ETI seeks partners to develop innovative software tool to simulate future local energy systems

ETI seeks partners to develop innovative software tool to simulate future local energy systems

ETI seeks partners to develop innovative software tool to simulate future local energy systems

• Project to build new software tool to dynamically simulate future energy systems and to inform the design and cost of the associated control system architecture

• Part of a suite of software tools to provide future-proof and economic local energy solutions across the UK

• Proposals required by 2 June 2014

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is seeking partners to develop a flexible software tool that will simulate the operation of future energy systems and inform the design, architecture and cost of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions necessary to enable their operation.

Future energy system solutions will vary by local area depending on a number of factors including the needs of consumers in that area, including geography, population and existing assets. There is likely to be a range of value propositions to different households, different business models throughout the energy value chain and fixed market rules. The ETI believes a software tool is required to provide confidence that the physical assets in place can be operated dynamically to deliver these value propositions, business models and market requirements. This software tool should also be capable of undertaking outline design and costing of the enabling ICT solution to ensure the entire system is operationally and economically feasible. It will also need to operate at local, regional and national levels and will be required to simulate real-life energy system scenarios.

The Request for Proposal announced today (4 April 2014) is part of the ETI’s Smart Systems and Heat (SSH) programme, which is aiming to create future-proof and economic local heating solutions for the UK.

This new software tool will be used in conjunction with a suite of SSH software models already in development. These include EnergyPath, a tool focused on developing cost-effective local energy systems and the recently announced Economic Benefit Assessment tool, which will help assess the social and economic benefits of energy system developments in a given area.

To view the EnergyPath Operations Request for Proposals document please click here.

To view the EnergyPath Operations notification to bid document please click here.

To view the EnergyPath NDA document please click here.

To view the EnergyPath Due Diligence document please click here.