Professor Graeme Burt is a distinguished professor of electrical power systems at the University of Strathclyde, UK. He is Director of the Institute for Energy and Environment within the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering. His research interests include: decentralised energy and smart grid protection and control; electrification of aerospace and marine propulsion; DC and hybrid power distribution; experimental systems testing and validation with power hardware in the loop. He is an active researcher, with a track record of leading involvement in many national and international power systems consortia research projects and an extensive track record of publication.

Professor Burt also directs the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) in Electrical Power Systems, is Lead Academic for the Power Networks Demonstration Centre (PNDC), and Theme Lead in power systems and grid technologies for the Energy Technology Partnership. He recently played a leading role in forming DER Centre Scotland, part of a national network of industrialisation centres supporting the UK’s Driving the Electric Revolution Challenge. Professor Burt also serves on the Steering Committee of the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) Joint Programme in Smart Grids, and on the Boards of the UK Aerospace Research Consortium, of the Hydrogen Accelerator, and of the Association of European Distributed Energy Resources Laboratories (DERlab e.V.). 
 

Decarbonisation of Transportation Systems and Innovative Grid Infrastructures

Abstract

Significant efforts are underway around the world to establish effective pathways and whole system solutions that will contribute to the realisation of net-zero energy systems. Significant challenges remain, not least in the domain of transportation systems and their associated charging infrastructures. Solutions are required across a whole range of vehicles, spanning marine, air, road and off-road, and rail applications, and these must be paired with effective charging technologies and operating regimes.  This talk will provide an update on energy strategy, outline national progress made to date across electricity, heat and transport decarbonisation, and will in particular expand on high power, high integrity transport applications. Some key research and innovation activities contributing to hard-to-electrify vehicles and grid infrastructure solutions will be highlighted.