Supergen Energy Networks Impact Hub 2023
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bristol
Department Name: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Abstract
The global energy sector is facing considerable pressure arising from climate change, depletion of fossil fuels and geopolitical issues around the location of remaining fossil fuel reserves. Energy networks are vitally important enablers for the UK energy sector and therefore UK industry and society. Energy networks exist primarily to exploit and facilitate temporal and spatial diversity in energy production and use and to exploit economies of scale where they exist. The pursuit of Net Zero presents many complex interconnected challenges which reach beyond the UK and have huge relevance internationally. These challenges vary considerably from region to region due to historical, geographic, political, economic and cultural reasons. As technology and society changes so do these challenges, and therefore the planning, design and operation of energy networks needs to be revisited and optimised.
Electricity systems are facing technical issues of bi-directional power flows, increasing long-distance power flows and a growing contribution from fluctuating and low inertia generation sources. Gas systems require significant innovation to remain relevant in a low carbon future. Heat networks have little energy demand market share, although they have been successfully installed in other northern European countries. Other energy vectors such as Hydrogen or bio-methane show great promise but as yet have no significant share of the market. Faced with these pressures, the modernisation of energy networks technology, processes and governance is a necessity if they are to be fit for the future. Good progress has been made in de-carbonisation in some areas but this has not been fast enough, widespread enough across vectors or sectors and not enough of the innovation is being deployed at scale. Effort is required to accelerate the development, scale up the deployment and increase the impact delivered.
Electricity systems are facing technical issues of bi-directional power flows, increasing long-distance power flows and a growing contribution from fluctuating and low inertia generation sources. Gas systems require significant innovation to remain relevant in a low carbon future. Heat networks have little energy demand market share, although they have been successfully installed in other northern European countries. Other energy vectors such as Hydrogen or bio-methane show great promise but as yet have no significant share of the market. Faced with these pressures, the modernisation of energy networks technology, processes and governance is a necessity if they are to be fit for the future. Good progress has been made in de-carbonisation in some areas but this has not been fast enough, widespread enough across vectors or sectors and not enough of the innovation is being deployed at scale. Effort is required to accelerate the development, scale up the deployment and increase the impact delivered.
Organisations
- University of Bristol (Lead Research Organisation)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Collaboration)
- University of Grenoble (Collaboration)
- Yorkshire and Humber Assembly (Collaboration)
- Chongqing University (Collaboration)
- Bristol Energy Network (Collaboration)
- Ofgem Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Collaboration)
- ofgem (Project Partner)
- Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (Project Partner)
- Singapore University of Tech & Design (Project Partner)
- Association for Decentralised Energy (Project Partner)
- NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY (Project Partner)
- AFRY (AF Poyry) (UK) (Project Partner)
- Northern Powergrid (Project Partner)
- KrakenFlex Ltd (Project Partner)
- National Grid ESO (Project Partner)
- IGEM (Inst of Gas Engineers & Managers) (Project Partner)
- NATIONAL GRID PLC (Project Partner)
- Wales & West Utilities (Project Partner)
- Tyndall National Institute (Project Partner)
- Dept for Energy Security & Net Zero (Project Partner)
- UNiLAB (Project Partner)
- Aura Power (Project Partner)
- Scottish Power Retail (Project Partner)
- Kinewell Energy (Project Partner)
- Eskimo Products Ltd (Project Partner)
- Electricity North West (Project Partner)
- Department for the Economy (DfE) (Project Partner)
- RITICS (Project Partner)
- UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX (Project Partner)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Project Partner)
- Northern Gas Networks (Project Partner)
- Siemens plc (UK) (Project Partner)
- Toshiba Europe UK Limited (Project Partner)
- Climate Change Committee (Project Partner)
- Jacobs UK Limited (Project Partner)
- Equiwatt Limited (Project Partner)
- Electricity Maps (Project Partner)
- NATIONAL ENERGY ACTION (Project Partner)
- LV= (Liverpool Victoria) (Project Partner)
- WELSH GOVERNMENT (Project Partner)
- Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult (Project Partner)
Publications
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
Ankur Srivastava
(2023)
State Estimation for Integrated Energy Systems: Motivations, Advances, and Challenges (TR118)
Arsene C
(2024)
Deep convolutional neural networks for short-term multi-energy demand prediction of integrated energy systems
in International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
Banatwala A
(2025)
Machine learning-guided optimal power flow for weak hybrid AC-DC grids
in IET Conference Proceedings
Banatwala A
(2025)
Enhancing TSO-DSO coordination: a machine learning approach for efficient operations planning
in IET Conference Proceedings
Dai Y
(2024)
Risk Assessment and Mitigation of Cascading Failures Using Critical Line Sensitivities
in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
Dai Y
(2025)
Impact of modeling assumptions on fragility curves for power grid resilience against extreme weather
in Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks
Related Projects
| Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Award Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP/Y016114/1 | 30/09/2023 | 30/07/2024 | £5,334,575 | ||
| EP/Y016114/2 | Transfer | EP/Y016114/1 | 31/07/2024 | 29/09/2028 | £4,819,783 |
| Description | AI and cybersecurity implications for the energy sector - Ofgem |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | AI implications for climate change - DHSC |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | New perspectives and increased understanding about the potentially positive and adverse effects of AI, energy, and related technologies on health and natural resources. |
| Description | Consultation for the new European climate resilience framework |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| Description | ED3 Sector Specific Methodology Consultation - Climate Resilience Metrics and Indicators |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2025-10/ED3%20SSMC%20Climate%20Resilience%20Metrics%20a... |
| Description | Evidence and recommendations for Ofgem's RIIO-3 Sector Specific Methodology Consultation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/consultation/riio-3-sector-specific-methodology-gas-distribution-gas-transm... |
| Description | Member of the Royal Society Working Group on Thermal Energy Efficiency in Industry |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Production of report |
| URL | https://royalsociety.org/news-resources/projects/low-carbon-energy-programme/thermal-energy/ |
| Description | Member of the Scottish Power Energy Networks Independent Net Zero Advisory Council |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Advised SPEN on their £12b business plan development for RIIO-T3 |
| URL | https://www.spenergynetworks.co.uk/pages/inzac.aspx |
| Description | Member of the Welsh Government Independent Advisory Group on Future Electricity Grid for Wales |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Developed recommendations for Welsh Government on their policy making of future power grid in wales |
| URL | https://www.gov.wales/independent-advisory-group-future-electricity-grid-wales |
| Description | RESP Methodology Consultation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Response to NESO's CSNP Draft Methodology Consultation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Provided evidence for the CSNP consultation. Thsi is part of an ongoing consulation process for NESO in the development of the UK Centralised Stategic Network Plan |
| URL | https://www.neso.energy/document/363521/download |
| Description | UK Parliament call for evidence on government resilience to extreme weather |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Understanding the scale of the discrepancy between grid planning and industrial electrification needs, |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | Received a letter of thanks for DESNZ saying "Your research has played a key role in helping our Department's understanding the scale of the discrepancy between grid planning and industrial electrification needs, when it comes to getting industry connected to the electricity grid. This was an area where your work - not only through your academic research but also your work in policy engagement, advocacy and thought leadership - has brought it to government's attention. Your work has also been very helpful in showing us why it is so important to include industrial decarbonisation in grid planning. Thanks to your research, we have a clearer picture of what industry will need. The evidence you have provided has been unique, and has stood out as a thorough study of the challenges facing industrial electrification. The depth and technical quality of your work quickly made it a go-to reference for anyone involved in this area. As part of your engagement with Minister Shanks, you highlighted that industrial electricity demand had been underestimated in the transitional Regional Energy Strategic Plan (tRESP). This led into a new area of work for us that culminated with a joint-DESNZ-Ofgem-NESO collaboration to bring about grid investment alignment with industrial electrification needs. " |
| URL | https://ukerc.ac.uk/publications/electrifying-industry-and-distribution-networks-considerations-for-... |
| Description | Construction Planning Assumptions Methodology Review |
| Amount | £370,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NIA2_NGESO083 |
| Organisation | National Energy System Operator |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2024 |
| End | 03/2026 |
| Description | Electricity Transmission Heat Effects, Resilience Measures to Manage Asset Lifecycles (THERMAL) |
| Amount | £1,670,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NIA2_NGET0054 |
| Organisation | National Grid UK |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2024 |
| End | 03/2026 |
| Description | Evolution of VSC HVDC Control |
| Amount | £599,095 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NIA2_NGET0072 |
| Organisation | National Grid UK |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2025 |
| End | 10/2027 |
| Description | Knowledge Elicitation of Risks to Assets Under LightNing Impulse Conditions (KERAUnIC) |
| Amount | £558,656 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NIA2_NGET0055 |
| Organisation | National Energy System Operator |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2024 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | Whole Energy System Resilience Vulnerability Assessment (WELLNESS) |
| Amount | £500,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10061033 |
| Organisation | Ofgem Office of Gas and Electricity Markets |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 07/2023 |
| Description | Collaboration with Chongqing University |
| Organisation | Chongqing University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We initiated the collaboration with Chongqing University, one of the top universities in Electrical Engineering in China. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We are working on the modelling of energy trading. |
| Impact | Two PhD students are visiting the University of Bath under the collaboration |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Collaboration with University Grenoble-Alpes |
| Organisation | University of Grenoble |
| Department | Grenoble Electrical Engineering laboratory |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration on cybersecurity resilience involving participating PhD students and academic visits. . |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaboration on cybersecurity resilience involving participating PhD students and academic visits. |
| Impact | Academic visits and plans for future publications. |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Collaboration with Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission |
| Organisation | Yorkshire and Humber Assembly |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Wide ranging collaboration with YHCC on energy networks and related issues. Undertook research on local area energy planning to inform a briefing note developed by YHCC and engagement with senior private and public sector stakeholders in the Yorkshire and Humber region. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Development of briefing notes and engagement with senior stakeholders in the region. |
| Impact | Briefing note on local energy planning, feeding into YHCC engagement with local authority CEOs. Shared outputs from the above with public sector, private sector, and the public at the Yorkshire Post Sustainability Conference Response to the initial RESP consultation Response to the RESP methodology consultation |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Collaboration with ofgem on climate resilience metrics |
| Organisation | Ofgem Office of Gas and Electricity Markets |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As a direct result of the Restores project we established a collaboration with ofgem around climate resilience metrics for different energy sectors. So far this has resulted in a researcher secondment, a annex published as part of a policy consultation, and a further funding application for an impact accelerator award. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Ofgem hosted a researcher at their offices for a secondment. |
| Impact | Policy consultation annex - https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2025-10/ED3%20SSMC%20Climate%20Resilience%20Metrics%20and%20Indicators%20Annex%20FINAL2_clean.pdf |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Description | Just Transition Report with Bristol Energy Network |
| Organisation | Bristol Energy Network |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Supergen E.Networks colleagues worked with Bristol Energy Networks to hold workshops and create a questionnaire for the general public on their views on Just Transistion. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Policy experts/Co Directors for SEN from the University of Leeds contribution to discussions and design of questionnaire |
| Impact | Ongoing contribution to future research - multidisciplinary with Policy experts with contribution from Academics, the general public and Bristol Energy Network advisors |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| Organisation | Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| Department | Electronic and electrical engineering |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I have been visiting Shanghai Jiao Tong University for a couple of times to discuss collaboration. I also have spent a bit time to work with researchers there design new control strategies for CHPs |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shanghai Jiao Tong University has sent one visiting student and one scholar to work with me on the project. The scholar spent one year in Bath. |
| Impact | 1. X. Lv, X. Liu, C. Gu, Y.Weng, "Determination of safe operation zone for an intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cell and gas turbine hybrid system", Energy, 2016 2. D. Xie, H. Chu, C. Gu, "A Novel Dispatching Control Strategy For EV's Intelligent Integrated Stations", IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2015 3. C. Gu, D. Xie, J. Sun, X. Wang and Q. Ai, "Optimal Operation of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) System Based on Forecasted Energy Prices in Real-time Markets", Energies, 2015, 8(12), 14330-14345 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | "Lunch and Learn"' seminar at Jacobs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Advanced control approaches for multi-energy networks, "Lunch and Learn"' seminar, Jacobs (International technical professional services company) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 2025 Smart Cities Dublin webinar on "smart loads and grid compliance requirements" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 2025 Smart Cities Dublin webinar on "smart loads and grid compliance requirements" organised by the IEEE Consultants networks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Bath IPR blog article "COP30, climate negotiations and the role of the energy sector in promoting climate action" |
| 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 | Bath IPR blog article on "COP30, climate negotiations and the role of the energy sector in promoting climate action". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2025/12/04/cop30-climate-negotiations-and-the-role-of-the-energy-se... |
| Description | Contributed to POSTnote on Energy security and AI |
| 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 | Contributed to Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology POSTnote on "Energy security and AI", published 10 December 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0735/ |
| Description | DESNZ Electricity Networks Supply Chain and Skills Intro chat |
| 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 | Introductory chat with Professor Jianzhong Wu to discuss constraints within the UK electricity network supply chain. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | EN/INZAC - DSO Planning 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 future planning for DSO and Whole System, and the role of the group in guiding and informing delivery of our activities throughout ED2 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | EPSRC Expert Group meeting |
| 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 to discuss EPSRC strategic direction |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Guest Lecture at University of Liege, Belgium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Guest lecture to undergraduate students, post-graduate research students and facultyUniversity of Liege, Belgium |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Guest Lecture at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Guest lecture to post-graduate research students and faculty at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (28 October 2024). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Guest lecture at Arizona State University, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Guest lecture to post-graduate research students and faculty at Arizona State University, USA (24 October 2024). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Guest lecture at KU Leuven, Belgium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Guest lecture to post-graduate research students and faculty at KU Leuven, Belgium (12 November 2024). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Guest lecture at Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Guest lecture delivered to undergraduate, post-graduate research students and faculty at Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), (7 October 2024). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Guest lecture at the University of Edinburgh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Guest lecture on 'Energy demand and disruptive weather' within the 'Multi-Scale Energy Demand' unit course at the University of Edinburgh. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Guest seminar at Newcastle University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Guest seminar on 'Impact of weather on power distribution networks' within the Newcastle University Power System seminar series. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | HI--ACT International 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 | Discussions on hydrogen research priorities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | HI-ACT nternational Advisory Board Meeting |
| 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 | Initial meeting of the HI-ACT International Advisory Board, discussing hydrogen research priorities from an international perspective. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | IAG Future Electricity Grid for Wales |
| 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 | Initial meeting of the independent advisory group for future electricity grid for Wales with Welsh government looking at grid requirements for future electricity allocation in Wales. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | IEEE PES ISGT Europe 2025 Special Session |
| 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 | Organisation and chair of the EPSRC Supergen Energy Networks Hub Special Session at the IEEE PES ISGT Europe 2025 conference in Malta. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://attend.ieee.org/isgt-europe-2025/special-sessions-2/ |
| Description | IEEE PES UK&I Chapter AGM "Stability and Resilience in a Low-Inertia, Digitalised Grid" panel session |
| 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 | IEEE PES UK&I Chapter AGM "Stability and Resilience in a Low-Inertia, Digitalised Grid" panellist |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | INZAC T3 Digitalisation Buddy Group 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 | SPEN INZAC special interest group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Impact 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 | Impact Advisory Committee Meeting - showcasing project outcomes/networking and collaborating through Industry real world challenges in which SEN could be involved/have real world impact |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Invited energy expert and panel judge for Krakenflex hackathon event and guest speaker at company away day |
| 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 | Delivered a talk about energy transition and research in the area to Krakenflex company employees (c. 60), and acted as a judge for hackathon event based around innovations applicable for energy suppliers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Invited expert reviewer for DAFNI Energy Sandpit |
| 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 expert reviewer for Data & Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure (DAFNI) Sandpit funding scheme (2024) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Invited speaker at Parliamentary Reception On Resilience, speaking to Members of the House of Lords, Members of Parliament, and press |
| 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 | Spoke at Parliamentary Reception On Resilience on 15 May 2024. Audience consisted of Members of the House of Lords, Members of Parliament, Industry, and media. Discussed changes in policy required to improve energy network resilience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Invited talk at Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies (BrIAS), Brussels, Belgium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited for a visiting period as BrIAS Senior Fellow. We are exploring potential collaborations within research areas relevant to the project, in particular on energy storage systems. Delivered a talk (streamed also online) about optimisation-based control of flexible resources in multi-energy networks to academics, researchers, professional practitioners, post-doctoral researchers and other BrIAS Fellows |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Invited talk at Energy Innovation Center, Brandenburg University of Technology, Germany |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk on Distributed control for sustainable multi-energy networks |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited talk at IEEE ECC2024 pre-conference workshop, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote talk about Distributed time-varying optimization for multi-energy districts at the IEEE ECC2024 pre-conference workshop on Exploring cyber-physical-human systems through Living laboratories |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Invited talk at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk on Optimisation-based control of flexible resources for more sustainable and efficient energy networks |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited talk at University of Leeds, UK |
| 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 on Data-driven control for multi-energy networks, University of Leeds, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Invited talk at University of Naples, Federico II, Italy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Delivered a talk (streamed also online) about optimisation-based control of flexible resources in multi-energy networks to academics, researchers, post-doctoral researchers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Invited talk at the IEEE Boston Tech 2024 conference and expo |
| 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 on 'Energy systems and disruptive weather' at the IEEE Boston Tech Conference and Expo, Boston, MA, USA, 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Invited talk at the IEEE PES MEEPS 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk on 'Improving power grid preparedness to severe weather events now and in the future' during the Women in Power session of the Manchester Energy and Electrical Power Systems 2024 symposium. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Meeting 3 IAG Future Electricity Grid for Wales |
| 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 | independent advisory group for future electricity grid for Wales with Welsh government looking at grid requirements for future electricity allocation in Wales. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Meeting 4 IAG Future Electricity Grid for Wales |
| 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 | independent advisory group for future electricity grid for Wales with Welsh government looking at grid requirements for future electricity allocation in Wales. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Meeting with Phasecraft - Quantum Algorithms |
| 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 Phasecraft - discussion on collaboration ideas for Energy Networks and Quantum Algorithms |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Meetings with PhaseCraft |
| 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 | Had meetings each day for one week to discuss potential applications of quantum algorithms to energy problems. Relevant energy problems have been mathematically formulated and are being analysed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Miniature Lightning Machine at Manchester Science and Industry Museum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Display of table-top high voltage equipment, including 120 kV 'lightning machine'. 1000+ in attendance at the event and 300+ direct interactions with members of the public, increasing awareness of energy research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | NEEPU research seminar 2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Research seminar on "Challenges and opportunities for resilient energy networks" at the 2025 International Conference on the Cooperation and Integration of Industry, Education, Research and Application, Jilin, China, 2025. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | NPG Science and Technology Advisory Panel |
| 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 | Advisory Position on Technical Panel |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| Description | Outreach at Rochdale Science Extravaganza |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Public demonstration of building a motor demonstration, flywheels, and a net zero energy system game. 1000+ interactions with children from local community, acting as ambassador for engineering. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | POSTnote on just sustainable transitions |
| 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 | Oral and written contribution (including some of my own papers) for the POSTnote on just sustainable transitions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0706/ |
| Description | Part of Utility Week's judging panel for the Utility Week Flex Awards 2025 |
| 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 | An expert panel member for Utility Week's annual energy system flex awards |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.flexawards.co.uk |
| 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 | Press release of our 'Identification of weather patterns and transitions likely to cause power outages in the United Kingdom' paper. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.ukri.org/news/helping-the-uk-protect-itself-from-disruptive-weather/ |
| 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 | Press release of our 'Identification of weather patterns and transitions likely to cause power outages in the United Kingdom' to the communications team at the University of Bristol. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2024/january/links-between-weather-patterns-and-power-outages.html |
| 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 | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release of our 'Identification of weather patterns and transitions likely to cause power outages in the United Kingdom' to UNDRR. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.preventionweb.net/news/weather-patterns-and-power-outage-links-could-help-uk-protect-its... |
| Description | Public lecture at Aalborg Universitet, Denmark |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Piublic lecture on Optimisation-based control of flexible resources for more sustainable and efficient energy networks |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | RIIO-GT3 Innovation Coalition: The Path to Decarbonisation |
| 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 | Workshop to give feedback on National Gas RIIO GT3 planning |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Risk and Resilience Day |
| 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 | Academics, including ECR's and Industry colleagues attended a one day workshop on Risk and Resilience in Energy Networks. Key notes and presentations/networking events |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.riskday.co.uk/ |
| Description | Risk and Resilience day 2026 oral presentation: "Role of distributed flexibility in resilient energy systems: case studies from wind storms and heat waves" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation on "Role of distributed flexibility in resilient energy systems: case studies from wind storms and heat waves" together with colleagues at the University of Edinburgh, presenting findings from joint and related research projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2026 |
| URL | https://riskday.co.uk |
| Description | Royal Society thermal energy efficiency working group 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 | Meeting to discuss the planning for Royal Society Report |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | SPEN INZAC Quarterly 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 | Quarterly meeting of the SPEN Independent Net Zero Advisory Council. Discussion topics include T3 and strategy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | SPEN INZAC Quarterly Meeting - September |
| 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 | Advisory Position on Technical Panel |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | T3 INZAC Buddy Group - Data & Digitalisation and Innovation |
| 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 | SPEN INZAC special interest group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | T3 INZAC Buddy Group - Data & Digitalisation and Innovation |
| 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 | SPEN INZAC special interest group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | T3 INZAC Data Buddy Group |
| 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 | SPEN INZAC special interest group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Talk for the seminar series "Value in Energy Data", Energy System Catapult |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk on Optimisation-based control of flexible resources in energy networks, Energy System Catapult |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltY5bOxmVLk&ab_channel=EnergySystemsCatapult |