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

热能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(EVS)和热泵(HPS)显著增加了家庭电力需求，但它们对需求和系统灵活性要求的影响尚未在规模上进行研究。能源需求的灵活性和这些新兴技术的潜在影响是研究、政策制定和工业领域的热门话题。例如，使用可变定价(旨在激励需求灵活性)需要在实现必要的需求减少和惩罚消费者(尤其是燃料不足)之间谨慎地平衡和保障。这个项目将探索英国家庭的能源使用，未来这种情况预计将如何变化，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，构建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。你将加入一个领先的研究团队，他们将支持你的研究，并由ERBE CDT提供额外的培训，使你能够更好地了解该行业并培养核心技能，使你能够从不同的第一学科背景转移技能。

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.