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Freedom Project smart hybrid heating: a breakthrough for the future of domestic heat

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  • Tuesday, 21 May 2019
  • 15:45
  • Duration: 22 mins
  • Publication date: 14 Jun 2019
  • Location: Networks, NEC
  • Part of event Utility Week 2019

About the session

The UK government has a 2050 target to reduce carbon emissions by 80% on 1990 levels. Heating and cooling homes accounts for half of all energy consumption and a third of carbon emissions, with 80% of homes using natural gas for heating. This session will explore the latest thinking and alternative approaches for low carbon heat, asking what are the alternatives and technologies, what might they cost, what standards and business models will be viable, and how will these be integrated and delivered at scale to deliver a heat transition?

Keywords:
  • Wales & West Utilities
  • air source heat pump
  • carbon-free
  • control app
  • cyber security
  • digital
  • electricity
  • energy
  • gas
  • gas boiler
  • heating
  • hydrogen
  • power
  • smart controls
  • smart hybrid systems
  • smart infrastructure
  • smart meter
  • utilities

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  • Oliver Lancaster

    Oliver Lancaster

    Wales & West Utilities, Future of Energy Project Manager

    Oliver Lancaster is a Future of Energy Project Manager and led the Freedom Project for Wales & West Utilities – a large scale demonstration trial of smart hybrid heating systems in the Bridgend ‘living heat lab’ in south Wales. Delivered alongside electricity network Western Power Distribution, it was the first collaborative future of energy project between gas and electricity networks. Oliver looks after a wide range of whole energy system Freedom follow-on projects.Away from climate change mitigation, Oliver has also led Wales & West Utilities’ work on developing the first national flood map to understand the future impact to UK infrastructure to support interventions to adapt to climate change.Before managing projects to benefit the energy system of the future, Oliver worked on dealing with the legacy issues from the energy system of the past as an Environmental Scientist, Consultant and Remediation Engineer. He also has significant experience in land management, stakeholder engagement and was the Chair of IGEM Welsh Section in 2014-15.
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