGReL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit by Hywel Thomas, Cardiff re potential collaboration - 20/10/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting at Newcastle with Hywell Thomas & team about potential collaboration between CESI / Newcastle University Power Systems Group and Flexis Project (Flexible Integrated Energy Systems) - Cardiff, Swansea & South Wales Universities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit by Nissan to Newcastle University Urban Sciences Building - May 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Nissan and tour of Newcastle University Urban Sciences Building; chaired session |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
| Description | Visit by Turing Institute to USB 04/7/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Turing Institute to USB & tour of labsw |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit by and meetings with Nanyang Technological University 01/10/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Hosted visit by Nanyang Technical University - 1/10/2018-6/10/2018- Introductory Talk, Summary discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit by energy research consortium to InTEGReL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit by energy research consortium to InTEGReL; discussed InTEGReL as a research demonstrator |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit to Newcastle University by Carl Ennis, Managing Director, Siemens Energy Management UK & Colin Henry, Head of Business - Digital Grid Automation Systems, Siemens UK- 6/7/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Carl Ennis & Colin Henry to Newcastle University & tour of Urban Sciences Building (USB), due to open 1/8/2017. Discussed collaboration between University and Siemens and plans for the future. During tour, showed visitors location of new smart grids lab at the USB; discussed the facilities to be provided in the building and the opportunities for further research collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit to Newcastle and meeting with Zhong Fan, Keele University - 19/12/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit to Newcastle by Prof Zhong Fan, Keele University, PI of Smart Energy Network Demonstrator Project (SEND); Ian Madely, Head of Partnership Development, Keele; Prof David Healey, SEND, Keele. Discussed areas for collaboration between SEND / CESI / Supergen projects. Also given a tour of the Energy Storage Test Bed and Energy Systems Labs at the Urban Sciences Building. Meeting also attended by Sara Walker, CESI & Newcastle University and Laura Brown, CESI Centre Manager. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit to Newcastle by Energy Institute - 28/4/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit to Newcastle by Energy Institute - 28/4/2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit to Newcastle by Fook Hoong Choo, NTU, 18/11/2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 1-1 meeting with Professor Fook Hoong Choo, Nanyang Technological University as part of his visit to Newcastle University. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Visit to Newcastle by Keele University re SEND project- 19/12/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Prof Zhong Fan, Director of SEND; Ian Madley (head of Partnership Development); Prof David Healey, SEND, Keele University. Discussed Keele's Smart Energy network Demonstrator project - which Siemens are working on - and similarities with CESI's Science Central Research Demonstrator. Given tour of Urban Sciences Building, including Smartgrid Lab |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit to Singapore 26-30/6/2017 - Meeting with NTU, Singapore |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with researchers at NTU, Singapore, during visit to Singapore. Discussed research interests & potential collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit to Singapore 26-30/6/2017 - meeting with Tenaga University, Singapore |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with researchers at Tenaga University on 29/6/2017 whilst on a visit to Singapore. Discussed research interests and potential collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit to industry colleagues in California to broaden impact links |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to colleagues in California, including CA Independent System Operator, Public Utilities Commission, Stanford Research International, Electric Power Research Institute. Aim is to broaden impact of EPSRC work on uncertainty quantification in complex computer models, including discussion of future collaboration and industry projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit with UK ambassador's delegation in Bern to Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited to join the UK ambassador's delegation in Bern to a visit in the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology where research collaborations between Swiss and UK institutions were discussed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | WERIN Networking Luncheon |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Lead at event for the Women's Whole Energy Systems Research and Industry Network . The event provided an opportunity for those involved in the energy industry, research and government communities to meet to promote collaboration on energy issues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Wardell Armstrong Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss potential collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Werin Event: Zero carbon futures - 4/3/2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker at Women's Whole Energy Systems Research & Industry Network event at Zero Carbon Futures |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Werin Networking Luncheon - June 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Panel member - Werin Event: Networking Luncheon; presented on Supergen, CESI, Werin and ABC; Panel included NGN, NPG, University of Sussex, Durham University, University of Leeds |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Werin networking event - Fuel poverty alleviation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Delivered talk & chaired panel |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum Policy Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | CESI Centre Manager, Laura Brown invited speaker at Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum Policy Conference: Priorities for research and innovation in UK energy - incubation, funding and commercialisation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum Policy Conference - December 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum Policy Conference, London - invited speaker - Talk "Innovation in grid operations - research, data and AI" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/conference/smart-and-flexible-electricity-networks-19 |
| Description | Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum policy conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | On the 9th June 2020, Dr Sara Walker was an invited speaker at the Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum policy conference. The conference topic was on 'Developing smart electricity networks in the UK - innovation, policy and regulation, and decarbonising the grid'. An information pack of the content was also distributed to participants, delegates and a wider group of UK, national and local government officials and other interested parties. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | WholeSEM conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended conference and was a disscussant on Panel discussion on one of the Whole Energy System sessions. 3rd Annual Conference combines our strands of thinking that try to model the future energy pathways under uncertainty where the demands of policy makers and indeed the framing of the issues are in flux. Main Themes: 1. Integrating society within energy systems modelling Capturing societal preferences and iterative actions within energy modelling frameworks is a key challenge to understand the evolving energy transition. 2. Wider drivers, impacts and unintended consequences Broadening the scope of energy modelling to include wider geographical drivers, to link to other technical, economic and physical systems, and to introduce new disciplinary viewpoints is a key challenge. 3. Strategic vs. incremental investment under policy uncertainty Assessing the trade-offs between long-term, (likely) high upfront cost, (possibly) irreversible investments with short term priorities and constraints, is a key challenge in an energy transition with incomplete and inconsistent policy framing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.wholesem.ac.uk/wholesem-events-repository/annual-conf-16 |
| Description | Women in Sustainability Professional Network Meeting - 28/6/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Women in Sustainability Network workshop, Newcastle |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Women in Transport North East Launch - 17/1/2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Hosted by Nexus, launch of Women in Transport North East |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Workshop at Integrated Transport, Electricity, Gas Research Laboratory (InTEGReL), 24/11/2017, hosted by Northern Gas Networks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Workshop at Integrated Transport, Electricity, Gas Research Laboratory (InTEGReL), Low Thornley, hosted by Keith Owen and Sam Neill, Northern Gas Networks. InTEGReL is one of CESI Demonstrator sites. Discussed quick win and longer term research projects which could be carried out at InTEGReL as a collaboration between CESI, Northern Gas Networks and Northern Power Grid; these projects to be of research interest to CESI and business interest to NGN and NPg. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Workshop on "Modelling in public policy" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Scoping workshop on research needs in modelling to support public policy, report at http://hubnet.org.uk/filebyid/1130/Modelling_in_Public_Policy.pdf |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Workshop with Qbots |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop with Qbots, Newcastle, attended by Mohammad Royapoor and Mehdi Pazhoohesh |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Zero carbon research collaboration meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Potential research collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| Description | eWorld Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talks at eWorld Conference, Dusseldorf; followed by dinner hosted by UK Consulate |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | iGEM Hydrogen Knowledge Centre Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | IGEM Hydrogen Knowledge Centre - Discussion with Newcastle University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | iGov Conference "Energy Governance: New ideas, new institutions, new people", Royal Society, London - 6/12/2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended conference and participated in discussions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/igov/category/events/igov-events/energy-governance/ |