Storage Platform for the Integration for Renewable Energy

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A United Kingdom-Ireland (Ireland-Northern Ireland-Scotland)

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

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Description (EN):

This project will increase the region’s Research and Innovation (R&I) capacity by creating a cross border Virtual Research Graduate School in the area of Mass Energy Storage (MES). It will boost collaboration between Research Institutes and SMEs and intensify technological innovation and commercialisation in the region. The project will focus on how the wide-scale deployment of MES can allow very high levels of renewable energy to be integrated into power grids globally. Variable renewable energy (VRE) resources (e.g. wind and wave) cannot be controlled, and require measures such as energy storage to integrate them into existing power grids. Energy can be stored in bulk using large-scale storage, or at smaller scales using MES devices, owned and operated by domestic and business consumers. Ireland, NI and Scotland have among the best wind, wave and tidal resources in the world and are regarded globally as a test bed for the deployment of services and technologies to manage very high levels of VRE. MES is crucial to achieving a global transition to clean energy. It allows for optimal use of existing infrastructure, has a less burdensome planning process than large-scale storage, and can be installed rapidly. While progress has been made with large-scale storage, there has been limited development of MES. This project will assess the ability of MES to operate profitably in the UK and Irish electricity markets, and how MES can be used to maximise the whole-life performance of VRE systems operating in harsh environments.

Website: https://www.seupb.eu/iva-overview

Expected Results (EN): 1.1.1: The annual number of peer-reviewed journal and conference publications in two target sectors (Health and Life Sciences and Renewable energy) with cross-border authorship and with the potential to create economic impact.

Expected Outputs (EN):

SPIRE 2 will produce 78 peer reviewed journal and conference publications, with crossborder authorship, joint industry/academic output, and the potential to create economic impact. Targeted journals include Energy Policy, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Applied Thermal Engineering, Applied Energy, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy and Tribology International. Targeted conferences include UK Thermal Energy Storage, UK Energy Storage, the International Conference on Tribo-Corrosion, the European Wind Energy Association Conference, and the IEA Heat Pump Conference. This will boost regional economic development through international recognition of the region as an energy storage innovator and will contribute to attracting major industry interest to both the annual SPIRE 2 workshops and the closing conference. The project will recruit and graduate 17 PhD candidates, further develop 6 post-doctoral researchers, and enhance the standing of the academic and industrial teams. This will be achieved through developing a cross-border Virtual Research Graduate School (VRGS). PhD topics are aligned to stakeholder needs and are listed in Section 3.1.1. The structure of the project team will ensure that results are achieved from an early stage of the project. SPIRE 2 expects to generate at least eight intellectual property (IP) disclosures in: 1. phase change material storage. 2. thermochemical material storage. 3. compact battery storage. 4. new battery materials usage. 5. novel heat pump design. 6. novel materials for wind turbine blades. 7. new biofouling preventative measures. 8. grid customer data solutions. Ulster University's Open Access (OA) publishing policy requires all staff to pursue the Green OA Route and self-archive their accepted articles and make these OA via the Ulster Institutional Repository (UIR). Ulster's Research Data Management Policy requires all staff to archive and make the underlying data associated with their research OA in the University's Data Repository to meet the requirements of external funders. The project partners will be encouraged to pursue the Gold OA Route but only if they have secured funding to pay for this from their funder. This cost between £2,000 - £13,000 and has not been accounted for in the budget at this stage and will be discussed with SEUPB, if the project is successful.

Thematic information

Clustering and economic cooperation Renewable energy

Specific Objective: To increase business and industry relevant research and innovation capacity across the region within two target sectors; Health and Life Sciences and Renewable Energy

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority: (01a) enhancing research and innovation (R&I) infrastructure and capacities to develop R&I excellence, and promoting centres of competence, in particular those of European interest

Partners (6)

Lead Partner: UU

Department: Centre for Sustainable Technologies

Address: Shore Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 0QB Newtownabbey, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 2 723 249.03

DkIT

Name: DkIT

Department: Centre for Renewable Energy

Address: Dublin Road,, A91 K584 Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 1 273 971.37

Strathclyde University

Name: Strathclyde University

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Address: Richmond Street, G1 1XQ Glasgow, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 1 273 329.55

Queen's University Belfast

Name: Queen's University Belfast

Department: School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Address: Bernard Crossland Building, BT9 5BN Belfast, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 1 186 103.89

Arbarr

Name: Arbarr

Department: Arbarr Electronics Ltd

Address: Unit 3, Aghanloo Industrial Estate, Limavady, BT49 0HE Derry, Londonderry, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 138 958.39

Sunamp

Name: Sunamp

Address: Satellite Park, Macmerry, EH33 1RY East Lothian, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 107 633.44

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Project name (EN): Storage Platform for the Integration for Renewable Energy

Project acronym: SPIRE 2

Project start date: 2017-03-01

Project end date: 2021-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 6 703 245.67

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 5 668 754.22

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A United Kingdom-Ireland (Ireland-Northern Ireland-Scotland)

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2022-11-16

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

33 / 33 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

175 / 175 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Data of four projects (FASTER, ISIMPATHY, Sea Monitor, ONSIDE and SWELL_2) was retrieved by Interact from the programme´s website on the 2021-09-15 and 2022-11-15. Specific objectives were derived from Thematic objectives. Regarding partners data only main partners is available. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (https://www.seupb.eu/iva-overview), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-11-17, 2023-02-01 and 2024 03 20.

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Storage Platform for the Integration for Renewable Energy

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