Centre for Integrated Renewable Energy Generation and Supply (CIREGS)
Lead Research Organisation:
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Department Name: Sch of Engineering
Abstract
Our current national usage of energy is primarily based on the burning of fossil fuels in large, centralised power stations. These emit a range of pollutants into the atmosphere, including CO2 which contributes to the global warming through the so-called 'greenhouse effect'. Moreover, the UK indigenous supply of fossil fuels is depleting, such that in the next 5 years, we will have to import fuel supplies to ensure our homes and businesses are adequately heated and provided with electricity. An attractive strategy is to move towards a more extensive utilisation of renewable energy resources, such as those provided by wind, sun and oceans. Often these renewable sources are provided locally, and many are inconsistent due to the intermittent nature of the resource i.e. natural resources vary with time. Systematically moving over to this new system of power generation will introduce new challenges, for example customers will require far more interaction with the electricity networks, being consumers and well as providers of electricity, accommodating bi-directional power flow and full exploitation of intermittent supply. This in turn requires more intelligent monitoring, communications and control systems, providing a fully integrated system. This new philosophy will require a truly multi-disciplinary approach, involving a range of engineers, scientists, economists and social/environmental experts. However, for the systems approach, engineering skills from different sub-disciplines will be required to facilitate this change including electrical, electronic, mechanical, structural and chemical. Nationally, we will require a workforce with different skills, trained and educated to enable integrated and smart systems approaches. Several national reviews have stated a lack of UK capacity in the area of renewable generation and supply capability, as well as in the specific areas of focus involving Smart Grids . Therefore, this bid proposes to meet this challenge by creating a new Centre for Integrated Renewable Energy Generation and Supply (CIREGS) at the Cardiff School of Engineering. The group proposed is fully consistent with the future plans for the School, and so the 3 staff EPSRC-funded through this bid will be matched with 3 staff funded by Cardiff University and the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW). The University will fund the 6 posts beyond the 5-year term of this proposal. This Centre will set up a multi-discipline engineering group of critical mass that has international expertise in both generation and supply of renewable energy. Skill groups required will include those contributing to developing Smart Grids of the future, generation sources (if possible, prioritising marine power and fuel cell technology) and enabling technologies for systems integration (power electronics, control and communications). Recruitment of academic and research staff into this centre will focus on the international community, introducing new capacity to the UK, fully utilising methods that have contributed to Cardiff's successful track record in previous international recruitment programmes. The centre will be expected to increase its capacity and potential impact by interaction with other local, national and international centres.The R&D output of the Centre will be transferred to the benefit of the UK economy through mature methods of business and engagement currently employed within the School. Specifically, the Centre will focus on close links with industry and deployment of new technologies. A broad range of industries have provided letters of support for this proposal. Future generations of trained engineers and researchers in this area will be trained at all levels: undergraduate (through IET Power Academy Partnership); post-graduate (through MSc in 'Sustainable Energy and Environment'), and research (through the Graduate School and EU Marie-Curie Scheme and the new Power Grids Research Academy).
Organisations
Publications
Zhou Y
(2020)
State-of-the-Art Analysis and Perspectives for Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading
in Engineering
Zhou Y
(2019)
Decentralized Control of Industrial Heating Loads for Providing Multiple Levels and Types of Primary Frequency Control Service
in Energy Procedia
Zhou Y
(2019)
Enhanced Frequency Response From Industrial Heating Loads for Electric Power Systems
in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
Zhou Y
(2017)
Optimal scheduling of aggregated thermostatically controlled loads with renewable generation in the intraday electricity market
in Applied Energy
Zhou Y
(2018)
Evaluation of peer-to-peer energy sharing mechanisms based on a multiagent simulation framework
in Applied Energy
Zhou Y
(2020)
Framework design and optimal bidding strategy for ancillary service provision from a peer-to-peer energy trading community
in Applied Energy
Zhou Y
(2014)
Robust Load Scheduling in a Smart Home with Photovoltaic System
in Energy Procedia
Zhong Q
(2016)
Self-Synchronized Universal Droop Controller
in IEEE Access
Zhong Q
(2017)
Beijing Converters: Bridge Converters With a Capacitor Added to Reduce Leakage Currents, DC-Bus Voltage Ripples, and Total Capacitance Required
in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Zhong Q
(2017)
Reducing the Inductors of Rectifiers Having Two Outputs to Improve Power Density
in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Zhang X
(2016)
Stabilization of Cascaded DC/DC Converters via Adaptive Series-Virtual-Impedance Control of the Load Converter
in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Zhang X
(2016)
A Virtual RLC Damper to Stabilize DC/DC Converters Having an LC Input Filter while Improving the Filter Performance
in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Xydas S
(2013)
Electric Vehicle Load Forecasting using Data Mining Methods
Xydas E
(2017)
Probabilistic wind power forecasting and its application in the scheduling of gas-fired generators
in Applied Energy
Xydas E
(2016)
A data-driven approach for characterising the charging demand of electric vehicles: A UK case study
in Applied Energy
Xydas E
(2016)
A multi-agent based scheduling algorithm for adaptive electric vehicles charging
in Applied Energy
Xu X
(2021)
Unlock the Flexibility of Combined Heat and Power for Frequency Response by Coordinative Control With Batteries
in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
Xu X
(2020)
Quantification of Flexibility of a District Heating System for the Power Grid
in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
Xiao Z
(2010)
An Overview Of Microgrid Control
in Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing
Wu W
(2020)
GPU-based power converter transient simulation with matrix exponential integration and memory management
in International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
Wu J
(2016)
Integrated Energy Systems
in Applied Energy
Wu J
(2017)
Synergies between energy supply networks
in Applied Energy
Wu J
(2013)
A robust state estimator for medium voltage distribution networks
in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
Wu J
(2011)
Frequency response from electric vehicles
Whitby Benjamin
(2013)
Control of an axial flow tidal stream turbine
Whitby B
(2014)
Performance of Pitch and Stall Regulated Tidal Stream Turbines
in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
Wang S
(2019)
Coordination of MMCs With Hybrid DC Circuit Breakers for HVDC Grid Protection
in IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
Wang S
(2020)
Bridge-Type Integrated Hybrid DC Circuit Breakers
in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
Ugalde-Loo C
(2013)
Subsynchronous resonance in a series-compensated Great Britain transmission network
in IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution
Ugalde-Loo C
(2013)
State-Space Modeling of Wind Turbine Generators for Power System Studies
in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
Ugalde-Loo C
(2011)
Individual channel analysis of induction generator-based wind turbines
Description | This award was to establish a renewable energy research group within the School of Engineering, Cardiff University. It supported: 3 Lecturers all of whom are still at Cardiff as 3 Professors. 4 Research Assistants who are now 1 Lecturer at Cardiff, 1 Lecturer at Peradeniya University (Sri Lanka), 1 Engineer at GE Energy Systems, 1 Engineer with WPD. 3 PhD students who are now 1 Lecturer at Cardiff, 1 Engineer with UK Power Networks, 1 Engineer with IT Power Consultancy. Through the grant, an effective research group has been established which consists of 4 Professors, 3 Readers, and 3 Lecturers. The group has 8 research assistants and 25 PhD students. It works on power electronics, smart grid and energy infrastructure. Examples of our work include finding better ways to transmit power from offshore wind farms, investigating how our grid will need to change to cope with large scale use of electric vehicles and developing tools to support the future 'smart grid'. The group has benefitted from extensive collaboration with industry, including National Grid, Alstom Grid (now GE Energy Systems), Nordic Wind Power, Parsons Brinkerhoff, Scottish Power, Toshiba, China Electric Power Research Institute, TECNALIA Research & Innovation (Spain), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Grid Integration Group (USA), Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (Greece). The group has three Visiting Professors from industry (Alstom Grid (now GE Energy Systems), Toshiba and Parsons Brinckerhoff). These Professors facilitate the two-way exchange of knowledge and expertise between industry and research and teaching. |
Exploitation Route | Since completion of the grant the research team has continued to thrive and secured a number of EPSRC and CEU grants. Recent awards are listed in the Further Funding section. The Group has also provided input to DECC and the Energy Systems Catapult as well as UKERC, where Professor Wu is a co-director (heat). |
Sectors | Electronics,Energy |
URL | http://research.engineering.cf.ac.uk/home/energy/centre-for-integrated-renewable-energy-generation-and-supply |
Description | The grant allowed research to support for the transition of the UK to a low carbon energy economy to be pursued. It investigated the integration of wind turbines and electric vehicles into the electric power system but also extended the research focus to address combined heat/electricity/gas urban energy systems. It provided underpinning support for the establishment of the Energy Systems Catapult. A REF case study for 2021 is being submitted in this field. |
Sector | Energy |
Impact Types | Policy & public services |
Description | Dr Liana Cipcigan on Low Carbon Vehicles Steering Group at Welsh Government |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Prof Nick Jenkins: OFGEM Electricity Network Innovation Panel |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | OFGEM's Electricity Network Innovation Panel advises on the allocation of £60M of funding per year to innovation actions which will reduce the costs to customers and improve the performance of electricity distribution and transmission. |
URL | https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/network-regulation-riio-model/network-innovation/electricity-network-innova... |
Description | (BEST PATHS) - BEYOND STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGIES FOR POWER AC CORRIDORS AND MULTI-TERMINAL HVDC SYSTEMS |
Amount | € 62,802,255 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 612748 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 10/2014 |
End | 09/2018 |
Description | (InnoDC) - Innovative tools for offshore wind and DC grids |
Amount | € 3,893,200 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 765585 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 09/2017 |
End | 08/2021 |
Description | (MAGNITUDE) - Bringing flexibility provided by multi energy carrier integration to a new MAGNITUDE |
Amount | € 3,999,058 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 774309 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 10/2017 |
End | 03/2021 |
Description | Cardiff University & SRS Works Limited |
Amount | £152,881 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 511068 |
Organisation | Innovate UK |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2018 |
End | 04/2021 |
Description | Cardiff University President's Scholarship |
Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Transport Research Laboratory Ltd (TRL) |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | Cardiff University President's Scholarship (Control of a 1MW variable speed wind turbine) |
Amount | £74,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Nordic Wind Power |
Sector | Private |
Country | Denmark |
Start | 10/2010 |
End | 09/2013 |
Description | Cardiff University President's Scholarship (Dynamic demand to support smart grid operation) |
Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Open Energi |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | Cardiff University and EMSc (UK) Limited |
Amount | £142,096 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 511016 |
Organisation | Innovate UK |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2018 |
End | 12/2020 |
Description | Cardiff University and SRS Works Limited |
Amount | £164,538 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 511740 |
Organisation | Innovate UK |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2019 |
End | 04/2022 |
Description | Decarbonising Transport through Electrification, a Whole System Approach (DTE) |
Amount | £915,858 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/S032053/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2019 |
End | 08/2023 |
Description | EPSRC (HubNet: research leadership and networking for power networks) |
Amount | £311,393 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/I013636/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | EPSRC (Mitigating the effect of low inertia and low short-circuit level in HVDC-rich AC grids) |
Amount | £345,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/L021455/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2014 |
End | 06/2017 |
Description | EPSRC DTG |
Amount | £27,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Toshiba |
Sector | Private |
Country | Japan |
Start |
Description | EPSRC HubNet (Flexible Power Flow Control in Meshed HVDC Grid) |
Amount | £75,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2012 |
End | 09/2015 |
Description | EPSRC UK-China (Enhanced Renewable Integration through Flexible Transmission Options (ERIFT)) |
Amount | £370,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/K006312/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2013 |
End | 03/2016 |
Description | EPSRC-DTA and ALSTOM GRID (Control of VSC-HVDC for grid integration of offshore wind power) |
Amount | £66,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2009 |
End | 09/2012 |
Description | EPSRC-TSB (Ebbs and flows of energy systems) |
Amount | £172,572 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2014 |
End | 02/2017 |
Description | EU FP7 (Beyond state-of-the-art technologies for power AC corridors and multi-terminal HVDC systems (BEST-PATHS)) |
Amount | € 741,347 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 612748 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 10/2014 |
End | 09/2018 |
Description | EU FP7 (MERGE (Mobile Energy Resources in Grids of Electricity)) |
Amount | € 383,000 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 241399 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start |
Description | EU FP7 (Multi-terminal DC grid for offshore wind) |
Amount | € 3,900,000 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 317221 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 04/2013 |
End | 03/2017 |
Description | EU FP7 (SEESGEN-ICT (Supporting energy efficiency in smart generations grids through ICT)) |
Amount | € 14,000 (EUR) |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start |
Description | EU FP7 ICT-Smart Energy Grids (MASTERING Multi-Agent Systems and Secured coupling of Telecom and Energy Grids for Next Generation smart grid services) |
Amount | € 511,680 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 619682 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 09/2014 |
End | 08/2017 |
Description | EU INTERREG IVC (European network on electric vehicles and transferring expertise) |
Amount | £335,408 (GBP) |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start |
Description | EU Intelligent Energy Europe (Incentives for Clean Vehicles in Urban Europe) |
Amount | £145,516 (GBP) |
Funding ID | IEE/13/761/SI2.675063 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 04/2014 |
End | 03/2017 |
Description | EU Intelligent Energy Europe (eBRIDGE: empowering e-fleets for business and private purposes in cities) |
Amount | £134,112 (GBP) |
Funding ID | IEE/12/713/SI2.644746 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 04/2013 |
End | 03/2016 |
Description | Energy Revolution Research Consortium - Core - EnergyREV |
Amount | £7,966,340 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/S031863/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2018 |
End | 03/2023 |
Description | Energy Revolution Research Consortium - Plus - EnergyREV - Next Wave of Local Energy Systems in a Whole Systems Context |
Amount | £935,828 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/S031898/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2019 |
End | 03/2023 |
Description | FP7 (Districts of the Future) |
Amount | € 65,275 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 608649 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 01/2015 |
End | 10/2016 |
Description | Horizon 2020 (Peer 2 Peer SmartTest) |
Amount | € 380,740 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 646469 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 01/2015 |
End | 12/2017 |
Description | Integrated heating and cooling networks with heat-sharing-enabled smart prosumers |
Amount | £856,108 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/T022795/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2021 |
End | 12/2025 |
Description | Joint UK-India Clean Energy Centre (JUICE) |
Amount | £5,094,436 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/P003605/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2016 |
End | 09/2022 |
Description | MISTRAL: Multi-scale Infrastructure Systems Analytics |
Amount | £5,374,638 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/N017064/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2016 |
End | 02/2021 |
Description | MaxImiSing flexibility through multi-Scale IntegratiON of energy systems (MISSION) |
Amount | £628,872 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/S001492/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2018 |
End | 06/2022 |
Description | Multi-energy Control of Cyber-Physical Urban Energy Systems (MC2) |
Amount | £812,743 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/T021969/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2020 |
End | 09/2024 |
Description | National Grid (Application of dc circuit-breakers in dc grids) |
Amount | £127,500 (GBP) |
Organisation | National Grid UK |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2012 |
End | 06/2017 |
Description | National Grid (Test of multi-terminal VSC HVDC control strategies by means of an analogue test rig) |
Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | National Grid UK |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2012 |
End | 07/2012 |
Description | National Grid NIA (Development of Dynamic Demand Models in DIgSILENT PowerFactory) |
Amount | £212,518 (GBP) |
Organisation | National Grid UK |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | President's Scholarship PhD (Peer to Peer Smart Energy Networks)" (Toshiba Europe contribute £32,100 to ENGIN). |
Amount | £68,100 (GBP) |
Organisation | Cardiff University |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | RCUK (Grand Challenge: Transformation of the top and tail of energy networks) |
Amount | £382,107 (GBP) |
Organisation | Research Councils UK (RCUK) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | RCUK (ITRC: Long term dynamics of interdependent infrastructure systems) |
Amount | £299,622 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/I01344X/1 |
Organisation | Research Councils UK (RCUK) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | RCUK (System Architecture Challenges: Supergen+ for HubNet) |
Amount | £101,031 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | RCUK First Grant (Increasing the observability of electrical distribution systems using smart meters) |
Amount | £99,733 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/J00944X/1 |
Organisation | Research Councils UK (RCUK) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | RCUK Supergen Consortium (HiDEF (Highly distributed energy future)) |
Amount | £421,811 (GBP) |
Organisation | Research Councils UK (RCUK) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | RCUK/China NFSC (Grid Economics, Planning and Business Models for Smart Electric Mobility) |
Amount | £323,840 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/L001039/1 |
Organisation | Research Councils UK (RCUK) |
Department | RCUK-China |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | China |
Start |
Description | RCUK/China NFSC (Role of energy storage in enhancing operation and stability performance of sustainable power systems (RESTORES)) |
Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/L014351/1 |
Organisation | Research Councils UK (RCUK) |
Department | RCUK-China |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | China |
Start |
Description | RCUK/India (High Energy And Power Density (HEAPD) Solutions to Large Energy Deficits) |
Amount | £284,867 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/K036211/1 |
Organisation | Research Councils UK (RCUK) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | RCUK/NFSC (Integrated Operation and Planning for Smart Electric Distribution Networks (OPEN)) |
Amount | £373,366 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/K006274/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | Royal Academy of Engineering (Future balancing services for high level of embedded electricity generation) |
Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Royal Academy of Engineering |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2015 |
End | 08/2016 |
Description | Supergen Energy Networks hub 2018 |
Amount | £5,183,585 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/S00078X/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2018 |
End | 09/2020 |
Description | Sustainable urban power supply through intelligent control and enhanced restoration of AC/DC networks |
Amount | £604,562 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/T021985/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2020 |
End | 03/2024 |
Description | The Active Building Centre |
Amount | £35,947,427 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/S016627/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2018 |
End | 03/2020 |
Description | UK Energy Research Centre Phase 4 |
Amount | £18,000,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/S029575/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2019 |
End | 04/2024 |
Description | UKERC (Scenarios for the development of smart grids in the UK) |
Amount | £140,270 (GBP) |
Organisation | UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | Alstom Grid (Current flow control in DC grids) |
Organisation | Alstom |
Department | Alstom Grid |
Country | France |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | To undertake research and development in the field of current flow control (CFC) in DC grids for ALSTOM with the aim of building a reconfigurable CFC small scale prototype (SSP) and testing two CFC circuits and their control concepts using a DC grid test rig that already exists at the Cardiff's facility. |
Collaborator Contribution | Industrial expertise and guidance |
Impact | Partnership recently ended; to be confirmed |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Alstom Grid (DC grid control and protection) |
Organisation | Alstom |
Country | France |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | DC and AC grid simulation to contribute to Alstom objectives to further develop and validate the concepts of DC Grid control; to further develop and validate the concepts of DC Grid protection referred to as 'Open Grid' and to develop and validate a protection strategy for DC grids both including and excluding DC Breaker technology. |
Collaborator Contribution | Industrial expertise |
Impact | Partnership not yet complete; to be confirmed |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | China Electric Power Rsearch Institute (Overview of HVDC grid R&D and reliability of HVDC stations) |
Organisation | China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI) |
Country | China |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Power system simulation and analysis; exchange of knowledge |
Collaborator Contribution | Industrial expertise; exchange of knowledge; license to Cardiff University to use specialist software |
Impact | Partnership still in progress; to be confirmed |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Quzhou HangYong Transformer Corporation (Power Flow Control and Anti-Fault Strategies of DC grids) |
Organisation | Quzhou HangYong Transformer Corporation, Ltd. |
Country | China |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Power flow control and anti-fault strategies of DC grids; exchange of knowledge |
Collaborator Contribution | Power flow control and anti-fault strategies of DC grids; exchange of knowledge |
Impact | PhD studentship |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | Scottish Power (Angle-DC academic engagement) |
Organisation | Scottish Power Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Distribution network dynamic studies; DC converter simulation |
Collaborator Contribution | SP are carrying out the ANGLE DC project: 'Angle DC' will demonstrate an innovative network reinforcement technique by converting an existing 'AC' (alternating current) network on Anglesey to 'DC' (direct current) operation. Successful delivery of this project will enable additional power from renewable energy to be exported from Anglesey on the existing distribution system. In addition, there is significant potential for this technology to be used by electricity distribution companies across the country to create additional network capacity and help manage network performance. £13.1m of funding has been awarded by Ofgem. |
Impact | Collaboration just started; no outcomes yet |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | automotiveworld.com Webinar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Liana Cipcigan was invited speaker at the automotiveworld.com Webinar with the presentation "Integration of EV infrastructure, the UK case study", June 2011 (183 registered participants worldwide) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |