The Centre For

SUSTAINABLE ELECTRICITY & DISTRIBUTED GENERATION

Creation of SEDG

The Centre for Sustainable Electricity and Distributed Generation, is a

collaborative venture building on extensive on-going research at Imperial

College (coordination), University of Strathclyde, and The University of

Manchester.

It was established with funding from the Department of Business, Enterprise

and Regulatory Reform (BERR) in order to bridge the gap between academic

research and the needs of industry to meet the 2020 targets on renewable

energy for the UK.

Objectives and work of SEDG

The focus of SEDG is on providing fundamental research aimed at achieving

cost effective integration of Distributed Generation (DG) into operation and

development of the UK electricity systems.

The Centre investigates the technical and economic performance of

transmission and active distribution networks and as well as the devices and

systems that are connected to them with a view to develop and evaluate new

concepts and solutions using software simulation or hardware testing as

appropriate.

The activities of the Centre also contribute to the realisation of the

BERR/OFGEM Electricity Networks Strategy Group objectives through co-

ordination with its Distribution Working Group and Transmission Working

Group, and the BERR Electricity System Technical Issues Steering Group as

well as numerous other special issue working groups.

Protection Devices

Protection Relay Test

80-kVA microgrid

RTS Unit RTDS Unit

DG Protection and System Design

G1 (Southern Scotland)

Main System (England-Wales)

Load L1

Bus1 Bus2

Bus3

Bus4 X1 X2

X3

Load

Fault

Wind Generation Stability and Control

Large-scale Integration of DG

Current Projects

► Dynamics and Control of Wind Generation

► Novel Protection Methods for Active Networks with High Penetrations of Distributed Generation

► United Kingdom Generic Distribution System and Planning and Operation of Active Distribution Networks

► Development of Energy Integration Laboratory (Imperial)

► Demand Side Participation & Dynamic Demand

► Offshore Wind Energy Transmission Systems

► Characterisation of Wind Power output

► Transmission and Distribution, Investment, Access and Pricing in Systems with Significant Penetration of Wind and DG

► Work with IEA ENARD Implementing Agreement

►Offshore network design standards for conventional generation

► Wind turbine test rig

Recent activities, outputs and achievements

►Development of the methodology for Network Design Standards for Offshore transmission

►Analysis to provide economic and technical justification of new offshore Grid Code requirements

►Contribution to the development of the methodology for update of onshore transmission network planning standards

►Contribution to Energy Review and the Energy White Paper

►Contribution to National Grid Wind Stability Study

►Analysis of the appropriateness of operational standards for future active distribution networks

►Contribution to harmonization of transmission and distribution network grid codes associated with DG

►Development of new tools to quantify benefits of active distribution management

►Contribution to the debate on Access, Commercial and Regulatory arrangements for integration of DG

►Development of DUoS pricing methodology for distribution networks with distributed generation

►Methodology for evaluation of costs of integration of wind power in the UK electricity system

►Quantification of value of storage in future UK electricity system

►Representing UK in the activities of the International Energy Agency and International Atomic Energy Agency

►Contribution to international work of EU SmartGrids, CIRED and CIGRE