In a set of reports created for Energy Technologies Institute (ETI), experts at Energy Systems Catapult (ESC) found that no single approach to decarbonising the energy system can be applied nationwide, with each local area requiring a unique mix of technologies and networks.
Local energy planning needed to meet decarbonisation targets Read More »
Network’s recent feature on energy systems integration – Building the Dream – was informed in part by an interview with Energy Systems Catapult chief executive Philip New.
Integration imperative: Q&A with Philip New Read More »
Modern Energy Partners (MEP) is a collaborative project between Energy Systems Catapult, the Cabinet Office and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), working with private sector specialists and Crown Commercial Service. It received £2 million in funding from the BEIS Energy Innovation Programme.
Innovative project highlights integrated energy solutions Read More »
The UK government backed Catapult offers innovator support across three tiers: Universal, Incubation and Acceleration, with the Innovator Support Portal (‘the Portal’) detailing Universal offerings, including:
Innovator Support Portal to provide international support for SMEs Read More »
The event – Accelerate – featured four working parties who all particpated in roundtable discussions to discuss the key challenges and opportunities facing businesses in making the EV transition.
Industry comes together to discuss take-up of EVs Read More »
The UK will meet its next carbon budget, but don’t even think of stoking the fire or turning up the heating in celebration, because the next target – to reduce 1990 carbon emission levels by 37 per cent by 2020 – is not such a dead cert, in fact it’s looking all but unattainable.
Home is where the heat is Read More »
In 2015 we embarked on a project with a 2030 horizon, focussing on the transformation of the GB electricity system to enable the country to respond to the challenges of decarbonisation. By we, I mean the Energy Systems Catapult (for whom I work), and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET); but we were not alone. Yes, we led, managed and supported the project but we didn’t do this in isolation; there was a broad range of organisations from across the power sector involved, in this example of genuinely collaborative working.
Getting ready to transform the power system Read More »
One of the main subjects for debate was the governance and regulation of the energy system. Energy Systems Catapult head of innovation Eric Brown (pictured) kicked off the discussion by laying out the scale of the challenge: “Broadly speaking, we’ve inherited the current world from the 1980s when the current frameworks were put in place. And those frameworks were based on the nature of the system and business models as they existed at the time.”
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The new functions will be “clustered” around issues arising from big data and changes in the end use of the power system said Dr Simon Harrison, chair of the Future Power System Architecture (FPSA) project and chair of the Energy Policy Panel at the Institution for Engineering and Technology (IET).
FPSA to “challenge” established power system architecture Read More »
Currently energy suppliers in the UK can only sell energy to customers in strict units known as kilowatt hours (kWh). But through a government-backed trial run by Energy Systems Catapult, Bristol Energy is offering households the chance to buy a ‘Heat Plan’ tailored to their individual home and lifestyle.
First trial selling ‘heat as a service’ instead of KWh Read More »
