Transforming our energy system: energy demand flexibility from smart meter data

供热和运输的电气化将导致能源系统发生重大变化，需要在能源灵活性方面采取全系统的变革性行动。电动汽车（EV）和热泵（HP）显著增加了家庭电力需求，但其对需求和系统灵活性要求的影响尚未得到大规模研究。能源需求的灵活性和这些新兴技术的潜在影响是研究、决策和工业界的热门话题。例如，使用可变定价（旨在激励需求灵活性）需要在实现所需的需求减少和惩罚消费者（特别是燃料贫乏的消费者）之间进行仔细的平衡和保障。该项目将探讨英国家庭的能源使用，预计未来将如何变化以及需求灵活性的潜力。您将分析来自智能能源研究实验室（SERL）的数据，建立数据分析和机器学习技能，以前所未有的规模研究电动汽车和惠普的需求。您将加入一个领先的研究团队，他们将支持您的研究，并由埃尔贝CDT提供额外的培训，使您能够更好地了解该行业并建立核心技能，使您能够从不同的第一学科背景中转移技能。

The electrification of heat and transport will lead to significant changes to the energy system, requiring transformative, system-wide action on energy flexibility. Electric vehicles (EVs) and heat pumps (HPs) significantly increase household electricity demand, but their impact on demand and system flexibility requirements has not yet been studied at scale. Flexibility in energy demand and the potential impacts of these emerging technologies are hot topics in research, policymaking and industry. For example, the use of variable pricing (designed to incentivise demand flexibility) requires a careful balance and safeguards between achieving needed demand reductions and penalising consumers, particularly the fuel poor.This project will explore energy use in UK homes, how this is expected to change in the future and the potential for flexibility in demand. You will analyse data from the Smart Energy Research Laboratory (SERL), building data analytics and machine learning skills, to study demand from EVs and HPs on a previously unprecedented scale. You will join a leading research team who will support your research, with additional training provided by the ERBE CDT to enable you to better understand the sector and build core skills, enabling you to transfer skills in from a different first subject background.