CURB - Compact Urban Battery Storage System for residential apartments to support demand side response and reduce energy bills by 50%

随着生活成本的危机，家庭正在努力维持灯光，老年人在冬天努力保暖。随着能源账单飙升，这是英国和整个欧洲人民面临的现实。大多数瑞士人住在租来的公寓里，正如英国越来越多的人一样，他们几乎没有机会利用太阳能技术来帮助降低账单。在过去的12-18个月里，许多人的账单翻了一番。我们生活在一个日益城市化的世界。2021年，38.9%的欧盟人口居住在城市。欧洲的城市化水平预计将在2050年提高到约83.7%。这对服务、物业和当地基础设施提出了挑战。随着越来越多的人住在公寓里，由于租金成本和收入受到挤压，能源网络的压力随着当地电力需求的增加而增加。与此同时，电网已经处于压力之下。英国的目标是通过安装风能和太阳能等可再生能源，到2035年完全实现电力行业的脱碳。可再生能源面临的挑战是供应和需求的间歇性。这需要大幅增加对电网基础设施的投资，以应对日益增长的城市化和电力供需平衡。该项目旨在开发尖端的家庭储能技术，使公寓和住宅中安装复杂、紧凑、可移动的电池系统，以平滑消费者的需求曲线，从而为他们减少50%以上的账单。智能电池还可以为电网提供一系列平衡服务，主要是额外的存储，以降低成本并以更快的速度使电网脱碳。这项技术可以减少消费者每年支付的电费，为典型的4人使用节省50%GB 1200或更多(基于典型的使用数据和当前的电力成本)。这个由英国的Allye、瑞士的尼格尔和瑞士研究机构OST共同开展的双边项目，将创造一个使用瑞士技术的超高效双向AC-DC转换器，以及一个包含机器学习的复杂电池系统，该系统将在英国设计和建造。有可能降低全国的能源成本，特别关注公寓和小型住宅(包括租户)，同时帮助加快电网的脱碳。

With the cost-of-living crisis families are struggling to keep the lights and the elderly are struggling to keep warm in winter. This is the reality facing people in the UK and across Europe as energy bills have surged. Most of the Swiss population live in rented apartments as do an increasing number in the UK, there is little chance they can take advantage of solar technology to help lower bills which in the last 12-18 months have doubled for many.We live in an increasingly urbanised world. In 2021, 38.9 % of the EU population were living in a city. Europe's level of urbanisation is expected to increase to approximately 83.7% in 2050\. This places a challenge on services, properties and local infrastructure. As more people live in apartments, due to the cost of rent and a squeeze on incomes, the strain on the energy network increases as local electricity demand increases.At the same time, the grid is already under strain. The UK aims to fully decarbonise the power sector by 2035 through the installation of renewable energy sources including wind and solar. The challenge with renewables is the intermittency of supply and matching that to demand. It requires a significant investment increase in grid infrastructure to cope with increasing urbanisation and the balancing of supply and demand of electricity.This project aims to develop cutting-edge home energy storage technology that will enable the installation of sophisticated, compact, movable battery systems in apartments and houses to smooth out the demand curves for consumers thereby reducing their bills by over 50%. Smart batteries could also provide a range of balancing services, primarily extra storage, for the grid to reduce costs and decarbonise the grid at a faster rate.The technology could reduce consumer electricity bills paid by 50% saving £1200 a year or more for a typical 4-person usage (based on typical usage data and current costs for electricity).This bi-lateral project between Allye in the UK, Negal in Switzerland, and OST, a Swiss research institute, will create a ultra-efficient bi-directional AC-DC converter using technology generated in Switzerland, plus a sophisticated battery system incorporating machine learning which will be designed and built in the UK, has the potential to bring down the cost of energy across the country with a specific focus on apartments and small homes (including renters), while helping to accelerate decarbonisation of the electricity grid.