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THE UK’S INNOVATION NETWORK

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER NETWORK. THE UK’S INNOVATION NETWORK. Introducing the KTN. The UK’s Innovation Network. What we do. The KTN is the UK’s innovation network. We bring together businesses, entrepreneurs, academics and funders to develop new products and services.

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THE UK’S INNOVATION NETWORK

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  1. KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER NETWORK THE UK’S INNOVATION NETWORK

  2. Introducing the KTN The UK’s Innovation Network What we do The KTN is the UK’s innovation network. We bring together businesses, entrepreneurs, academics and funders to develop new products and services. We help business to grow the economy and improve people’s lives by capturing maximum value from innovative ideas, scientific research and creativity

  3. The Knowledge Transfer Network Enabling Collaboration Connecting people who wouldn’t usually meet to solve innovation challenges Bringing together businesses and researchers from different sectors Linking people with new ideas and technologies to partners and customers Introducing innovators to public and private funders and investors Strategic Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurial Commercial

  4. Our energy system is changing... Is driven by Affordable Energy trilemma Sustainable Secure Causing • Energy production changes: • - Less flexible generation • More variable output • Mix of central and local • Consumers to suppliers • System Concerns • - Electricity capacity margin now <5% • Infrastructure inadequacy E.g. Storage • Demand Shifts • - Changing use patterns • Government stimulation • Electrification of heat and transport Resulting in an increased complexity and uncertainty....... Demand-led control of supply Balancing demand and supply Independent unidirectional vectors Multidirectional interdependent vectors Centralised generation Generation at multiple scales & sites ........and opportunities for businesses to respond to challenges through innovation

  5. Some Opportunity Areas Integration of renewable energy supplies Balancing supply and demand Developing a resilient energy system Active control and communication systems Integrating DC and charging systems into buildings Delivering packages of infrastructure improvements to support growth and reduce capital and revenue costs increased engagement in generating, using, and trading energy locally Enhanced data management and security. Energy Built Environment ICT/Digital

  6. DECC Community Energy Strategy . •https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-energy-strategy Communities have invested ~£17m in community renewable electricity through 40 community share offers. A least 60MW of community-owned renewable electricity generation capacity is currently in operation If current growth rate is maintained, this could rise to more than £320m by 2020, or as much as £1.5bn under the most optimistic scenario Some key points (courtesy RegenSW) £10m Urban Community Energy Fund

  7. Localised Energy Systems Intelligent SME energy management and trading with ancillary services Maximising waste water and energy utilisation through combined AD, PV and heat systems Virtual Power Plant to maximise utility of energy produced from disparate sources Modeling of PV and heat systems for clustered buildings. £11m competition funded by Innovate UK and EPSRC A cross-sector approach for collaborative RD&D Using Hydrogen as a storage medium for intermittent generating sources Managing flexibly generated electricity across local battery storage systems

  8. 1.1 Energy and development “One out of every five people on Earth lives without access to electricity and the opportunities it provides for working, learning, or operating a business. Twice as many – nearly 3 billion people – use wood, coal, charcoal, or animal waste to cook their meals and heat their homes, exposing themselves and their families to smoke and fumes that damage their health and kill nearly 2 million people a year. Without access to energy, it is not possible to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.” Vision Statement by Ban Ki-moon (November 2011) Secretary-General of the United Nations

  9. What now? Appropriate? DRL? Scaleable? Production? Markets are different! New markets don’t need (or want) old technology. BUT simple is good Public Private Own investment Charity End-user community engagement Training Feet on the ground. Technology Business Model Funding Contacts No easy answer – but do-able!

  10. Questions? Chris.bagley@KTN-UK.Org

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