What is the opportunity and impact of alternative hybrid heating solutions involving mix of renewable, gas, electric, storage, energy efficiency components in a smart energy system?
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
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- economy, business and finance
- electricity production and distribution
- geothermal power
- hydroelectric power
- nuclear power
- natural gas
- solar power
- wind power
- energy market
- environment
- energy saving
- environmental pollution
- energy resources
- renewable energy
- politics
- environmental policy
- science and technology
- technology and engineering
- electronic engineering
Research fields
Related UKRI funded projects
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Renewable Integrated & Sustainable Electric Heating System (RISE Heating System)
In the UK there over 25 million domestic dwellings. More than 80% of these homes depend on gas boilers to provide space and hot water heating. Against the context of dwindling UK gas reserves, increased sensitivity to ga...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on an alternative electric heating system with storage, addressing the opportunity and impact of hybrid heating solutions.
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Load Shifting Community Scale Renewable Heating
Load Shifting Community Scale Renewable Heating will act as a virtual power plant providing dynamic demand response and enabling seamless and instantaneous shifting of MWhs of electricity (both by removing the load from ...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project discusses load shifting and renewable heating, partially addressing the question by focusing on community scale solutions.
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User Trials of an Adaptively Controlled Renewable Heating System
Sharp Laboratories of Europe Ltd (SLE) has developed an adaptively controlled hybrid-renewable residential heating and hot water system that can provide 100% of a household’s annual space heating and hot water requiremen...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project involves user trials of an adaptively controlled renewable heating system, fully addressing the question by providing a hybrid-renewable solution.