Title
Built environment, energy, digital and transport

CoPED ID
20f0ec54-f857-44bc-8047-7b3ed2dd5b7e

Status
Closed


Value
£2,125,160

Start Date
March 1, 2015

End Date
Aug. 31, 2016

Description

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Upside aims to build an ICT service that aggregates energy storage capacity in thousands of small devices and coordinates the charge/discharge cycles of these devices to create a coherent energy store that can be used to manage demand on the grid. By working with a wide range of devices (e.g. Uninterruptible Power Supplies, Electric Vehicles, battery storage systems for domestic solar arrays, heat pumps), we can build a significant energy store with very flexible operating characteristics. Our initial target is to build a 30MWh store from "spare" capacity in small (<50kW) UPS currently installed in the UK. Such a store can be made financially viable by offering it to National Grid's Fast Reserve scheme. By shifting demand from peak periods to times of higher renewable generation, such a store can also significantly reduce CO2 emissions associated with electricity generation. An initial prototype for Upside is being developed for the finals of the Nesta Dynamic Demand Challenge. This project will help us build a pilot-scale service with a novel, "pluggable" ICT architecture, develop new algorithms for coordinating additional classes of device, and explore emerging business models.

Graham Oakes PM_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Renewable energy sources
  2. Warehousing
  3. Demand
  4. Information and communications technology
  5. Enterprises
  6. Energy management
  7. Smart grids

Extracted key phrases
  1. Significant energy store
  2. Coherent energy store
  3. Energy storage capacity
  4. Small device
  5. ICT service
  6. Battery storage system
  7. Scale service
  8. ICT architecture
  9. Environment
  10. High renewable generation
  11. Nesta Dynamic Demand Challenge
  12. Domestic solar array
  13. Uninterruptible Power Supplies
  14. Flexible operating characteristic
  15. Initial target

Related Pages

UKRI project entry

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