EPSRC announced seven studies to find digital solutions to reducing energy demand

We are glad to share that the EFORES project is one of the only seven new feasibility studies nationally funded by the EPSRC to explore how digital technologies, business model innovation and analysis can reduce energy demand and carbon production.

These seven studies, supported with a £340,000 investment from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and Siemens, include using digital technologies to monitor and ultimately reduce emissions at transports, ports, and supermarkets, as well as to improve the forecasting of solar energy production to decarbonise the industrial and electricity sectors.

Industry collaboration

This project is jointly funced by the EPSRC and Siemens. Siemens is one of EPSRC’s strategic business partners. Both organisations are committed to sharing strategic information and working on areas of shared interest.

The EFORES project has industrial parterners of Scottish Power and Newcastle City Council.

Electric fleets with on-site renewable energy sources (EFORES): data-driven dynamic dispatching and charging under uncertainties

Led by: Dr Xuewu Dai, Northumbria University

This project investigates optimal dispatching and charging management of electric fleets to improve the efficient use and self-consumption of highly variable onsite renewable energy sources.