EFORES Workshop, 10:00-16:00, Monday 30/Jan/2023

EFORES Workshop

The EFORES project team at Northumbria University are delighted to invite you to our final workshop for the project EP/W028727/1: “Electric fleets with on-site renewable energy sources (EFORES): data-driven dynamic dispatching and charging under uncertainties”, in order to disseminate our results and exchange ideas for further collaboration and industrial applications.

How to attend: This workshop is in hybrid in-person and online mode:

Abstract

In line with the UK government’s target on carbon reduction and global climate change, this workshop promises to be an inspiring and informative workshop, designed to raise awareness of digital solutions to promoting EV fleets and renewable energy sources in the pathways of road transport decarbonisation by bringing researchers, industry leaders, technology innovation people and local councils together. In this workshop, we share what we did, our findings from our EFORES research and will have a chance to listen to and ask questions of inspiring speakers, and engaged with a panel of engaging external experts. With networking and development sessions for further application of the information and machine learning technologies developed in academic to the EV industry, this promises to be a day with something for everyone.


Agenda

This workshop consists of three parts:

  1. Presentations by academics at Northumbria University and industrial partners to share the R&D experiences;
  2. Panel discussion to understand the user requirement on net zero transport energy systems;
  3. Networking and development session.

Venue: Hedley Suite (401), Sandiford Building, Northumbria University, 2 Sandyford Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8QH (Googlemap)

9:30-10:00 Welcome Receiptoin (refreshment)
10:00-10:10 Opening speech
10:10-10:40 Dr. Xuewu Daniel Dai (Northumbria University)
Electric Fleets with On-site Renewable Energy Sources: a data-driven approach [PDF download]

11:10-11:40 Prof. Ghanim Putrus (Northumbria University)
Electric Vehicles and Optimal Charge Control [PDF download]
10:40-11:10 Dr. Ian Forbes (Northumbria University)
Solar-powered car park

50 minutes Lunch break
12:30-13:00 TBC (TBC)

13:00-13:30 Jonathan Barlow (Senior Transport Planner, South Tyneside Council)
EV Charging - A Local Authority Perspective

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13:30-14:00 Sarah Bee (The Algorithm People)
Optimisation Algorithms for Routing & Scheduling of Fleets, with Benchmarking to Identify Pathways to Decarbonisation [PDF download]
15 minutes Tea break
14:15-15:00 Panel discussion
Panel Members:
• Mathew Lumsden (CEO, Connected Energy)
• Matthew Mace (Group Manager - Transport Strategy at Leicester City Council)
• Prof Ghanim Putrus (Northumbria University)
• Dr. Ian Forbes (Northumbria University)
• Richard Kotter (Northumbria University)
• Xuewu Dai (Northumbria University)
Topics included, but not limited:
  • Challenges to electrify fleets at publi and private sectors
  • Technology innovations and applications towards Net Zero road transport
  • Second life battery for V2G grid operaiton and EV car park charging
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Solar-powred carport
  • Funding Opportunties and collaboartion between universities and industry partners in Net Zero Transport
15:00-16:00 Networking, team development and closing of the workshop

Xuewu Dai
Xuewu Dai
Senior Lecturer

Senior lecturer in Elctrical Engineering, Northumbria University, UK. Research interests include control and scheduling codesign of networked multi-agent systems, Intelligent Transport-Energy Systems and Time-sensitive Industrial Internet of Things (IIoTs).