Arcola Energy, DC Microgrids, IET Swindon April 2015

DC Microgrids Put to Work at Arcola Theatre

Speaker – Simon MyliusHead of Engineering, Arcola Energy

www.arcolaenergy.com simon@arcolaenergy.com

• Arcola Theatre

• Arcola Energy

• Philosophy and approach

• DC Microgrids and Moixa Technology’s Maslow

• Arcola’s DC Microgrid installation

• Questions

Arcola Theatre Facts and Figures

• Each year Arcola presents 60 productions:- 10 in the main house- Grimebourne Festival of new Opera- approx. 12 productions by emerging companies in Studio 2- Regular rehearsed readings, showcases and one-off performances including poetry and music

• 180-seat main house, 100-seat studio space, plus 2 rehearsal/workshop spaces in the building plus ‘Studio 5’ on new site

• 50,000 visitors, 3,000 participants in Creative Engagement programme and 2,500 school children visiting performances each year.

• Annual turnover: £1 million. Regularly funded by Arts Council England since 2006: 25% of our budget

Artistic Ambition

• Produce new plays including from unknown writers, about unfashionable issues and in daring form and language

• Celebrate the canon of world theatre and bring it to new audiences and new generations of theatre-goers in North East London

• Present forgotten and neglected classics, rediscovered and restaged

• Nurture emerging talent

• Enrich British theatre by presenting work from diverse artists

Artistic Ambition

• Produce new plays including from unknown writers, about unfashionable issues and in daring form and language

• Celebrate the canon of world theatre and bring it to new audiences and new generations of theatre-goers in North East London

• Present forgotten and neglected classics, rediscovered and restaged

• Nurture emerging talent

• Enrich British theatre by presenting work from diverse artists

“An undisputed powerhouse” Time Out

Archimedes

Arcola Energy Project

• Build the world’s first carbon neutral theatre

Or more pragmatically:

• Reduce emissions by 60% by 2025

Arcola Theatre carbon footprint 2011-2012 2013-2014

(Julie’s Bicycle)

Future Arcola

Approach to Arcola Theatre Development

1. Treat it like a theatre production. Own it2. Have a great team, know and respect their skills3. Practise on your own house4. Manage risk, don’t be afraid of it5. Learn the rules, heed some of them6. Do the right-thing over the thing-right7. Be unreasonable8. Suffer for rules ignored & unreasonableness

Collaborations, technologies, partnerships, support

Arcola Energy

• Fast growing London SME, founded 2010• 15 staff and growing.• Academic background now end-user focused• 1W – 10kW fuel cell & hydrogen solutions• Education, portable power, transport & stationary power markets• Privately owned business• Significant and on-going support from UK Gov Technology Strategy Board• Extensive collaboration with UK science-base• Working along value chain – R&D, engineering, sales, deployment,

support• Global outlook, closely linked to (but independent of) Horizon Fuel Cell

Latitude Festival

5kW Plug Power fuel cell powering lighting

rig for 600 seat theatre venue

London Olympics

BOC Hymera: Construction site lighting

Lightweight Fuel Cell Electric

Vehicles

Microcab

Battery EV

Fuel Cell range extension

Riversimple

Fuel cell vehicle

Supercap/Battery balance

New Construction site lighting product

Abu Dhabi Science Festival

Current R&D Projects

• Fuel Cell Manufacturing

Development of a low cost 4kW automotive stack

Arcola Energy, Imperial College, Warwick Manufacturing group, Lohmann Tapes

• Project ZEBRA - Zero Emission Bus RAnge-extender

Arcola Energy, Magtec, Imperial College

• Vanadium Hydrogen Flow Battery for Grid Storage

Arcola Energy, Alstom Power, Imperial College

• Off-grid Hydrogen

Energy as a service for off-grid sites

Arcola Energy, BOC, Commercial Group

• C-MU – Civilian Marine Unmanned Aircraft System

Arcola Energy, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Cella Energy

• Island Hydrogen

Arcola Energy, ITM Power, IBM, Toshiba, SSE

Arcola’s DC Microgrid

• 28 x 200W PV panels- 7 connected to DC Microgrid- 21 connected to string inverter / Feed-in Tariff

• 7 x Maslows (each with 1kWh battery) on main theatre site

• 2 x Maslows (each with 1kWh battery) on Arcola lab site

• 14 x DC Desks with Variable DC sockets (up to 50W)

• 5 x Variable DC charge points

• 1 x 150W Hydrogen Fuel cell generator

DC Lighting

• 30 x 9W LED downlighters in office

• 24 x 9W LED downlighters in bar and front-of-house

• 20 x 9W LED downlighters in dressing rooms

• 6 x 15W LED strip lights in Studio 5

• 6 x 15W LED strip lights in Arcola Lab

DC Bus

• Bus voltage: 22-31V

• Variable DC sockets in desks: USB form-factor. Output voltage 5V-19V determined by cable

• 7 independent circuits in main building.

• Possible future work: install a ‘spine’ to join the independent Maslow units.

Coming Soon: Arcola Lab - DC Microgrid Urban Factory

Simon Mylius - simon@arcolaenergy.com

Head of Engineering, Arcola Energy

www.arcolaenergy.com 020 7503 1386

Questions ?