Title
Kings Worthy community solar microgrid with storage

CoPED ID
460ae008-8d6d-4c8f-af02-a65b4288b5dc

Status
Closed


Value
£226,605

Start Date
Nov. 1, 2016

End Date
Jan. 31, 2017

Description

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There are already more than 30,000 ‘embedded’ electricity networks in the UK owned and operated by eight independent DNOs (IDNOs) serving more than 1 million homes. This project is developing a repeatable business model that supports housebuilders to take a novel additional step and construct future ‘embedded’ networks as practical community ‘microgrids’ with smart solar and storage. We use the term ‘microgrid’ to refer to ‘license exempt’ private wire networks with a single large metered connection to the public grid and customers who are privately metered and billed/credited for consumption/generation. Solar microgrids aggregate domestic generators, loads and storage improving the ability to balance supply and demand. The physical infrastructure comprises standard DNO/IDNO cabling, one or several microgrid distribution panels per site and community owned solar PV, electric heat pumps and battery storage. The key technology being demonstrated is an ICT platform that standardises the process of setting up, operating and billing/settlement within these networks. The secondary technologies are demand response and battery storage systems that improve the economics and carbon impact of energy supply in these microgrids. The project is led by CEPRO, an energy services provider, and is partnering with a housebuilder, a virtual power plant provider and a licensed Independent DNO to address key microgrid commercial/technical/regulatory issues and deploy a commercial scale system at a 50 home new-build development in Hampshire.

Damon Rand PM_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Electrical power networks
  2. Microgrids
  3. Warehousing
  4. Distribution of electricity
  5. Solar energy
  6. Renewable energy sources
  7. Energy production (process industry)
  8. Networks (societal phenomena)
  9. Enterprises

Extracted key phrases
  1. King worthy community solar microgrid
  2. Key microgrid commercial
  3. Microgrid distribution panel
  4. Battery storage system
  5. Smart solar
  6. Solar PV
  7. Practical community
  8. Private wire network
  9. Electricity network
  10. Energy service provider
  11. Virtual power plant provider
  12. Single large metered connection
  13. Commercial scale system
  14. Key technology
  15. Energy supply

Related Pages

UKRI project entry

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