Driving Innovation V Power electronics – Enabling a resilient energy system, KTP thematic competition Christian Inglis – energy supply team Creating business opportunities through addressing the ‘trilemma’ of energy security, affordability and sustainability

Driving Innovation Background to resilient energy systems focus Competition scope and timelines

Driving Innovation Innovation The successful exploitation of new ideas

Driving Innovation “...innovation was responsible for two-thirds of the UK’s private-sector labour productivity growth between 2000 and 2007” Innovation Index 2009

Driving Innovation Prioritisation Is there a global market to sell into? Do we have companies in the UK capable of taking the strategy forwards? Is Technology Strategy Board support needed to take it forwards? Is the time to do it now or is it unfortunately too late or perhaps too early?

Driving Innovation 6 Thematic Programme Budget

Driving Innovation

Key business opportunity focus : Sustainable energy through affordable and secure sources of supply Integrate future demand and energy supply into a flexible, secure and resilient energy system Reduce emissions at point of use

Driving Innovation Technology strategy in grid balancing, management and infrastructure: focus on research that will develop products and services across the future grid fund R&D to underpin and build on our other Technology Strategy Board energy- related programmes use our programmes, networks and knowledge transfer activities to build the interdisciplinary collaborations required to ensure a flexible, secure and resilient energy system.

Driving Innovation Power electronics – enabling a resilient energy system A £5.4m programme with co-funding from Welsh Government and EPSRC Aims – to connect power electronics community with the energy sector through innovative technologies –to promote cross sector innovation and knowledge transfer –to harness business opportunities for UK companies –To bring together UK expertise, both now and in the future

Driving Innovation Why? Building on recent reports and recommendations from BIS, LCICG, community engagement Key to enabling a future resilient energy system; more renewables, European supergrid, community energy systems, smart vehicle charging Business opportunities flowing down from energy policy drivers Challenge led approach - technology agnostic, application specific

Driving Innovation What is the programme? Strand 1 – CR&D competition, up to £2.4m TSB funding available Strand 2 – early stage industrial technical feasibility studies, up to £2m available Strand 3 - Thematic KTP call joint with Welsh Government and EPSRC, up to £1m available –Final deadline noon 19 th June –NB: Proposals must be worked up with your KTP adviser for submission – now is the time to be doing this!!! CLOSED in March

Driving Innovation Strand 3 – KTP Key features –Embedding innovation in companies looking to solve business problems by accessing UK based knowledge and skills –A partnership between a business, academic institution and a recently qualified person –Typically 67% grant funding for SME and 50% for large company –Project length typically 2 years but can be 6m to 3 years –80% success rate for proposals, but you need to act now Key dates –Deadline for applications noon 19 th June for final Partnership Approvals Group (PAG) meeting –Funding outcomes August 2013 Looking for a partner? Use the Energy KTN and KTP advisers to help you, they are your resource!

Driving Innovation Scope Focus on innovation in power electronics (a wide scope!) Clearly address one or more of the seven challenge areas Identify clear business opportunities for the UK (national/international) Encouraging ideas that look at cross sector working e.g. transport working with energy Opportunity for businesses to work in partnership with the academic research base to address the industry challenges Businesses already engaged in power electronics or entering the sector

Driving Innovation Challenges (1/2) development of power electronics devices, components, converters and systems that ensure distribution networks are able to accommodate increasing levels of embedded generation and emerging technologies innovative materials, device, component and monitoring technologies that can help improve system performance and manage reliability by reducing costs, losses, and the need for maintenance of systems that are required to operate in a range of extreme environments systems approaches to reduce costs, enable simpler systems through standardisation – including development of appropriate ICT embedded systems, control systems and early stage design devices, components, products and processes that can be transferred from other markets and can meet the challenges of the energy sector

Driving Innovation Challenges (2/2) development of megawatt-scale MW power electronics devices, components, converters and systems for the conversion of variable voltage inputs into fixed voltage for connection to the grid from new renewable generation plants – including aggregated community scale renewables. Development of MW-scale converters in Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) to support the existing AC grid. high voltage DC systems using GW-scale power electronics converters to boost voltages for transmission over long distances – for application in offshore wind and the European supergrid.

Driving Innovation Christian Inglis Background –Business: Johnson Matthey Ceramics, Rio Tinto Minerals – 2000 to 2007 –Joined materials team at TSB in 2007, joined energy team in 2012 –Academic: BEng,Materials Science and Engineering at Surrey University – 2000 Responsibilities –Grid balancing, management and infrastructure –next generation solar –community energy systems Contact details: e: m: web:

Driving Innovation V Energy team - Creating business opportunities through addressing the ‘trilemma’ of energy security, affordability and sustainability