About Us
Enertechnos is a pioneering energy technology innovation company dedicated to enabling ‘better electricity’
Who we are
Enertechnos was founded in 2014 expressly to develop more efficient cables for distribution grids. The initial driver was that losses in the UK grid (presently around 27TW per year according to the annual DUKES report) represent 1.5% of the UK’s total CO2 emissions. It is axiomatic that whenever the question involves ‘decarbonisation’ the answer involves ‘electricity’.
What we do
One of the chief causes of losses in grids is the cabling itself. We invented a cable called ‘Capacitive Transfer System’ (CTS) that presents as a long linear capacitor. This was a somewhat counter-intuitive step for some electrical engineers – which may be why it hadn’t been tried successfully before. In testing, the cable was proven not only to have lower losses but also greater carrying capacity per unit of conductor and other benefits such as reactive support and filtration of harmonics.
Who we are
Enertechnos was founded in 2014 expressly to develop more efficient cables for distribution grids. The initial driver was that losses in the UK grid (presently around 27TW per year according to the annual DUKES report) represent 1.5% of the UK’s total CO2 emissions. It is axiomatic that whenever the question involves ‘decarbonisation’ the answer involves ‘electricity’.
What we do
One of the chief causes of losses in grids is the cabling itself. We invented a cable called ‘Capacitive Transfer System’ (CTS) that presents as a long linear capacitor. This was a somewhat counter-intuitive step for some electrical engineers – which may be why it hadn’t been tried successfully before. In testing, the cable was proven not only to have lower losses but also greater carrying capacity per unit of conductor and other benefits such as reactive support and filtration of harmonics.
We invented a cable called ‘Capacitive Transfer System’ (CTS), which reduces losses and, more importantly, can deliver more power through the same mass of conductor.
We invented a cable called ‘Capacitive Transfer System’ (CTS), which reduces losses and, more importantly, can deliver more power through the same mass of conductor.
CTS cable can be easily manufactured in existing factories on standard cable-making machinery.
The company has patented the cable design and has had two versions of the cable made in different European factories. Enertechnos’s strategy is not to be a manufacturer but instead to license its technology to cable companies around the world. A large part of the engineering effort in recent years has been to develop CTS cable so that it can be manufactured in existing factories on standard cable-making machinery with only a very light and reversible modification.
Market Opportunity
In 2020 the market globally for cable and wire was circa $90 billion. According to the Bloomberg NEO Report dated 27th October 2020, overall grid investment to 2050 is around $14 trillion in their Economic Transition Scenario. 48% ($5.8 trillion) of that is sustainment capital in replacing ageing assets at end of life, while 38% is grid reinforcement and 21% is new connections. These latter two categories add up to $8.22 trillion.
Market Opportunity
In 2020 the market globally for cable and wire was circa $90 billion. According to the Bloomberg NEO Report dated 27th October 2020, overall grid investment to 2050 is around $14 trillion in their Economic Transition Scenario. 48% ($5.8 trillion) of that is sustainment capital in replacing ageing assets at end of life, while 38% is grid reinforcement and 21% is new connections. These latter two categories add up to $8.22 trillion.
Progress to Date
Enertechnos has used equity to fund R&D since its start in 2014, successfully attaining the following milestones:
Enertechnos was founded.
Commenced research based on wound capacitor, tested at Electrical research Association (ERA)
Manufacturing feasibility report commissioned from The Welding Institute (TWI)
Testing Prototypes
Built own cable-making machinery and then the first CTS cable – flat (‘planar’) geometry
Highly successful testing programme proved concept was valid as linear cable
Designed round (annular’) version of CTS, commissioned from specialist cable company
Design and Validation
Tested 1km long annular cable under National Physical Laboratory supervision
Designed first enamelled CTS cable
Commissioned enamelled cable from specialist cable company
Devised high-frequency testing rig to emulate length
Established Advisory Board of industry experts
Relationships with DNOs
Commenced work with leading UK distribution network operator
Continued testing of enamelled cable at high frequency
Production of Cable
Moved into new Kingston premises
New patents submitted
Innovate UK project awarded and started, with Brunel University and TWI (The Welding Institute) as partners
Design of cable (two versions)
Ordered commercially-built ‘layered’ cable – 1km from major Portuguese manufacturer
Started work on joints with Lovink, Netherlands
Established Sheffield laboratory to test cable under Brunel University supervision
Ordered ‘enamelled’ cable from major Italian manufacturer
Regulatory
Concluded Sheffield tests with both layered and enamelled cable versions
Completed Innovate UK programme with award for ‘Best Environmental’ project
Joined Ofgem Environment Working Group
Commenced BEIS-funded Energy Entrepreneurs Fund, Round 7 (EEF7) programme with two phases:
- Phase 1: material testing at very high voltage
- Phase 2: use of CTS in wireless car charging applications
Built high-voltage test lab (up to 70kV) in Kingston
Materials Testing and Grid Compliance Design
Continued EEF7 programme
Drafted design guidelines for CTS installations in grid networks
Designed cable protection system
Completed grid modelling using DIgSILENT software package
Underground Cable Prototypes
Completed EEF7 project
Finalised joint design for underground cable with working prototypes
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We’re proud to be at the forefront of the clean tech industry and always looking for opportunities for our technology to be used across countries and industries.
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Want to get in touch?
We’re proud to be at the forefront of the clean tech industry and always looking for opportunities for our technology to be used across countries and industries.
Feel free to get in touch by clicking the link below.