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THE UK’S INNOVATION NETWORK

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER NETWORK

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Introducing the KTN

The KTN is the UK’s innovation network. We bring together businesses, entrepreneurs, academics and funders to develop new products and services.

We help business to grow the economy and improve people’s lives by capturing maximum value from innovative ideas, scientific research and creativity

What we do

The UK’s Innovation Network

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3The Knowledge Transfer NetworkEnabling Collaboration

Connecting people who wouldn’t usually meet to solve innovation challenges

Bringing together businesses and researchers from different sectors

Linking people with new ideas and technologies to partners and customers

Introducing innovators to public and private funders and investors

Strategic Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurial Commercial

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Our energy system is changing...Affordable

Sustainable Secure

Energy trilemma

Causing

Resulting in an increased complexity and uncertainty.......

Demand-led control of supply Balancing demand and supplyIndependent unidirectional vectors Multidirectional interdependent vectorsCentralised generation Generation at multiple scales & sites

........and opportunities for businesses to respond to challenges through innovation

Energy production changes:- Less flexible generation- More variable output - Mix of central and local- Consumers to suppliers

Demand Shifts- Changing use patterns-Government stimulation-Electrification of heat and transport

System Concerns- Electricity capacity margin now <5%

- Infrastructure inadequacy E.g. Storage

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Some Opportunity Areas

Integration of renewable energy supplies

Balancing supply and demand

Developing a resilient energy system

Active control and communication systems

Integrating DC and charging systems into buildings

Delivering packages of infrastructure improvements to support growth and reduce capital and revenue costs

increased engagement in generating, using, and trading energy locally

Enhanced data management and security.

Energy Built Environment

ICT/Digital

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DECC Community Energy Strategy

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•https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-energy-strategy

Communities have invested ~£17m in community renewable electricity through 40 community share offers.

A least 60MW of community-owned renewable electricity generation capacity is currently in operation

If current growth rate is maintained, this could rise to more than £320m by 2020, or as much as £1.5bn under the most optimistic scenario

Some key points (courtesy RegenSW)

£10m Urban Community Energy Fund

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Localised Energy Systems

Intelligent SME energy management and trading with ancillary services

Maximising waste water and energy utilisation through combined AD, PV and heat systems

Virtual Power Plant to maximise utility of energy produced from disparate sources

Modeling of PV and heat systems for clustered buildings.

£11m competition funded by Innovate UK and EPSRC

A cross-sector approach for collaborative RD&D

Managing flexibly generated electricity across local battery storage systems

Using Hydrogen as a storage medium for intermittent generating sources

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1.1 Energy and development“One out of every five people on Earth lives without access to electricity and the opportunities it provides for working, learning, or operating a business. Twice as many – nearly 3 billion people – use wood, coal, charcoal, or animal waste to cook their meals and heat their homes, exposing themselves and their families to smoke and fumes that damage their health and kill nearly 2 million people a year. Without access to energy, it is not possible to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.”

Vision Statement by Ban Ki-moon (November 2011) Secretary-General of the United Nations

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What now?

Appropriate?

DRL?

Scaleable?

Production?

Markets are different!

New markets don’t need (or want) old technology.

BUT simple is good

Public

Private

Own investment

Charity

End-user community engagement

Training

Feet on the ground.

Technology Business Model

Funding Contacts

No easy answer – but do-able!

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Chris.bagley@KTN-UK.Org

Questions?