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 (reports A1 – A10)
- Electrification of Heat and Transport (reports B1 – B5)
- Network Planning (reports C1 – C5)
- Future Distribution System Operator (reports D1 – D6)
Links to all the Low Carbon London reports are provided below. Each report sits within the relevant theme, making it easier for you to navigate to your areas of interest. 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)
- Project Direction - December 2010
- Low Carbon Networks Fund Full Submission Pro-forma - December 2010
- Low Carbon London SDRC Award Submission
- Change Request - December 2012
- Approved Change Request - December 2012
- Six Monthly Project Progress Report - June 2011
- Six Monthly Project Progress Report - December 2011
- Six Monthly Project Progress Report - June 2012
- Six Monthly Project Progress Report - December 2012
- Six Monthly Project Progress Report - June 2013
- Six Monthly Project Progress Report - December 2013
- Overview Low Carbon London - November 2013
- Six Monthly Project Progress Report - June 2014
- Six Monthly Project Progress Report - December 2014
- Project Closedown Report - March 2015
- Summary Report
- A1 - Residential Demand Side Response for Outage Management and as an Alternative to Network Reinforcement
- A2 - Residential Consumer Attitudes to Time-varying Pricing
- A3 - Residential Consumer Responsiveness to Time-varying Pricing
- A4 - Industrial and Commercial Demand Side Response for Outage Management and as an Alternative to Network Reinforcement
- A5 - Conflicts and Synergies of Demand Side Response
- A6 - Network Impacts of Supply-following Demand Side Response
- A7 - Distributed Generation and Demand Side Response Services for Smart Distribution Networks
- A8 - Distributed Generation Addressing Security of Supply and Network Reinforcement Requirements
- A9 - Facilitating Distribution Generation Connections
- A10 - Smart Appliances for Residential Demand Response
- B1 - Impact and Opportunities for Wide-scale Electric Vehicle Deployment
- B2 - Impact of Electric Vehicles and Heat Pump Loads on Network Demand Profiles
- B3 - Impact of Low Voltage – Connected Low Carbon Technologies on Power Quality
- B4 - Impact of Low Voltage – Connected Low Carbon Technologies on Network Utilisation
- B5 - Opportunities for Smart Optimisation of New Heat and Transport Loads
- C1 - Use of Smart Meter Information for Network Planning and Operation
- C2 - Impact of Energy Efficient Appliances on Network Utilisation
- C3 - DNO Learning Report on Network Impacts of Energy Efficiency at Scale
- C4 - Network State Estimation and Optimal Sensor Placement
- C5 - Accessibility and Validity of Smart Meter Data
- D1 - Development of New Network Design and Operation Practices
- D2 - DNO Tools and Systems Learning
- D3 - Design and Real-time Control of Smart Distribution Networks
- D4 - Resilience Performance of Smart Distribution Networks
- D5 - Novel Commercial Arrangements for Smart Distribution Networks
- D6 - Carbon Impact of Smart Distribution Networks
Images
- Welcome and Project Overview
- Carbon Story
- DSR Trials and Distributed Generation
- Electric Vehicles and Heat Pumps
- IT Architecture
- 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
- Market Outlook to 2030
- Time of Use (ToU) Learning Event - April 2013
- Time-of-Use Trials