Our Research
RACE has four programs comprising 17 research themes.
The four research programs are:
- RACE for Business – Boosting business energy productivity via digitalisation, electrification and value chain optimisation
- RACE for Homes – Developing and applying new energy technologies and solutions for consumers
- RACE for Networks – Better network services and lower costs through customer distributed energy resources and network integration
- RACE for Everyone – Foresighting, stakeholder engagement, trust building, capacity building, training and education.
RACE for Business
B1
Transforming energy productivity through value chains
B2
Industry 4.0 for energy productivity
B3
Decarbonising industrial process heating
B4
Flexible demand and demand control
B5
Anaerobic digestion for electricity, transport and gas
RACE for Homes
H1
Residential solar pre-cooling
H2
Enhancing home thermal inertia
H3
Using home energy technologies for grid support
H4
Rewarding flexible demand: Customer-friendly cost reflective tariffs and incentives
H5
Smart algorithms for optimising home energy supply and use
RACE for Networks
N1
Electric Vehicles and the Grid
N2a: Low-cost visibility of network conditions
N2b: Assessing and mapping the hosting capacity of energy networks
N2c: Integrating solar, energy storage and flexible loads with DER networks
N3a: Algorithms and analysis for cost effective micro-grids
N3b: Storage as a Service – Distributed community batteries
N4
Distribution System Operator and Beyond: Optimising planning and regulation for DM & DER
RACE for Everyone
E1
Trust building for collaborative win-win customer solutions
E2
Innovative foresighting
and planning
E3
Developing the future energy workforce