Liverpool Multi-vector Energy Exchange - Resilience

英国低碳能源转型的一个主要主题是消费者的崛起。我们不再仅仅是电力线末端的能源买家，我们可以将能源服务“备份到电线上”，在一个新的、以消费者为中心的能源世界中降低成本并创造新的收入。到2030年，本地发电厂（主要是太阳能和风能）将占英国发电量的近一半，高于2018年的四分之一。大量的能源将由一个新的能源“产消者”进行点对点交易，这些产消者为当地和电网运营商提供一系列清洁能源服务。利物浦多矢量能源交易所（LMEX）将为全市范围内的智能本地能源系统创建详细设计，该系统将极大地促进清洁能源、电动汽车和低碳供暖和制冷。我们的设计将为一系列创新技术打开大门，包括电动汽车充电；带地/水/空气源热泵的热网；太阳能制氢取代气体供应和燃料电池；基于电池和氧化还原的储能；以及一系列灵活的需求方式。LMEX包括两个关键层——都是首创的。首先是硬件：智能网络控制器，其功能远远超出当前市场，可以与无数本地能源资产进行实时通信、控制和优化。第二种是基于软件的：灵活交易平台（FXP），产消者通过该平台进行点对点交易，完全透明，自动匹配，无需第三方干预。FXP将被移植到控制层，这样a)所有的买卖交易都可以被兑现；b)系统的技术限制不能被强调/违反。LMEX项目是一个商业驱动的研发项目。它受益于现实世界中发展智能能源网络的记录，尽管这里设想的全市规模远远大于当今能源世界的任何规模。LMEX为生产消费者和能源系统运营商带来切实利益：*新的灵活性参与者：所有规模，用户类型和技术能够交易清洁，灵活的能源服务，包括电力，热力，制冷和运输。*更多、更便宜、本地生产的能源，以降低消费者的账单。*减少从电网的进口，以减少网络损失，避免网络加固和相关中断。*使用更多清洁能源，改善本地空气质素，减少温室气体排放。*新的收入来源：参与者可以进入越来越广泛的地方和国家能源市场，在这些市场中，新的收入来源正在稳步出现。

A major theme of the UK's low-carbon energy transition is the **rise of the consumer**. No longer just energy buyers on the end of power lines, we can send energy services "back up the wire", reduce costs and generate new revenues in a new, consumer-centric energy world.In 2030, local power plants (mostly solar and wind) will comprise nearly half of UK capacity, up from a quarter in 2018\. Much will be traded peer-to-peer by a new class of energy "prosumers" offering a range of clean energy services locally, and to the grid operators.The **Liverpool Multi-vector Energy Exchange** (LMEX) will create a detailed design for a city-wide, smart local energy system that will greatly facilitate clean energy, electric vehicles, and low-carbon heating and cooling. Our design will open the door to a host of innovative technologies including EV charging; heat networks with ground / water / air source heat pumps; solar-powered hydrogen production to replace gas supply and power fuel cells; battery and REDOX based energy storage; and a host of flexible demand approaches.LMEX comprises two critical layers -- both first-of-a-kind. The first is hardware: a **Smart Network Controller** with capabilities far beyond the present market, to communicate with, control and optimise in real-time myriad local energy assets. The second is software-based: the **Flexibility Exchange Platform** (FXP), through which prosumers will trade peer-to-peer with full transparency, automatic matching, and without third-party intervention. FXP will be grafted on to the control layer so that a) all buy and sell transactions can be honoured; and b) the technical limits of the system cannot be stressed/violated.LMEX Project is about **commercially-driven R&D**. It benefits from real-world track record in developing smart energy networks, though the city-wide scale envisaged here is far greater than anything in the energy world today.LMEX is about tangible benefit to prosumers and energy system operators:* New flexibility players: all sizes, user-types and technologies able to trade clean, flexible energy services across power, heat and cool, and transport.* More, cheaper, locally produced energy for lower consumer bills.* Reduced import from the grid for reduced network losses and avoidance of network reinforcement and associated disruptions.* More clean energy, leading to improved local air quality, and reduced emissions of greenhouse gases.* New revenue streams: access for participants to a widening spread of local and national energy market segments, in which new revenues streams are emerging steadily.