b'16 Partner News Spring 2022Academichas been embedded in Quorums Sentinel product and has been implemented by a number of the companys customers to enhance the operation of offshore wind farms and other power generation and storage facilities that help power millions of homes every day.VICPorts More recently, the centre has also been involved in the ongoing 285,000 collaborative research project Vertically Integrated Cloud-Based Ports (VICPorts) alongside PD Ports, General Electric and Connected Places Catapult. Artists Impression of Tees Valley Net Zero Industrial Innovation Centre (NZIIC) This is investigating the use of a cloud-based, integrated digital solutions for energy management for use at ports. The project aims to demonstrate how the use of an intelligent energy network can not only reduce costs at the port, but also help lower emissions.Professor Michael Short said: Weve been delighted to work collaboratively with key regional and international partners on these innovation projects and translate our research into tools which have had measurable impact not Local Microgrid EMS connected to wider IoT Platform in Barcelona, Spain only on the environment and wider society, but also on our industrial partners product InteGRIDy bills of between 15-23% across multipleeffectiveness and business operations. We Innovation has also continued with thepilot sites and reductions of up to 37%hope to continue this collaborative work in 15.6m Integrated Smart GRID Cross- in electricity demand peaks. Similar CO2the future. Functional Solutions for Optimisedsavings were also recorded.Synergetic Energy Distribution, UtilizationThe Net Zero Industry Innovation CentreStorage Technologies (InteGRIDy) HorizonNational and regional projects The research and innovation work on smart 2020 project. This again saw a collaborationThe centres work has also been used withinenergy is being taken forward as one of between Teesside University, Siemens anda national and regional context.three key themes forming part of The Net other key partners to integrate cutting-edgeZero Industry Innovation Centre (NZIIC) technologies, solutions and mechanismsOnly around a fifth of the UKs electricityfocus. in a scalable cross-functional platform foris currently generated by wind power, but optimal and dynamic operation of the widertechnology developed by Sedgefield-basedNZIIC is an innovative new 16m facility and distribution grid.Quorum Development in partnership withkey component of Tees Valley Combined the centre is aiding the launch of newAuthoritys (TVCA) regional innovation IoT-based EMS systems and algorithmsrenewable energy plants across the UK.strategy. The strategy will position Teesside were applied to a microgrid with solar PVfirmly at the heart of the UKs green and Li-Ion battery storage at a leisureThe firm developed a system that connectsindustrial revolution.club in Barcelona, Spain, amongst otherto wind turbines and controls their output. demonstration sites in Europe includingA prototype built with the help of a TeesideSet to be a national centre of excellence, Ireland and Greece.postgraduate placement demonstratedthe Net Zero Innovation Hub draws on the systems ability to meet the balancingTeesside Universitys expertise in smart/The European Climate, Infrastructure anddemands of the National Grid.clean energy and sustainability. Environment Executive recently reported that the InteGRIDy Project deliveredThe new conceptual framework wasThe NZIIC will be industry-led and industry-exceptional results with significantdeveloped by Professor Short andfocused in its approach, working with immediate or potential impact. Thecolleagues for remotely controllingbusiness partners and key organisations application of the tools developed in thegenerators in the context of the IDEASto develop new approaches to tackle the projects resulted in reductions in electricitycollaborative project. This new capabilitychallenges of net zero.'