SUPERGEN HDPS - CORE
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Strathclyde
Department Name: Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Abstract
The HiDEF consortium will explore highly decentralised energy futures. At the core of this is a sustainable electricity supply system that makes optimum use of decentralised assets and in which energy consumers participate actively in appropriately structured decentralised markets. This major change from the present arrangement, where most consumers are passive users of externally supplied energy services, will require new attitudes to energy and new ways working. The technical, market and social aspects of this transformation will be addressed in detail by the multi-disciplinary consortium that has been formed to embrace power system engineers, experts in electricity markets and researchers aware of the social and perceptual challenges.The technical developments that underpin the changes outlined above are the development of new high efficiency micro-CHP units (including the latest high temperature solid oxide fuel cells), the development of ever cheaper PV and micro-wind systems and the role out of smart electricity meters that will facilitate the involvement of even domestic consumers in demand side management. As time varying renewable sources become increasing prevalent in electricity supply, both in the form of small decentralised generators, and in the form of major offshore wind farms, tidal and wave energy installations, the role of highly decentralised load management will become ever more important. In addition the power electronic interfaces of decentralised generators can be used to provide more than just power - with suitable control other important network services like local voltage control, and even system frequency control, can be contributed.The consortium builds on the important work undertaken by the Highly Distributed Power Systems (HDPS) project that established base line models for the new technologies, developed suitable scenarios, and developed the cell concept of delivery.
Publications
Kock BE
(2012)
Slow money for soft energy: lessons for energy finance from the slow money movement.
in Ambio
Koesler S
(2016)
International spillover and rebound effects from increased energy efficiency in Germany
in Energy Economics
Lecca P
(2014)
The added value from a general equilibrium analysis of increased efficiency in household energy use
in Ecological Economics
Lincoln R
(2012)
Comparing Policy Gradient and Value Function Based Reinforcement Learning Methods in Simulated Electrical Power Trade
in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
Lucas Lira (Author)
(2011)
Impact of residential energy system sizing and control over heat pump?s system cost and reliability
Luo T
(2015)
Assessment of a new constraint satisfaction problem based active demand control approach to address distribution network constraints
in IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution
Mancarella P
(2011)
Optimal design of low-voltage distribution networks for CO2 emission minimisation. Part II: Discrete optimisation of radial networks and comparison with alternative design strategies
in IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution
Mancarella P
(2011)
Optimal design of low-voltage distribution networks for CO2 emission minimisation. Part I: model formulation and circuit continuous optimisation
in IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution
McKenna E
(2013)
Economic and environmental impact of lead-acid batteries in grid-connected domestic PV systems
in Applied Energy
McKenna E
(2013)
Photovoltaic metering configurations, feed-in tariffs and the variable effective electricity prices that result
in IET Renewable Power Generation
McKenna E
(2012)
Smart meter data: Balancing consumer privacy concerns with legitimate applications
in Energy Policy
McManus M
(2012)
Environmental consequences of the use of batteries in low carbon systems: The impact of battery production
in Applied Energy
Nicolas Kelly (Co-Author)
(2011)
The influence of thermal storage on microgeneration flexibility
Papadaskalopoulos D
(2011)
Participation of electric vehicles in electricity markets through a decentralized mechanism
Papadaskalopoulos D
(2011)
Decentralized, agent-mediated participation of flexible thermal loads in electricity markets
Pirouti M
(2013)
Energy consumption and economic analyses of a district heating network
in Energy
Pudjianto D
(2011)
Closed loop price signal based market operation within Microgrids
in European Transactions on Electrical Power
Pudjianto D
(2012)
Maximising the utilisation of micro-generation using a multi-state optimal power flow
in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy
Rees M
(2014)
Carbon constrained design of energy infrastructure for new build schemes
in Applied Energy
Richardson I
(2010)
Domestic electricity use: A high-resolution energy demand model
in Energy and Buildings
Richardson I
(2012)
Integrated simulation of photovoltaic micro-generation and domestic electricity demand: a one-minute resolution open-source model
in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy
Rogers J
(2013)
Potential for reliance on solar water heating throughout the summer in northern cloudy climates
in Energy and Buildings
Rogers J
(2015)
The 20% house - An integrated assessment of options for reducing net carbon emissions from existing UK houses
in Applied Energy
Roslan A
(2011)
Improved Instantaneous Average Current-Sharing Control Scheme for Parallel-Connected Inverter Considering Line Impedance Impact in Microgrid Networks
in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Scott Berrie (Co-Author)
(2011)
Multi criteria decision analysis as a tool in planning and development of future power systems infrastructure
Simon Paul Borg (Author)
(2011)
Communal residential laundry washing and drying
Stephen B
(2012)
Domestic Load Characterization Through Smart Meter Advance Stratification
in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
Stephen B
(2014)
Enhanced Load Profiling for Residential Network Customers
in IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
Stephen B
(2013)
Statistical profiling of site wind resource speed and directional characteristics
in IET Renewable Power Generation
Wu J
(2013)
A robust state estimator for medium voltage distribution networks
in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
Description | The HiDEF project's stated aim is to design the "future power system that delivers sustainability and security through the widespread deployment of distributed energy resources and thus contributes to national and international ambition for a low carbon future." New research tools and extensive computational results have been provided to assist the industry and also other academic researchers take forward this technology. |
Exploitation Route | Since the research was completed, this research has been used by the industry and regulators to take forward policy. |
Sectors | Energy |
URL | http://www.supergen-hidef.info/Pages/Home.aspx |
Description | Our research findings have been used by electrcity sector companies, in particular Scottish Power, and SSE. The value of our research has also been recognised by OFGEM and DECC. |
First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
Sector | Energy |
Impact Types | Economic,Policy & public services |
Description | Joint research with Imperial College London |
Organisation | Imperial College London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | University of Strathclyde researchers worked on this project with researchers from Imperial College London |
Start Year | 2009 |
Description | Joint research with LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY |
Organisation | Loughborough University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | University of Strathclyde researchers worked on this project with researchers from LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY |
Start Year | 2007 |
Description | Joint research with University of Bath |
Organisation | University of Bath |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | University of Strathclyde researchers worked on this project with researchers from University of Bath |
Start Year | 2009 |
Description | Joint research with University of Cardiff |
Organisation | Cardiff University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | University of Strathclyde researchers worked on this project with researchers from University of Cardiff |
Start Year | 2009 |
Description | Joint research with University of Oxford |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | University of Strathclyde researchers worked on this project with researchers from University of Oxford |
Start Year | 2009 |
Description | Joint research with University of Oxford |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | University of Strathclyde researchers worked on this project with researchers from University of Oxford |
Start Year | 2009 |