£150,000 funding for innovative green energy university spin out projects

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Unlocking the full potential of Scotland’s renewable energy resources is at the heart of a project led by the University of Aberdeen, which has received £75,000 to support development of a new technology for use in Direct Current (DC) transmission and distribution electrical power systems.

The LC Direct Current Circuit Breaker (LCDC CB) has been developed by Professor Dragan Jovcic from the University’s School of Engineering as an essential component of DC systems, which are seen as key to integrating Scotland’s large amount of dispersed and remote renewable energy sources, replacing traditional AC-based systems.