Theme Leader
Dr Denes Csala
Lecturer - Energy Storage and Systems DynamicsEnergy Lancaster
Network and Systems
Research
We facilitate the transition towards a cleaner energy future through our Network and Systems research. We concentrate on 3 focus areas:
- Engineering the future energy networks, including using our campus as a living lab for understanding energy generation, consumption and storage
- Enhancing the security and resilience of electricity grids and associated communications networks
- Modelling of the sociotechnical aspects of energy transitions and future energy systems.
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.
Impact
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.
Research Projects
Our current research projects portfolio includes:
- Exploring cybersecurity on the internet of things
- Energy in Schools: Promoting Global Change through Social Technical Deployments
- Promoting data visualization Energy information system
- Resource Distribution Networks in Nature and Society
Theme Members
Professor Plamen Angelov
ProfessorCentre 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, SCC (Data Science), Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Systems Security), Security Lancaster Secure (Machine Learning and Intelligence)
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Dr Oliver Bates
Research FellowDSI - Environment, Energy Lancaster, Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Behavioural Science), Security Lancaster (Societal Threats)
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C20, C - Floor, InfoLab21
Professor Adrian Friday
Professor of Computing and SustainabilityDSI - Environment, Energy Lancaster, MSF Supervisors 2019/20, SCC (Pervasive Systems)
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C57, C - Floor, InfoLab21
Professor Roger Kemp
EmeritusEnergy, Energy Lancaster
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A038, A - Floor, Science and Technology
Professor Rebecca Killick
Professor of StatisticsChangepoints and Time Series, DSI - Foundations, Energy Lancaster, Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre, LIRA - Biomedical, LIRA - Environmental Modelling, LIRA - Fundamentals, LIRA - Security and Defence, LIRA - Smart Cities and Mobility, STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training
Professor Utz Roedig
Visiting Professor
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Energy, Energy Lancaster
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