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UTILITY WEEK | 12TH - 18TH APRIL 2019 | 15 Operations & Assets An integrated transport system featuring electric bikes and buses will also be set up and Doosan Babcock will install a grid-scale hydrogen fuel cell. The assets will be moni- tored and controlled using Solo Energy's FlexiGrid platform. EMEC managing director Neil Kermode said: "This new model will demonstrate how we can better interact with, own and manage our integrated energy systems locally, both at individual and community level. He continued: "The target for Orkney is to have a negative carbon footprint and this pioneering project will build upon the exist- ing local energy system, local infrastructure and local expertise, to accelerate this transi- tion to a fully sustainable and flexible energy system." Perry said: "What we are seeing here on Orkney is a test bed for the energy system of the future… What we learn from these inno- vations could one day be rolled out across the UK and exported around the world and we'll be able to say it was 'made in Orkney'." Energy Superhub Oxford Energy Superhub Oxford will see the instal- lation of the world's first transmission- connected hybrid lithium-ion and redox flow battery system, along with around 300 domestic ground-source heat pumps and up to 100 rapid EV chargers. Together, they will form one of 45 EV charging superhubs in a £1.6 billion UK- wide network announced by the project lead, Pivot Power, in May 2018. The government will provide around £10 million of funding for the project, which will cost £41 million in total. The battery system will have a maximum power output of 50MW and a storage capa- city of 55MWh. Of this 2MW and 5MWh will come from the redox flow element supplied by RedT. The facility will be located near a sub- station at Cowley and connected to the transmission network through a power line running around the south of the city between vehicle depots to its east and west. EV chargers will be fitted at both depots to allow Oxford City Council to electrify its fleet of vans and bin lorries. They will also be fitted at a park and ride facility close to one of the depots. The heat pumps will be installed as part of communal heating systems within council-owned social housing. They will be operated under a heat-as-a-service model, with tenants setting their preferences through a smartphone app. All of the assets will be monitored and controlled through a platform developed by Habitat Energy. The University of Oxford will gauge the success of the project and produce recom- mendations to support the rollout of similar initiatives around the UK. Matthew Boulton, chief operating officer at Pivot Power, said: "We are providing the mass charging network needed to kick-start an electric vehicle revolution in Oxford and support the city's ambitious plans to clean up its air and cut its carbon emissions. "We're thrilled that our network will enable the city council to start transitioning its entire vehicle fleet across to electric. "We are hoping to encourage all sorts of other Oxford groups – residents, commuters, bus companies, logistics operators – to take advantage of the power we are bringing to the south of the city and switch to elec- tric vehicles. Together we can make rapid improvements to Oxford's air quality and turn it into a global showcase of a clean electric city." Smart Hubs SLES (Smart Local Energy System) Smart Hubs SLES will integrate the energy management of a number of residential and commercial properties in the Adur and Worthing areas of West Sussex. Hybrid heating systems combining air- source heat pumps and gas boilers will be fitted in 250 homes by Passiv Systems. Solar panels and battery storage will also be fitted in 250 homes by Moixa, although there may be some overlap between these two groups. Connected Energy is expected to build a 20MW standalone battery storage facility. Switch2 Energy will create a new heat net- work serving 100 homes in Shoreham Port. It will be fed by a marine-source heat pump provided by ICAX. Honda and Moixa will install 50 EV chargers. At least some are expected to offer vehicle-to-grid charging. One of the chargers will form part of a hybrid hydrogen and electric vehicle refilling station. The hydrogen will be produced using an electrolyser provided by ITM Power and Flexisolar will supply power for the facility, partly using on-site solar generation. Turbo Power Systems will explore the benefits of directly connecting the assets to one another to create a "mesh network" and Flexitricity will use its platform to aggregate them into a "virtual power plant" for energy market trading. The £40 million project, led by Advanced Infrastructure, has been granted £13 mil- lion of government funding. The Carbon and Energy Fund, West Sussex County Council and Adur and Worthing Councils are all partners. Steve Read, director of energy, waste and environment at West Sussex County Coun- cil, said: "The lessons we learn will help the government to plan ahead and adapt our national energy system to the fundamental changes taking place. "These include the growth in renewable energy supply, increasing demand for energy from electric vehicles and other innovations and the challenge of balancing energy supply and demand." Energy Superhub Oxford will optimise power direct from the transmission system "These projects, backed by government funding, are set to spark a transformation and change the way we interact with energy for the better as part of our modern industrial strategy." ENERGY AND CLEAN GROWTH MINISTER CLAIRE PERRY Grid-scale battery storage 48MW/50MWh lithium ion battery 2MW/5MWh redT flow machine Direct transmission connection at Cowley substation, south Oxford Source: Pivot Power Optimisation and trading, machine learning-based EV charging at scale: taxis, buses, rubbish trucks, tipper trucks, private vehicles Ground source heat pumps Residential and commercial To reduce project risk, heat pumps connect to distribution system given small initial scale

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