Strategic Context
Increased use of Distributed Energy in the UK could reduce CO2 emissions associated with heat and power generation by 30%.
Programme Aim
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Increasing the uptake of DE through the development and demonstration of integrated systems in order to reduce through-life costs, improve ease of installation and increase efficiency in the combined generation of heat and electricity.
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Increasing the use of renewable and low carbon sources of energy in DE systems.
The development and demonstration of integrated energy supply processing systems, focussing on the maximised use of sustainable fuel sources.
Project summaries
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Energy from waste
Date announced
September 2009
Completion date
Summer 2011
Project Partners
- Caterpillar
- EDF Energy
- Cranfield University
- CPI
- Shanks Waste Solutions
Overview
Generating more energy from waste (EfW) will reduce the amount of material sent to landfill sites, provide the opportunity to generate electricity and heat at a local level, and contribute to the reduction of CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions. EfW represents an opportunity to produce clean, renewable energy from local sources that were previously destined for landfill sites.
This project was mapping waste to provide a unique view of the UK’s energy resource. This data will be made publicly available to organisations and businesses. This will aid technology developers and the Government in establishing the next generation of waste-fuelled, low-emission power plants. The project will also help identify the next generation of high efficiency technologies to generate low carbon EfW. This work is expected
to lead to a large demonstrator project.
Micro DE
Date announced
February 2010
Project Partners
- Passiv Systems
- BRE
- EDF Energy
- UCL
Overview
The project is a scoping and feasibility study to identify opportunities for micro-generation storage and control technology development at an individual dwelling level in the UK.
The study is looking at the potential for reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions through Distributed Energy (DE) technologies. This is being achieved through the development of a segmented model of the UK housing stock supplemented with detailed, real-time supply and demand energy-usage gathered from field trials of micro distributed generation and storage technology in conjunction with building control systems.
Macro DE
Date announced
February 2010
Completion date
April 2012
Project Partners
- Caterpillar
- EDF Energy
- The University of Manchester
Overview
This project is to quantify the opportunity for Macro level Distributed Energy (DE) across the UK and accelerate the development of appropriate technology by 2020 for the purposes of significant implementation by 2030.
The project is studying energy demand such as residential accommodation, local services, hospitals, business parks and equipment, and is developing a software methodology to analyse local combinations of sites and technologies. This will enable the design of optimised distributed energy delivery solutions for these areas. The project is expected to identify a number of larger scale technology development and demonstration projects for the ETI to consider developing.
High Hydrogen
Date announced
September 2011
Completion date
Early 2014
Project Partners
- Health & Safety
- Imperial College London
Overview
This project will identify the bounds of safe design and operation of high efficiency combined cycle gas turbine and combined heat and power systems, which operate on a range of fuels with high and variable concentrations of hydrogen. The goal of the project is to increase the range of fuels that can be safely used in power and heat generating plant.
Using modelling and large-scale experimental work, this project will benefit the manufacturers and operators of powerplants, which may potentially use fuel containing high or variable levels of hydrogen such as gas feeds from landfill and anaerobic digestors.
