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{"title": ["", "Optimising regional clusters of smart local energy systems"], "description": ["", "\nTransformation of the national electricity network is being explored through a series of projects funded by the Low Carbon\nNetworks Fund (LCNF). Simultaneously Innovate-UK and others are investing in a variety of projects to develop distributed\nenergy assets (generation, storage and demand management) at community and individual building level. Development of\na new overall control system architecture is the missing link which will allow the full economic value of both of these sets of\ninvestment to be realised.\nThis project will investigate the feasibility of a technology solution designed to optimise a number of smart community\nelectricity networks across a locality. The technology is a control solution (supported by storage) designed to fit within a\nnovel distributed control architecture for energy networks. It applies networked ICT solutions at substation level and uses\nintelligent predictive algorithms adapted from those used in telecommunications network management. The solution builds on existing work to develop community control algorithms for individual 'smart grids' (for example covering individual\nbusiness parks or housing developments) and aims to provide a robust and secure 'middleware' integration layer between\nthese local 'bottom-up' control systems and the existing distribution network operators and national control system. This is\nestimated to release benefits to individual households of up to £300 per year.\nThe fundamental proposition of this project is that a technical solution is feasible which will enable the shift to this new\noverall architecture. This solution takes the form of an integrated package of control and communications technologies\ninstalled on electricity distribution networks (with appropriate management algorithms and almost certainly supported by\naccess to local storage)- largely at substation level but working in a co-ordinated way across a locality (sub-region or city)\nand analogous to the way telecommunications networks are managed. Such a solution will enable more flexible trading and\nregulatory arrangements between local smart grids and hence support the realisation of the full economic value of demandside\ninnovations.\nThe solution will provide a distributed control capability that optimises and manages multiple local smart grids, without\nimposing additional costs on system users that exceed the benefits generated. Analogous to the technical infrastructure\nthat supports the internet, the solution will provide a resilient control infrastructure able to accommodate many and varied\ntypes of local smart grid.\nThe key distinction between our proposed solution and centralised control systems is that individual sub-systems (i.e., local\nsmart grids and substations) will communicate with each other and optimise outcomes locally before having to engage\nupwards with the national system. Our solution will develop the algorithms and define the supporting package of control,\nprotection and storage technologies to make this possible in a way which satisfies the needs of both the DNOs and national\nsystem operator (and potentially replaces existing SCADA control systems).\nSimilar (but centralised) solutions currently exist for the electricity networks at national level but are prohibitively expensive\n(an initial estimate is that it would cost £40k per substation simply to mimic national management algorithms locally).\nThis project will explore the technical feasibility of developing a packaged solution at substation level that costs less than\n£5000 per substation to deliver at least the same functionality, but with considerably increased flexibility and resilience. 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The solution builds on existing\nwork to develop community control algorithms for individual 'smart grids' (for example covering individual business parks or\nhousing developments) and aims to provide a robust and secure 'middleware' integration layer between these local\n'bottom-up' control systems and the existing distribution network operators and national control system. . The project helps\ntackle low carbon issues by enabling accelerated rollout of locally-optimised microgrids which reduce the carbon emissions\nfrom communities by 10-20% and support better infrastructure for electric vehicles and other low carbon demand side\nsolutions.\nThe main impacts of this work as they relate to the different beneficiary groups are:\n- Transmission and Distribution network operators: currently there exists a national system operation and centralized\ndistribution management layer which allows high level optimisation of networks typically at voltages above 33kV but with\nsome automation at 11kV. However, no facility yet exists to optimise at levels below this. The result of this is that taking full\nadvantage of the Network at levels below this is largely unavailable at present through lack of co-ordination between different key players. This project will help with security of supply by supporting more robust and resilient electricity\ndistribution networks, and enabling connection and safe and efficient management of more distributed generation within the\nUK energy system it could also impact asset optimisation and grid.\n- Distributed generation owners and operators and community energy service companies: The evolution of the system to\ndeal with a natural flow upwards allows for less commercial uncertainty and better planning statistics to be made available\nto aid development and growth opportunities.\n- Individuals: There are over 400,000 final distribution (11kV) substations in the UK, each typically covering a community of\n200-300 homes or equivalent. Each substation costs around £15k to build, and is depreciated over 15-25 years. This\nmeans that every domestic customer pays £3-4 a year through their electricity bill for this element of the network\ninfrastructure. If the project is able to demonstrate the feasibility of providing a robust distributed micro-grid control solution\nat substation level for less than £5000 per substation and with an equipment service life of at least 15 years, this will add a\nmaximum of £1.5-£2 per year to each customer's electricity bill, while releasing benefits of local microgrids for the same\ncustomers. Preliminary modelling by suggests these benefits may average £100-£300 per customer. In addition, there may\nbe avoided costs of national level grid management which is no longer necessary and can be removed from customer bills.\nThere would therefore be an exceptionally strong business case for the solution.\n- Policy makers and advisors: Councils and Government policy makers will benefit because the ramifications of this work\nwill affect the way that the market and incentive schemes could change in the face of the research and could encourage\ncommunity schemes.\n- SMEs: The project will support the development of manufacturing and supply chain capabilities in this sector.\nThis research offers the opportunity to revolutionise the market for over the next 10 to 50 years.\n\n\n"], "status": ["", "Closed"]}
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