Funding for smart energy systems
The City of Edinburgh Council has up to £80,000 to invest in studies that look at how smart energy systems and renewable energy could be integrated into a future mass-market electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
According to a statement issued by Innovate UK today (4 December), Edinburgh is looking for projects that combine on-site generation of renewable energy, battery storage and smart meters with innovative software control systems.
The aim is to have financially self-sustaining, closed-loop vehicle charging systems, with smart grid and vehicle-to-grid capabilities.
A further £200,000 could be available to prototype the best ideas in a second phase of the competition.
Funding for this competition is under the SBRI (Small Business Research Initiative) programme.
The competition opens today (4 December), and the deadline for registration is midday on 7 February 2018.
