Fast response power generation from small scale pumped hydro based on reworked quarries:- PROOF OF MARKET through further development and validation of the business trading strategy and revenue forecast model

寻求市场赠款的证据，以进行进一步的研究，建模和对英国未来的FR供需进行外部验证，以及拟议的QBC交易策略。FR是保持英国国家电网稳定和国家灯火通明的基本要求。预计未来20年对可再生能源的需求将翻一番，现有设施已经接近满负荷运行。英国《2008年气候变化法》承诺，到2050年，英国将大幅增加风力发电和核能发电。对可再生能源的额外需求是英国能源政策的一个隐藏但不可避免的后果。对于QBC开发的中小型设施生产的FR级电力，应该有一个有保障的和不断扩大的市场。对于QBC来说，为了筹集必要的资金，使确定的地点投入运营，潜在的外部投资者/商业银行/运营伙伴同意收入预测是真实的。这项工作就是为了做到这一点。它将由QBC的总经理Dave Holmes领导，并得到公认的行业专家David Nicols博士的外部支持，而开放大学能源和研究部门的Godfrey Boyle和其他学术机构将承担外部验证。QBC已筹集40万GB的启动股权资金，以推进位于北威尔士的GlynnRhonwy的第一个地点。其他几个网站的土地权谈判也在进行中。赠款资金的重复使用将严重分流满足规划申请的大量成本所需的早期投资资金。通过验证市场概念，这笔赠款资金将使英国PLC获得以下好处：-·增加供应网络的弹性；·在市场FR中带来额外的竞争；以及·为废弃的采石场找到商业用途

A PROOF OF MARKET GRANT is sought to conduct further research, modelling andexternal validation of the future supply and demand for FR in the UK, together with theproposed QBC trading strategy.The Quarry Battery Company (QBC) is at the forefront of developing additional FastResponse (FR) electricity reserve. FR is a fundamental requirement of keeping the UKnational grid stable and the nation's lights on. Demand for FR is forecast to double over thenext 20 years and existing facilities already operate at near full capacity.The UK Climate Change Act 2008 commits the UK to a significant increase in wind andnuclear generation to a 2050 time horizon. Additional demand for FR is a hidden butinevitable consequence of UK energy policy. There should be a guaranteed and expandingmarket for the FR class of electricity to be produced by the small and medium scale facilitiesdeveloped by QBC.For QBC to raise the necessary finance to bring an identified site into operation IT ISIMPERATIVE potential external investors/commercial banks/operating partners ACCEPTTHE REVENUE FORECAST AS BEING REALISTIC.This work is intended to do just that. It will be lead by Dave Holmes the MD of QBC withexternal support from recognised industry expert Dr David Nicols, whilst Godfrey Boyle, ofthe Energy and Research Unit at the Open University, and other academic institutions, willundertake external validation.QBC has raised £400,000 in start up equity funding to take forward the first site at GlynnRhonwy in North Wales. Land rights negotiations are under way on several other sites.Refusal of grant funding would seriously divert early stage investment money that is requiredto meet the substantial cost of the planning application.By validating the market concept, THIS GRANT FUNDING WILL RETURN THEFOLLOWING BENEFITS TO UK PLC:-•add resilience to supply network;•bring additional competition in the market FR; and•find a commercial use for disused quarries