Theme Leader
Dr Denes Csala
Lecturer - Energy Storage and Systems DynamicsEnergy Lancaster
Energy Lancaster
We facilitate the transition towards a cleaner energy future through our Network and Systems research. We concentrate on 3 focus areas:
We also work with energy generation and storage companies, community energy cooperatives, as well as mini-grid and off-grid communities.
We have identified stationary, mobile and intermodal energy storage and future energy infrastructures as key strategic areas of growth and we are slowly building our capacity in this field as well. This includes studying local markets and trade dynamics of distributed energy systems with a high renewables fraction, such as community energy, the diffusion of electric vehicles or the hydrogen economy.
Our engineers inform the highest levels of policy to the study of the future architecture of the GB electricity grid. Our data scientists work with insurance companies to inform warranty decisions of electric vehicle and grid-scale battery storage and investigate the use of intelligent condition monitoring and fault diagnosis/prognosis of distributed generation systems such as wind and solar photovoltaic with grid connections. Our computer scientists explore the security and resilience of future hybrid communication-energy networks as well as the challenging dynamics of peer-to-peer networks and future decentralized energy systems. And our simulation experts help model reducing carbon emissions from energy for our partners, our the campus and the country.
Our current research projects portfolio includes:
Centre for Technological Futures , Cyber Security Research Centre (Data), Digital Health Group, DSI - Foundations, Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre, LIRA - Advanced Manufacturing, LIRA - Biomedical, LIRA - Environmental Modelling, LIRA - Extreme Environments, LIRA - Fundamentals, LIRA - Security and Defence, LIRA - Smart Cities and Mobility, LIRA - Society and Human Behaviour, SCC (Data Science), Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Secure Machine Learning and Intelligence), Security Lancaster (Systems Security)
DSI - Environment, Energy Lancaster, Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Behavioural Science), Security Lancaster (Societal Threats), Security Lancaster (Systems Security)
DSI - Environment, Energy Lancaster, MSF Supervisors 2019/20, Pentland Centre, SCC (Pervasive Systems)
Energy, Energy Lancaster
Changepoints and Time Series, CHICAS, DSI - Foundations, Energy Lancaster, Environmental and Ecological Statistics, Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre, LIRA - Biomedical, LIRA - Environmental Modelling, LIRA - Fundamentals, LIRA - Security and Defence, LIRA - Smart Cities and Mobility, LIRA - Society and Human Behaviour, Social and Economic Statistics , STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training