Electrical and thermal storage optimisation in a virtual power plant
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Energy storage is currently receiving great attention from policy-makers, industry as well as research
institutions, as it is considered one of eight great technologies for the future of energy. Combining electricity
and heat for minimising cost and emissions in future networks is an emerging research field. Sussex researchers
have tested the use of advanced systems to optimise use of electricity and heat, but energy storage was not
part of that system. Building on combined electricity and heat, a storage-enabled system groups together the
capacity of electrical and thermal energy systems as one large flexible “power plant” for balancing demand and
supply in a cost-efficient way. This project will focus on energy storage for electricity and heat, with the
possibility of adding more in future research. The challenges this project will address are: (i) feasibility
assessment of the proposed storage control techniques through realistic simulations, (ii) deriving functional
requirements / specifications of storage controller software & hardware, (iii) testing the feasibility of lab-based
storage control implementations.
| UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX (THE) | LEAD_ORG |
| DURHAM UNIVERSITY | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| SUNAMP LIMITED | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| UK POWER NETWORKS SERVICES HOLDINGS LIMITED | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| MOIXA TECHNOLOGY LIMITED | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX (THE) | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| Kay Watts | PM_PER |
Subjects by relevance
- Warehousing
- Heat energy
- Energy production (process industry)
- Electricity
- Electric heating
- Energy technology
- Energy
Extracted key phrases
- Energy storage
- Thermal energy system
- Thermal storage optimisation
- Storage control technique
- Storage controller software
- Storage control implementation
- Virtual power plant
- Electrical
- System group
- Future research
- Advanced system
- Great attention
- Heat
- Electricity
- Future network