Research network set to electrify UK transport system
The challenges of electrifying the transport network, including its impact on the National Grid, will be tackled as part of a research network being created in the UK.
The EPSRC-funded network, known as Decarbonising Transport through Electrification (DTE), plans to identify and address some of the challenges holding up the implementation of an integrated, electrified transport system across the automotive, aerospace and rail sectors.
The project, which is being led by Dr Liana Cipcigan, co-director of the Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence at Cardiff University, will investigate the developments needed to allow integration of the energy network with electric vehicle charging infrastructure, electric and hybrid aircraft, and an electrified rail system.
“We are trying to bring together automotive, aviation and rail, and consider the impact of all of these modes of transport on the power network, with electricity being used as a transport fuel,” said Cipcigan.
The project includes organisations such as Aston Martin, the National Grid, Transport for London, Transport for Wales, ABB, Ricardo, Safran Power and the Welsh government, as well as aerospace researchers from Cranfield and Bristol Universities, and rail specialists from Birmingham and Southampton Universities.
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