Overview

Philip Sharman will set the scene for energy storage (ES) in the UK – focusing on the storage of electricity through electrical energy storage (EES) technologies and heat through thermal energy storage (TES) technologies (as these are the twin themes of IEA ECES). He will outline the various drivers for increasing ES in the UK, the various technologies for EES and TES, and the range of specific applications of relevance to the UK energy system. Key examples of where EES and TES technologies are being trialled or deployed will be presented. Finally, a brief outline of the IEA ECES programme will be presented and IChemE CE SIG members encouraged to participate via the ‘UK national team’.

Speaker

Philip Sharman is part-time Director of the International Flame Research Foundation (IFRF), now based in the UK. In addition to this role, he has also undertaken a number of non-executive, interim management, contract and consultancy activities in the area of low-carbon energy technologies, including representing the UK on the Technical Group of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF), chairing the Advanced Power Generation Technology Forum (APGTF), chairing the board of the UK CCS Research Centre, alternate UK delegate on the executive committee of the IEA Energy Storage Technology Collaboration Programme, member of the supervisory board of the UK Energy Research Centre, monitoring liaison officer for Innovate UK, senior advisor for the Global CCS Institute and being a member of a variety of advisory committees for energy-related initiatives. He is currently an Honorary Professor of the University of Nottingham and a Visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield.

Time

9:00—10:00 BST

Format

A one-hour online session: 40 minutes' presentation + 20 minutes' Q&A.
Duration (for CPD recording purposes): up to one hour.

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Software

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