Dive Summary:
- The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) of the U.K. and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) will provide more than £8 million to smart grid research, which will bring experts together to develop new energy technologies.
- Four projects will be funded in the U.K. involving DC networks, scalable infrastructure and renewables integration.
- Work is scheduled to begin in 2013, with projects expected to last up to three years.
From the article:
"... The four projects being funded in the U.K. are:
- DC networks with DC/DC converters for integration of large renewable sources, led by Prof. Dragan Jovcic at the University of Aberdeen
- Developing scalable smart grid infrastructure to enable secure transmission system control, led by Dr Gareth Taylor at Brunel University
- Enhanced renewable integration through flexible transmission options, led by Prof. Timothy Green at Imperial College London
- Integrated operation and planning for smart electric distribution networks, led by Prof. Nick Jenkins at Cardiff University. ..."
