Cenex (Centre of Excellence For Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies)

This feasibility study will establish clear, harmonised guidance for marine EV charging infrastructure, while developing early-stage hardware concepts tailored to the unique challenges of coastal and inland waterway environments. While building on existing automotive EV standards, the consortium will go further, developing marine-specific recommendations ...

Nearly 80% of global trade uses the maritime industry, generating 3% of all GHG emissions globally. The IMO has set a 2050 target for decarbonisation and electrification of vessels is proving to be technically capable and financially viable in many use cases. However, the grid infrastructure required to support such electrification has a significant upfro...

The PINS project will validate the feasibility of a novel shore-power and recharging infrastructure that minimises the grid power availability and price barriers encountered in previous shore-power projects (eg SeaChange at Portsmouth). A central feature of the PINS solution is energy storage in the port or harbour operating under a multi-vector energy ma...

Commercial vehicles interact with a wide range of operational and smart city systems in urban environments. Where vehicles operate and how their drivers behave impacts the service experience, quality of life and safety of residents. EVs make these fleets even more interconnected with the communities in which they operate because they must share the electr...

The ZEPA\_2 project brings together Equipmake, Emergency One, London Fire Brigade, and Cenex to specify, develop and demonstrate a novel energy management system which will enable Fire Services globally to migrate to a fully battery electric fleet. Fire Appliances are required on occasion to pump water for extended periods requiring diesel vehicles to be ...

Project RESPONSEAI (Robust Emergency Services Performing Operations iN Electric with Artificial Intelligence) will examine how AI can be used in the development of an integrated zero-emission emergency service operations planning and dispatch platform. Flexible Power Systems (FPS) is a UK based SME, founded in 2018 on the principle that smart use of energ...

Cities across the world are developing and supporting digital platforms (Smart City systems) to encourage the use of technology and innovation to improve the quality of life, sustainability and resilience of urban areas. The Smarter Logistics through In-vehicle, City and Energy Data (SLICED) project aims to enhance the efficiency, resilience and safety of...

This project will test the feasibility of redesigning rural bus shelters as modular mobility hubs, specifically in East Lothian, but with global potential. The project is a collaboration between East Lothian Council, design house Quarterre, and transport decarbonisation research organization Cenex. East Lothian is an ideal location for this project. Predo...

Paua Private Infrastructure Network Solution (Paua PINS) seeks to overcome the challenges associated with the sharing of EV charging infrastructure at private depots through research with key partners and a demonstration of the process. We will enable the sharing of private depots to start the formation of a shared private network in partnership with Suff...

Our emergency services, like other organisations, are creating strategies for their net-zero transition. A key barrier to the introduction of zero-emission emergency response vehicles is ensuring operational performance and resilience considering limited electric vehicle range and recharging times. A future emergency service dispatch system will need to m...

The Virtual Bunkering for Electric Vessels demonstration (VBEV) will build upon the CMDC2 feasibility study to deliver the World's first vessel-to-grid demonstration project. It will show how batteries on electric vessels can be utilised when not in use for propulsion, to deliver energy storage and flexibility services to harbours, ports and the grid. Thi...

This project seeks to demonstrate a novel integrated Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) Electric Vehicle charging hub aimed at non-domestic workplace and destination market applications. The approach combines innovations in hardware and software and is based on an established pop-up Mini Solar Car Park product designed by the lead partner (3ti Energy Hubs), comp...