ENERGYREV - Key Persons
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- Researcher for Next Wave Energy Systems in a Whole System Context
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- Research Associate for Next Wave Energy Systems in a Whole System Context
Alona is a Senior Lecturer in Energy and Environmental Science, based within Lancaster Environment Centre, and Deputy Director of Energy Lancaster. She currently holds a Natural Environment Research Council Industrial Innovation Fellowship. Alona's research and innovation activities focus on developing understanding of the interactions between energy infrastructure and the environment. She then uses this understanding to inform policy and practice, with the underpinning aim of promoting the delivery of environmental benefits, beyond that of low carbon energy, from the low carbon energy transition. Working collaboratively with stakeholders from across sectors is central to her work. As EnergyREV's Environment Rover, Alona will work to ensure that the environmental impacts beyond that of greenhouse gas emissions of local low carbon energy systems are considered and the importance of location specific factors recognised.
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- Senior Research Associate for Next Wave Energy Systems in a Whole Systems Context
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- Senior Research Associate for New Skills and Training
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- Research Associate for Business and Financial Practices
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Chief Technology Officer at Energy Systems Catapult and Director of the Energy Revolution Integration Service ( ERIS ) Programme
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- CO - LEAD for Market Design for Local Clean Energy Systems
- Professor of Environmental Economics at the University
Cameron Hepburn is Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Oxford, and Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. He also serves as the Director of the Economics of Sustainability Programme, based at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School. Cameron has published widely on energy, resources and environmental challenges across disciplines including engineering, biology, philosophy, economics, public policy and law, drawing on degrees in law and engineering (Melbourne University) and masters and doctorate in economics (Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar). He has co-founded three successful businesses and provides advice on energy and environmental policy to government ministers (e.g. China, India, UK and Australia) and international institutions (e.g. OECD, UN). Cameron is involved in the Institutions theme for EnergyREV, and is particularly interested in market designs that can scale up local clean energy systems.
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- Research Associate for Next Wave Energy Systems in a Whole System Context
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- Senior Research Associate for New Skills and Training
Caroline is an interdisciplinary researcher interested in local responses to achieving future sustainability, working across sectors and bringing a social sciences lens to exploring issues including energy transitions. For EnergyREV, she is using area and project-based case studies to explore current and future knowledge, skills and training needs for low carbon, smart local energy systems. This research draws on documentary analysis and interviews with a range of stakeholders in looking at potential skills shortages and the most effective ways of filling the gaps.
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- Research Fellow for New Tools and Framework
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- Co - L for User Engagement, Preferences and Behaviour
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- Professor of Practice at Warwick Business School
David Elmes is Professor of Practice at Warwick Business School and Co-Lead of the University of Warwick's Global Research Priority - Energy. David joined WBS in 2008 after more than 20 years working in the energy & management consulting industries with BP, Gemini Consulting, CapGemini and Schlumberger. David's broader interests lie in how the structure of the energy industry around the world is changing, what new business models are achieving success and how management practices are evolving to meet the challenges of supplying affordable, sustainable energy and using it efficiently. In 2017, David received a Warwick Award for Teaching Excellence (WATE) from the University of Warwick and he was elected a Fellow of the Energy Institute in 2018. David's interest in smart, local energy systems arose from considering how the current transformation of energy involves a shift from more supply to reduced consumption and from large, centralised systems to local solutions. Such solutions need to consider heating, the source of nearly 40% of UK emissions, and the rising use of cooling around the world. The University of Warwick has operated a local energy system for both power and heating for over a decade and so it's important to consider how to operate and renew such systems in a commercially sustainable way, as well as expand their development around the UK. David is also co-investigator in UKRI-funded LoT-NET programme on Low Temperature Heat Recovery and Distribution Network Technologies.
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- LEAD for Multi - Criteria Evaluation
- Professor of Computational Fluid Dynamics
David Ingram is a Professor of Computational Fluid Dynamics and Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the School of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. He is also a Fellow of the IMarEST and a Chartered Martine Scientist. He has a strong interest in the training of research students and leads the EPSRC and NERC funded Industrial CDT for Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE). He was originally trained as a mathematical modeller and numerical analyst at Manchester Metropolitan University. After moving to Edinburgh, David became more involved in marine energy working closely with experimentalists to develop best practice protocols. He coordinated, the EU EquiMar project which was extended in the European MARINA_Platform and TROPOS project which considered the evaluation protocols, integration of multiple energy converters on floating offshore wind systems, and the integration of energy, transport, aquaculture and leisure activities on floating offshore platforms, respectively. EquiMar has fed into a number of IEC 62600 technical specifications, has been used as a basis for classification and certification rules, and has informed the technology performance level (TPL) metrics developed by the US Department of Energy for the Wave Energy Prize. This work on standards and technology evaluation protocols forms the basis of the approach taken in EnergyRev's WP5.2 to develop evaluation protocols for smart local energy systems.
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- LEAD for User Engagement, Preferences and Behaviour
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- Research Associate for Cyber - Physical Advances
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- Research Fellow at the Centre for Computational Science
- Research Fellow for Cyber - Physical Advances
Dr Alison Halford is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Computational Science and Mathematical Modelling at Coventry University. Her research looks at ways to facilitate community engagement and capacity building that promotes greater inclusion and equality in decision making. Having recently worked on the Humanitarian Engineering and Energy for Displacement (HEED) project, Alison brings to WP1.1 experience of responsible innovation that strives for ethical, transparent and sustainable protocols when developing cyber-physical systems. She will also have a role in translating research findings into real-life contexts to improve stakeholder understanding of cyber-physical advances and increase the deployment of AI and intelligence in Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES).
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- Postdoctoral Research Fellow for Business and Financial Practices
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- LEAD for Policy, Regulatory and Market Enablers for Local Energy Systems
- Senior Research Fellow at the Grantham at Imperial College London
Dr Jeffrey Hardy is a Senior Research Fellow at the Grantham at Imperial College London and leads a team in the UK Energy Revolution Research Consortium examining the policy and regulation of smart local energy systems. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Public Power Solutions and a member of the UK Power Networks Customer Engagement Group. Previously, he was Head of Sustainable Energy Futures at the GB energy regulator, Ofgem and Head of Science for Work Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He's also worked at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the UK Energy Research Centre, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Green Chemistry Group at the University of York and Sellafield as a research chemist in a nuclear laboratory.
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- EPSRC Head of Energy Theme
Dr Jim Fleming has a degree and PhD in Chemistry from the University of Bristol. After a few years of postdoctoral work, he joined EPSRC at the end of the last millennium. He has worked in a variety of roles across EPSRC before becoming Head of the Energy Theme in 2017.
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- Lecturer in Energy Systems at Cardiff University
- Researcher for Next Wave Energy Systems in a Whole System Context
Dr Muditha Abeysekera is a Lecturer in Energy Systems at Cardiff University. His research interests are in the mathematical modelling, design, operation and the socio-economic effects of smart local multi-vector energy systems. He coordinates a team that develops decision support tools for multi-energy systems in close collaborations with the UK Cabinet Office, Public sector estates and the NHS.
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- Co - I for the National Skills Needs Assessment
Dr Roberto Ferrero received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic of Milan, Italy, in 2013. Since 2015, he has been a Lecturer with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool, where he carries out research and teaching activities in the area of instrumentation and power systems. His main expertise is in sensors, signal processing, data analysis, uncertainty and reliability assessment. His primary research activity is focused on the development of innovative measurement methods for accurate and affordable condition monitoring techniques to improve the efficiency and reliability of electrical and electrochemical power systems. Applications include (but are not limited to) smart grids, energy storage and electric vehicles. He has published more than 50 papers in this area, and has been involved in a number of national and international research projects, including large inter-disciplinary consortia. He has also experience with stakeholders' engagement and has been involved in the development of training tools to promote Responsible Research and Innovation principles . He is Senior Member of the IEEE, and currently Associate Editor of the IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurement.
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- LEAD for Cyber - Physical Advances in Smart Local Energy Systems
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- Research Analyst at the UCL Energy Institute
- Research Fellow for Next Wave of Energy Systems in a Whole Systems Context
Elsa Barazza is a Research Analyst at the UCL Energy Institute. She is an energy economist and completed her PhD at the UCL Energy Institute in December 2018. Her research interest is on energy system modelling and energy policy. In particular, her work focuses on agent-based modelling of the energy sector, and her research investigates questions related to energy investments, non-optimal decision making, governance and finance. Elsa is the original developer of the BRAIN-Energy agent-based model. For EnergyREV, Elsa is currently contributing to the expansion of BRAIN-Energy, to study the roles and investment decisions of different market players (e.g. national/local governments, national/local investors and households) in scaling-up SLES and to analyse the impacts of SLES on the energy system.
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- Chief Technology Officer at Energy Systems Catapult and Director of the Energy Revolution Integration Service ( ERIS ) Programme
Eric joined the Energy Systems Catapult when it was established in April 2015. In April 2019 he moved to his current role of Chief Technology Officer (previously Innovation Director) and from early 2020 became Director of the Energy Revolution Integration Service (ERIS) Programme. In his time at the Catapult he has focussed on programmes and initiatives that respond to the challenges and opportunities of energy system transformation. Eric became involved in the energy sector after having gained many years' experience in the telecommunications industry where he worked in a variety of roles focussed on defining, designing and delivering systems that respond to the demands of substantial technology and business change. Educated in Canada, Eric has a BSc in Mathematics and Physics, a BEng in Electrical Engineering and an MSc in Electrical Engineering. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of The IET.
Email: Eric.Brown@es.catapult.org.uk
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- Co - L for Cyber - Physical Advances in Smart Local Energy Systems
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- CO - LEAD for Interdisciplinary Knowledge Synthesis
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- Co - I for the National Skills Needs Assessment
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- EPSRC Head of Energy Theme
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Member of the Project Management Team
- Research Director and Co
Research Director and Co-l for: Policy, Regulation & Market Enablers; and User Behaviour & Preferences
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- LEAD for Cyber - Physical Advances in Smart Local Energy Systems
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- Research Associate for Users
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- CO - LEAD for Next Wave of Energy Systems in a Whole Systems Context
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- LEAD for User Influence Tools and Co - I on New Tools and Framework
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- Research Fellow for Cyber - Physical Advances
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- Co - L for Local Energy System Businesses and Financial Practices and Policy, Regulation and Market Enablers for Local Energy Systems
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- LEAD for Policy, Regulatory and Market Enablers for Local Energy Systems
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- CO - LEAD for Market Design for Local Clean Energy Systems
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- Fellow for EnergyRev and Is Based at the Centre for Energy Policy
Ifeoluwa Garba is the Knowledge Exchange Fellow for EnergyRev and is based at the Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde. She leads several energy access projects in developing countries. As a member of EnergyREV, her focus is on translating the outputs and insights from EnergyRev into practical policy and industry recommendations which address energy challenges and transitions for a sustainable future. In addition, she is interested in the policy, regulation and market enablers that will allow the full realisation of the potential socio-economic and technical benefits of Smart Local Energy Systems. Her expertise lies in renewable energy technologies, impact analysis, and sustainable development.
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- LEAD for Multi - Criteria Evaluation
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- Transport Roving Champion and Co - L for User Engagement, Preferences and Behaviour
Broadly, Jillian's current research direction investigates ‘the future of the car' - bringing together technological and societal developments including electrification and new mobility services to explore the concept of ‘car usership'. She applies socio-psychological theories and methods to the understanding of variations in car ownership, mobility patterns and resulting energy demands over time and space. This includes the design of qualitative and quantitative surveys and secondary data analysis to evaluate transport policy interventions at local and national scales.
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- Co - L for System Level Scale - Up of Smart Local Energy Systems
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- Co - L for Cyber - Physical Advances in Smart Local Energy Systems
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- Senior Research Fellow for Next Wave of Energy Systems in a Whole Systems Context
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- Research Associate for Users
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- Research Associate for Synthesis
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- LEAD for System Level Scale - Up of Smart Local Energy Systems
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- Co - L for Local Energy System Businesses and Financial Practices and Policy, Regulation and Market Enablers for Local Energy Systems
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Member of the Project Management Team
- Principal Investigator
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- CO - LEAD for Interdisciplinary Knowledge Synthesis
- Researcher at UCL Energy Institute
Michael Fell is a researcher at UCL Energy Institute. His work has mainly focused on social aspects of energy use, in particular people's desire and ability to offer flexibility to electricity systems. He is researcher co-investigator on the Energy Revolution Research Consortium (EnergyREV), where he is helping lead the Knowledge Synthesis work package (5.1). This work package is conducting extensive (realist) review work to identify and bring together learnings emerging from EnergyREV and PFER projects with evidence from other sources to provide a clear and integrated picture for stakeholders.
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- Research Associate for Cyber - Physical Advances
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- Research Associate for Policy, Regulation and Market Enablers
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- Research Associate for Next Wave of Local Energy Systems in a Whole Systems Context
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- Research Associate for Business and Financial Practices
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- LEAD for User Engagement, Preferences and Behaviour
Patrick Devine-Wright is an academic at the University of Exeter with a background in Environmental Psychology and Human Geography. He specialises in researching issues of social acceptance and community engagement with sustainable energy transitions, in particular controversial technology projects such as wind farms and high voltage power lines. He works closely with policy makers, industry and civil society groups and is currently Lead Author of the IPCC Working Group 3 on Climate Mitigation, Chair of the Devon Net Zero Task Force and a non-Executive Director of Exeter Community Energy. He leads the Citizens workpackage (WP4.1) investigating engagement with and by users over time in case study demonstrator projects. He is also a co-investigator of WP4.2 on User Influence Tools.
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- LEAD for Knowledge Management, Engagement and Dissemination
Rachel is a Research Associate in the Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde; where her research is split between her role in EnergyREV and working alongside Rebecca Ford on her COP26 Fellowship ‘ALIGN' focusing on the opportunities to enhance benefits and mitigate negative outcomes in a Just net-zero energy transition. Similarly, Rachel's role in EnergyREV focuses on the impacts of new policies and practices emerging from the PFER programme, examining the mechanisms by which these policies and practices might deliver a socially just, equitable, net-zero energy system. Rachel has a strong policy background, having previously worked at the University of Exeter researching policy and regulatory impacts on local energy markets; and at Cornwall Council as Principal Planning Policy Officer.
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- Co - L for Policy, Regulation and Market Enablers for Local Energy Systems
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- Research Associate for System Intergration
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- Director
- LEAD for User Influence Tools and Co - I on New Tools and Framework
Rajat Gupta is Director of the multi-disciplinary Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development and Low Carbon Building Research Group at Oxford Brookes University, where he also holds professorial chair in sustainable architecture and climate change. He has led major interdisciplinary research projects on evaluating the impacts of low carbon communities using action research (ESRC/EPSRC energy and communities EVALOC project), smart storage of solar electricity (Innovate UK ERIC project) and integration of renewables in communities (Innovate UK LEMUR project). He is currently PI of a £1.3m UK-India EPSRC-DST project on residential energy reduction in India (RESIDE). As Co-I on the EnergyReV Core programme, Rajat is involved in work streams on user engagement and facilitating scale-up of smart local energy systems through new tools and frameworks. He is also leading the EnergyREV Plus project on user influence tools for enabling two-way engagement with smart local energy systems.
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- Research Director and Co - L for: Policy, Regulation & Market Enablers and User Behaviour & Preferences
Rebecca is an academic whose work focuses on energy challenges and transitions for a sustainable future. She works closely with policy makers and businesses to help understand and drive pro-social and pro-environmental change. She is the Research Director of the EnergyREV consortium and will be working across EnergyREV's programme of work to manage the research programme, facilitate interdisciplinary engagement across the research team, synthesise findings from work streams, and drive knowledge exchange within and outside of the consortium. Rebecca is the main contact person for any demonstrator or design/concept projects who wish to engage more closely with EnergyREV.
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- Co - L for User Engagement, Preferences and Behaviour
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- Associate Professor With the Environmental Change Institute 's Energy
- Co - L for User Engagement, Preferences and Behaviour
Sarah Darby is an Associate Professor with the Environmental Change Institute's Energy Programme at the University of Oxford. She analyses energy systems in socio-technical terms, as the products of interactions between human activities, hardware, rules, knowledge and practical know-how. Her research interests centre on the human dimensions and environmental impacts of smart technology adoption, the potential for distributed demand response, and business models for community energy. Within the EnergyRev Plus project, she will be responsible for evaluating the effectiveness and inclusiveness of smart tools for user engagement with a local energy system. Further information at http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/people/sdarby.html.
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Challenge Director, Prospering from the Energy Revolution and EnergyREV Executive Committee Member
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- Postdoctoral Researcher for Market Design for Scaling Up Local Clean Energy Systems
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- Research Associate for International Engagement
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- Co - L for Local Energy System Businesses and Financial Practices
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- LEAD for International Engagement and CO - LEAD for Interdisciplinary Knowledge Synthesis
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- Research Associate for Cyber - Physical Advances
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- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Research Fellow for User Behaviour and Preferences
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- Researcher for Cyber - Physical Advances
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- CO - LEAD for Next Wave of Energy Systems in a Whole Systems Context
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- Research Fellow for Local Energy Business and Finance for Net Zero
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- Senior Research Associate for Next Wave Energy Systems in a Whole Systems Context
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- CO - LEAD of Multi - Criteria Evaluation
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- Research Associate for Business and Financial Practices
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- CO - LEAD for Next Wave of Energy Systems in a Whole Systems Context
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- Senior Research Fellow for Synthesis
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- LEAD for Local Energy System Businesses and Financial Practices
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- LEAD for New Tools and Framework
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- Co - L for User Engagement, Preferences and Behaviour
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- Co - L for Cyber - Physical Advances in Smart Local Energy Systems
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- Research Fellow for User Behaviour & Preferences, and New Tools & Framework
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- Co - L for Cyber - Physical Advances in Smart Local Energy Systems
- Professor
Zhong Fan is a Professor and Academic Director of SEND (Smart Energy Network Demonstrator) at Keele University, leading a team of PhD students and postdocs to work on machine learning and industrial IoT with a particular focus on applications to smart energy systems. He is an Advisory Board Member of the IEEE Industry Community on IoT. Funded by the ERDF and BEIS, SEND centres on strong collaborations between Keele, Siemens and local SMEs with the aim to create Europe's first ‘at scale' multi-vector smart energy demonstrator on Keele campus - a living laboratory where new smart energy and IoT technologies can be researched, developed and tested. Within EnergyREV, Zhong's main interests are cyber security and the applications of AI and IoT technologies to smart energy system management and control (CPS WP). He is also interested in the skill needs assessment WP.
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- Researcher for Cyber - Physical Advances