Low Carbon London
UK Power Networks has completed Low Carbon London, its £28m, 4 year innovation project to investigate the impact of a wide range of low carbon technologies on London’s electricity distribution network. Low Carbon London has delivered successfully in accordance with the requirements of Ofgem’s Low Carbon Networks Fund, facilitating the development of viable solutions for Distribution Network Operators to support the low carbon transition in the UK.
Project-on-a-Page summary
Project data
Start date: 04/01/2010End date: 31/12/2014
Budget:
Total Funding: £28.3 million
Funding from LCNF: £21.7 million
Funding from UKPN and partners: £6.6 million
The extensive research, trials and analysis undertaken as part of the Low Carbon London project have been documented and are now being published for the benefit of the entire industry. The reports are split across a number of distinct themes:
- Demand Side Response and Distributed Generation
- Electrification of Heat and Transport
- Network Planning
- Future Distribution System Operator
Each report sits within the relevant theme, making it easier for you to navigate to your areas of interest.
Links to other Low Carbon London reports are provided below. We have also published a Summary Report
We are pleased to share a very significant dataset that was collected during the Low Carbon London project. Residential Smart Meter and Dynamic Time-of-Use data from the project has been made available for download here. (note these files are extremely large)
- Low Carbon London - Learning Summary Report
- Report A1 - Residential Demand Side Response for outage management and as an alternative to network reinforcement
- Report A2 - Residential consumer attitudes to time varying pricing
- Report A3 - Residential consumer responsiveness to time varying pricing
- Report A4 - Industrial and Commercial Demand Response for outage management and as an alternative to network reinforcement
- Report A5 - Conflicts and synergies of Demand Side Response
- Report A6 - Network impacts of supply-following Demand Response
- Report A7 - Distributed Generation and Demand Side Response services for smart Distribution Networks
- Report A8 - Distributed Generation addressing security of supply and network reinforcement requirements
- Report A9 - Facilitating Distributed Generation connections
- Report A10 - Smart appliances for residential demand response
- Report B1 - Impact and opportunities for wide-scale Electric Vehicle deployment
- Report B2 - Impact of Electric Vehicle and Heat Pump loads on Network demand profiles
- Report B3 - Impact of Low Voltage ÔÇô connected low carbon technologies on Power Quality
- Report B4 - Impact of Low Voltage ÔÇô connected low carbon technologies on network utilisation
- Report B5 - Opportunities for smart Optimisation of new heat and transport loads
- Report C1 - Use of Smart Meter Information for network planning and operation
- Report C2 - Impact of energy efficient appliances on network utilisation
- Report C3 - Network impacts of energy efficiency at scale
- Report C4 - Network state estimation and optimal sensor placement
- Report C5 - Accessibility and validity of smart meter data
- Report D1 - Development of new network design and operation practices
- Report D2 - DNO Tools and Systems Learning
- Report D3 - Design and real-time control of smart distribution networks
- Report D4 - Resilience performance of smart distribution networks
- Report D5 - Novel commercial arrangements for smart distribution networks
- Report D6 - Carbon impact of smart distribution networks
Images
DSR Trials and Distributed Generation
Electric Vehicles and Heat Pumps
LCNF 2013 – Demand Side Response – November 2013
LCNF 2013 – Stakeholder Engagement – November 2013
Low Carbon London Decentralised Energy Learning Event – October 2012
Low Carbon London Demand Response Learning Event – May 2012
Low Carbon London Smart Meter Learning Event – February 2012
Time of Use (ToU) Learning Event – April 2013