Webinar recorded 16 July 2020   

Keele University’s Entrepreneur in Residence Annette Shipley, Course Director for MSc Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology, Sharon George and Business and Development Manager for the Smart Energy Network Demonstrator (SEND) at Keele University, Julian Read will be joined by Operations Director of Quorum, Trevor Hirst to discuss the benefits to your business by engaging in the sustainable energy research offered by the SEND programme.

The Keele University Smart Energy Network Demonstrator (SEND) – a European first, is an at-scale environment providing a platform that allows energy generation, distribution, storage, forecasting and energy balancing to be intelligently carried out across different energy sources using the Keele University campus as a genuine ‘living laboratory.’ Alongside SEND is a programme of research and development and business assistance which targets Staffordshire business.

This webinar will include an open discussion between our panel and will contain concise presentations. Quorum are a best practice example of the research programme taking place between Keele University and a small developing business.

In this webinar we aim to explore and understand:
● the benefits of sustainable energy research to your business
● The SEND project and provide information as to how your business can engage in the programme.

---

The SEND project (ref. 32R16P00706) is part-funded through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the England 2014 to 2020 European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) Growth Programme and is available to ERDF eligible companies. The project is also receiving funds from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

 

---