Europe's largest community battery for Nottingham's Trent Basin
 Europe's largest community battery has been installed at Trent Basin, Nottingham's unique community energy housing scheme. Supplied by Tesla, the battery can store 2.1 MWh of energy, delivering 500kW of power. The installation received national coverage, reflecting the role that community energy and battery storage are poised to have in the future energy mix. The £6m investment in the energy project at the site is being delivered through two programmes – the Energy Research Accelerator (ERA) and Project SCENe (Sustainable Community Energy Networks).
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New e-Genie tool to cut work-place costs
 A new monitoring tool for businesses has been developed by researchers at the University of Nottingham to help reduce energy use and cut costs.
The e-Genie tool is an energy feedback system created by researchers in the School of Psychology and Horizon Digital Economy Institute with the purpose of engaging staff with energy data and supporting them to take action to reduce energy use.
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Capital grant for energy projects
 Planning an energy related project? Businesses classed as SMEs in the D2N2 region can apply for 50% of the capital cost from the Energy for Business grant fund. Successful applicants can receive up to £10k (maximum project cost of £20k). The closing date for the current round of funding is 28/02/2018.
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Businesses welcomed to Energy Technologies Research Institute Lectures
The Energy Technologies Research Institute run a series of lectures throughout the year featuring key, invited lecturers from industry. Originally aimed at academics and researchers, we are now encouraging businesses to come along and join the debate.
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Nottingham takes the lead on wind
 The 17th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery (ISROMAC) took place in December 2017. The event has been held in Honolulu, Hawaii since 1985 and for the latest event the University of Nottingham's Dr Xuerui Mao led the wind energy part of the symposium. Dr Mao's research interests include wind resource assessment and the optimal layout of wind farms. He is also part of FLUTE, the Fluids and Thermal Engineering Research Group. The conference featured over 20 leading researchers as invited speakers and was very well received.
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Global consortium will help to provide 'Energy for Life'
Leading academics from China and the University of Nottingham recently met to foster closer cooperation to provide 'Energy for Life'. Representatives from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin University and South China University of Technology all spoke alongside Nottingham academics. The group will be working together to develop self-sustained, renewable, low-carbon energy generation and storage systems for developing countries.
The workshop was organised by Professor Gavin Walker (Director of the Energy Technologies Research Institute) and Dr Ming Li. and was funded by an Energy for Life and EPSRC Global Challenges Research Fund pump-priming award.
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Energy capabilities - online update
We are about to start updating the online version of our Energy Capabilities Statement. If you have any additions or amendments please send them to michele.pattison@nottingham.ac.uk
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Fluid and Thermal Engineering
 The Fluids and Thermal Engineering (FLUTE) Research Group gathers together academics with a wide range of research expertise in areas of fluid mechanics, heat transfer, thermodynamics and combustion. These cornerstone disciplines underpin a variety of industrial sectors, such as power machinery, power generation, power electronics, aerospace, gas and oil and renewable energy. FLUTE plays a vital role in these and many other engineering fields.
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ETRI Lecture | H21 Leeds City Gate, moving from Natural Gas to Hydrogen
27th February 2018
Leeds H21 is a ground-breaking study exploring how to convert an entire city from natural gas to hydrogen. Find out more with guest lecturer Dan Sadler, of Northern Gas Networks. All welcome.
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Energy Event | Hydrogen Vehicle Discovery Day
26th March 2018
Get hands on with hydrogen vehicles in this event brought to you in conjunction with Nottingham City Council.
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Manufacturing and Engineering Conference
28th March 2018
This East Midlands Chamber conference brings together leaders from across the sector and this year will be hosted in our new Advanced Manufacturing Building.
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Energy Event | Build Revolution East Midlands
26th April 2018
Build:Revolution East Midlands is a one-day conference and exhibition dedicated to innovative construction. Delivered in partnership with Osmosis Strategic Consulting.
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ETRI Lecture | Hydrogen for Energy Storage and Clean Fuel Production
10th May 2018
Graham Cooley, CEO of ITM Power, will explore the hydrogen economy and the flexibility of the grid. We will tour the new Hydrogen Systems Test Bed in the RAD building.
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ETRI Lecture | The Technology and National Dynamics of Energy Transitions
5th June 2018
What does the mainstream academic literature suggest about the time scale of energy transitions? Find out more from Ben Sovacool, Professor of Energy Policy, University of Sussex
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Energy for Business offers product innovation, business support and capital funding to SMEs in the D2N2 region by forging links between businesses and the University of Nottingham. The low-carbon project is delivered by the Energy Innovation and Collaboration team and funded by the European Regional Development Fund.
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The Energy Innovation and Collaboration team.
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