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Newsletter, November 2017 NEWSLETTER November 2017 Issue no. 50 Photograph © Robin Morris http://eg.iop.org Energy Group Newsletter November 2017 Chair’s remarks Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Energy Group, with guest editor John Twidell. John had reached the maximum term on the committee but kindly offered to edit an edition of our newsletter. We are grateful for his continued contribution. I hope you enjoy his perspective. Thank you to all those who participated in our survey and for suggestions of newsletter themes. The responses are analysed later in this issue. They provided very useful feedback – including enthusiastic support for themed newsletters. Apologies for technical problems, which had left the May 2016 issue on the group pages for over a year. One research student, Cian McKeown, made use of financial support offered by the IOP Research Student Conference Fund to attend a major international meeting. His short report appears in this newsletter. I hope Cian’s experience will encourage other student members to consider applying for a travel bursary from the conference fund. Committee members Jenny Love and Neil Hewitt developed a very interesting day meeting on advances in integration of heat pumps. We responded to member requests for meetings outside London and this event was to be hosted the School of Engineering at Warwick University. The generous offer of the use of meeting facilities helped support very modest registration fees. It is very disappointing that we had to cancel this meeting, as only a few people had registered. We look forward to the opportunities to organise a richer programme when the new IOP headquarters opens. Robin Morris, Chair This newsletter is also available on the web and in larger print sizes. The Energy Group website is http://eg.iop.org The Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, W1B 1NT, UK. Tel: 020 7470 4800 Fax: 020 7470 4848 2 Energy Group Newsletter November 2017 Contents Chair’s remarks ............................................................................................. 2 Contents ........................................................................................................ 3 Call for Energy Group committee nominations ............................................. 3 Editorial ......................................................................................................... 4 Energy at the world’s largest potato crisp factory ......................................... 7 Report on attendance of ICMAT 2017 ........................................................ 10 Research Student Conference Fund .......................................................... 12 Exploring the Future of Mobility Engineering .............................................. 13 Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and Energy Management ............... 16 Energy Group Newsletter Survey ............................................................... 19 Energy Group Contacts .............................................................................. 24 Call for Energy Group committee nominations We warmly invite nominations for four Ordinary committee members and one Early Career member. Our primary aim is to organise day meetings on relevant topics, sometimes in cooperation with other groups. We publish this newsletter, consider bursary requests and contribute to consultation responses. We normally meet once or twice a year, at the IOP in London. We usually hold other meetings online. With support, you would be expected to help to define and organise a day meeting or evening talk and to help with at least one newsletter issue. Find out more and submit a nomination via https://www.mi- nomination.com/iop. Closing date Friday 29 December 2017. 3 Energy Group Newsletter November 2017 Editorial This issue’s guest editor, John Twidell, considers the relationship between economy and energy supply. There is obviously a relationship between every economy and its energy supply. But can we judge economic change by considering the amounts and mechanisms of energy supply? Moreover, by spotting innovation can we foresee future economies? To test such hypotheses, I have summarised energy-related news of the last six months. Do you see any patterns to predict the future? June 26th: Institute of Energy’s ‘Energy Barometer’ released; results of broad-ranging survey of 900 UK professional members. The questions on Brexit related to government ministerial actions allowed by the ‘Great Repeal Bill’. The responses (figure below) clearly indicated a preference that present EU energy policies and actions should be retained. 4 Energy Group Newsletter November 2017 May 10th: Nissan and Enel, with the co-operation of the UK National Grid, initiated an intelligent remotely-controlled electric vehicle battery charging/ discharging system. The aim is to use the vehicle batteries for night-time use and grid support. About 100 private and group-owned vehicles will have their batteries so connected and remotely controlled that charging is when grid supplies are cheapest, and, when permitted, the batteries export for grid reinforcement. June 30th: Installed capacity of solar PV power in China reached 100GW (generating 1% of consumption). The worldwide total is ~320GW; 12GW in the UK (representing 3.5% of consumption). July 7th: The South Australian government contracted Tesla Batteries to install a 130MWh grid-connected lithium ion battery for grid support. At the time, this would be the world’s largest battery ‘by a factor of 3’. August 30th: Oxford City and Oxfordshire County Councils announced a programme of 100 electric vehicle-charging points in the city to gain experience. The stations are for either residential or public use at kerbside positions (e.g. within lamp posts). Electricity will be obtained from a renewable energy supplier. The plan is typical of many cities and towns as they prepare for near-zero traffic pollution and associated low carbon footprint. [Editor’s note: Oxford City recently announced plans for a zero- emission zone.] September: Renewable energy auctions saw offshore wind achieving a record-low strike price of £57.50 per MWh, halving the cost of two years ago, and approaching half the guaranteed price for future nuclear power. September 18th: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority contracted for 700MW of concentrated solar power reported at US$7.3cent/kWh. Another programme is on track for 1,000MW of installed photovoltaic power by 2020, at a reported cost of US$2.4cent/kWh. October 1st: German company Sonnen and Arizona builders Mandalay Homes initiated a new site development of 2,900 energy-conscious homes, each with solar PV (total 12MW capacity) and battery storage (total 23MWh). Central control allows surplus solar daytime power to be stored for night use and integrates grid export. Householders have cheaper electricity and the network is reinforced without other peaking generation. 5 Energy Group Newsletter November 2017 October 10th: IKEA announced that it owns worldwide more [multi- megawatt] wind turbines (415) than shops (355), with an aim to be ‘net’ energy independent with IKEA-owned renewable energy by 2020. October 11th: The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority paid £122m in legal fees and damage payments for an inappropriate contract in 2014 for a further £6.2bn to continue decommissioning 12 UK Magnox nuclear plants. A new bid is to be announced. Only the lawyers were happy! October 12th: The long-awaited UK Clean Growth Strategy included an Energy Innovation Programme, with up to £10m for low-carbon heating in domestic and commercial buildings, and £10m for energy efficiency innovation in these buildings. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) returned with a £20m demonstration programme. Up to £20m was included to help industries switch to low-carbon fuels. A similar investment will be made to support early stage funding of clean technologies. £14m will be added to the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund for emerging energy technologies. Renewables will be supported with £557m for energy auctions. For transport, the aim is to cease new conventional fossil-fuelled vehicles on UK roads by 2040. £1,000m long-term support is promised for ultra-low emission vehicles, especially electric vehicles and the deployment of charging facilities. There will be an “ambitious” Sector Deal for offshore wind to add an extra 10GW of new capacity by the 2020s, with wind power on Scottish islands being treated as ‘offshore’ for supportive tariffs. The Government expects an extra 10GW of new wind capacity by the early 2020s (present total 16.4GW). October 17th: Shell announced the initiation of electric vehicle charging points at standard filling stations, initially in London. Shell had just purchased the Dutch company ‘NewMotion’, with 80,000 charging points across Europe. John Twidell graduated BSc and DPhil in physics from Oxford University. His first post was Khartoum University where he ‘found the Sun’. He moved to the Universities of Essex (2 years), Strathclyde (20y), South Pacific (Fiji 2y) and De Montfort (5y). He lectures and researches in renewable energy topics. His university textbook, with Tony Weir, Renewable Energy Resources (Routledge) is now in its 3rd edition and is used internationally. A 4th edition is in preparation. Prof. Twidell is a former member of the Energy Group committee and is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics. 6 Energy Group Newsletter November 2017 Energy at the world’s largest potato crisp factory John Twidell reports on a visit to PepsiCo’s facilities in Leicester. The Energy
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