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Smart Grids the FUTURE MANCHESTER: the LOW CARBON & SMART GRID HUB COME CREATE Smart Grids THE FUTURE MANCHESTER: THE LOW CARBON & SMART GRID HUB Manchester is a world-class City Greater Manchester’s Climate Change & Low Manchester is home to Electricity North West WSP ranks Manchester Region committed to action on Emissions Strategies Implementation Plan has, as (ENW), one of the UK’s most forward thinking and 8th in its Global Cities Index one of its priorities, the acceleration of the delivery innovative Distribution Network Operators. With Climate Change; presenting for Power Generation & of an investment pipeline of c£200m low carbon a recent investment from Kansai Electric Power Distribution (2018) businesses with significant market energy generation and efficiency projects including Co of Japan which demonstrates international opportunities in the low carbon smart grids and district heat networks. interest and opportunities in the energy sector in industries particularly in smart grids. Greater Manchester, ENW is investing £1.9bn in the Manchester is the UK’s fastest growing city. By regional network by 2023.There is a growing base 2035 there will be a forecasted 233,000 new Manchester is committed Greater Manchester has the long-term of power generation and smart grid supply chain homes and 6.6 million m2 of commercial and to be carbon neutral by 2038 environmental vision to be carbon neutral by companies locally. Siemens has its Transmission & industrial floorspace. This forecasted growth will 2038. With its own Metro Mayor and additional Distribution UK HQ as well as RXPE and Canadian create considerably more demand for energy and is powers devolved from central government, owned engineering firm WSP. In addition, there is a creating the ideal conditions for investment in smart Greater Manchester is well positioned to significant digital sector with smart grid expertise, grid infrastructure. implement large infrastructure projects. with global leaders such as IBM, Cisco and The city is internationally recognised as a leader in Landis + Gyr. smart grid research and demonstration. World-class research facilities, a growing supply chain and an environment that fosters industry collaboration has helped to position Manchester at the forefront of smart grid development. investinmanchester.com SMART GRIDS - THE UK OPPORTUNITY The UK’s regulatory environment, Smart meters, a vital component in the smart grid, Support for R&D and Innovation A considerable supply are being rolled out across the UK. The National market opportunity and support for The UK has introduced a range of supportive Smart Grid programme is installing 53 million chain opportunity R&D and Innovation, positions the UK programmes to drive innovation of smart smart meters to all homes and small businesses. The implementation of smart grids in the UK is technologies in smart grids. For example, Ofgem as a European leader for smart grid The significant projected increase in the adoption creating considerable supply chain opportunities. has introduced an annual Electricity Network investment. of electric vehicles in the UK is impacting on This includes: transmission, low voltage, controls, Innovation Competition with up to £70m of electricity demand and the country’s energy switchgear; sensors, intelligent computer power; The UK is now recognised as a European leader funding per annum provided to the best smart grid distribution systems. data and communication. in smart grids. This is creating significant market innovation projects. opportunities for businesses with innovative In November 2018, the Secretary of State for the There are also considerable business opportunities The Government has committed to increasing products and services including: grid optimisation Department of Business, Energy and Industrial presented in digital technologies needed to help investment in R&D by £4.7 billion over the next and automation systems, data management Strategy announced reviews on the regulation redefine the power network. The large influx four years. The government’s Industrial Strategy, software, demand response, control systems and of network infrastructure. These are intended of consumer and network data will require supported by the Industrial Strategy Challenge cyber security. to remove regulatory barriers to smarter and capabilities in big data, Internet of Things and Fund has a focus on ‘Clean Growth’, batteries for distributed grids. cyber security. The UK has legally binding targets to reduce energy storage, materials of the future; robotics carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. The UK and artificial intelligence. Energy storage and energy conversion technology represents a significant market opportunity for suppliers are integral to the smart grid. The smart grid related businesses. Over £24.5bn is latter includes the transformation of electricity to be invested in the national power networks into a storage format for later use in balanced between 2015-2023(RIIO-ED1). energy supply and demand including carbon capture and storage. Storage technology supply chain requirements include, amongst others, EV batteries. investinmanchester.com MANCHESTER: A LOCATION FOR TRIALLING SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES Greater Manchester provides a Smart Street CLASS – Customer Load Active City Verve collaborative environment for private A £11.5m project with ENW with partners System Services This Smart City project considered all possible and public sector collaborations in including Siemens, Kelvatek and the University Another ENW demonstrator, this £9m Ofgem uses of digitally enabled neighbourhoods, smart grid demonstration projects. of Manchester. This demonstrator used innovation funded project successfully including energy usage. Project partners intelligent software for trialling new innovative demonstrated a low-cost solution using cutting included CISCO, BT, and Siemens, working Greater Manchester provides a nationally techniques to stabilise voltage edge voltage control to manage electricity alongside Manchester Science Partnership significant testing environment for energy consumption at peak times. and the University of Manchester. The project demonstrator projects including in smart grids. enabled remote monitoring of building In the last five years alone, Electricity North occupancy and of heating and power consuming West (ENW) has won £42m of competitive appliances, so that the buildings can participate funding to invest in new technologies for smart in a smart grid and trade in the Balancing power grids. Services and Capacity Market. The following are a small selection of projects that demonstrate the scale and types of energy demonstrator projects locally: investinmanchester.com A WELL ESTABLISHED AND GROWING SMART GRID INDUSTRY The breadth and depth of the power Selected Companies Activity generation and smart grid industry Solutions and networking platforms providing key security and data analytics capabilities for the energy sector including locally positions Manchester as an Cisco ideal location for companies fostering smart grids. industry collaborations to serve local, CGI CGI provides technology and software solutions to the electricity utility markets. national and international market Systems software development laboratory for developing and test optimisation, security and virtualisation software to opportunities. IBM manage and analyse real-time data including for smart grids and data centres. The smart grid industry is represented by energy Netcontrol Development of network automation products and SCADA systems for power control centres storage and energy conversion solution providers to communication networks, big data analytics RXPE Developer and supplier of HV power electronic solutions. HQ with engineering & project management and consulting engineering. Companies include Siemens Transmission & Distribution, CISCO, US owned, the Europe Power Systems Services operation provides consulting services on renewable energy and grid S&C Electric Company IBM, ARUP, RXPE, Landis+Gyr, AECOM, automation, system design, build, and installation consultation. Northrup Gruman and Moixa. Siemens Low Voltage Division UK HQ and manufacture of switchgear and electrical controls UK HQ of T&D Division. Design, project engineering, project management and technical support in delivering grid and Siemens Transmission & Distribution substation projects. The centre is home to Siemens’ European Centre of Competence for offshore grid connection. Stream Measurement Manufacturer specialising in specific aspects of meter production, distribution and flow meter calibration. TNEI Services T&D power systems analysis, design and planning as well as power systems analysis software. WSP Canadian engineering consultancy. UK HQ and EMEA Power Networks and Smart Grid team is based in Manchester. investinmanchester.com CASE STUDY: CISCO Overview Cisco’s Manchester operation Cisco has been working with Innovate UK, Manchester City Council and a number of Cisco is a worldwide leader in IT solutions Cisco’s main location in the North of England is other partners in developing the UK’s Smart and services covering networking, mobility, Manchester. The company has also opened its City demonstrator “CityVerve” in Manchester. security, collaboration and the Internet of new innovation centre “Mi-IDEA” in partnership This project included the University of Things - transforming how people connect, with Manchester Science Partnerships, located Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan communicate and collaborate. Cisco in Manchester Science Park. This centre University,
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