Energy Superhub Oxford (ESO)
Energy Superhub Oxford (ESO) is one of four smart energy systems demonstrator projects recently funded by InnovateUK. These demonstrators will show how businesses can develop local energy approaches at scale that will create better outcomes for consumers and promote economic growth for the UK. By the early 2020s, the demonstrator programme aims to prove that smarter local energy systems can deliver cleaner and cheaper energy services. The ESO project aim is to research and demonstrate scalable solutions for electric vehicle charging, battery storage and provision of electrically-supplied heat. Novel battery storage technologies and control systems will be demonstrated. Vehicle charging will be offered to a range of local electric fleets including buses, taxis and waste collection vehicles. Around 300 homes will be heated using ground source heat pumps. Amongst its innovations, ESO will apply machine learning approaches and use direct connection the electricity transmission system. It should deliver economic benefits for the local area, and demonstrate the potential of these technologies and businesses models for many other areas of the UK. The ESO project consortium consists of Pivot Power LLP, Habitat Energy Limited, Kensa, Oxford City Council, RedT Energy, and Oxford University (Engineering Science and ECI).
Date: 11 June 2019, 17:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2019)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Gottman Room, Oxford University Centre for the Environment
Speaker: Profess David Howey
Organising department: Environmental Change Institute
Organiser: Anne L Ryan (Oxford Energy Coordinator)
Organiser contact email address: info@energy.ox.ac.uk
Hosts: Professor Nick Eyre (Environmental Change Institute), Dr Philipp Grunewald (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Part of: Energy Colloquia Series
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Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Anne Ryan