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AN INDEPENDENT <strong>EVALUATION</strong> OF THE LCNF<br />

Involvement of other partners and<br />

external funding<br />

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Assessment:<br />

The project involved a wide range of external partners covering the main technical /commercial /<br />

stakeholder aspects as applicable.<br />

External funding for > 10% of the project was obtained.<br />

Evidence:<br />

The full submission pro-forma outlines the following partners and their roles as follows:<br />

• Cranfield University: lead the design and build of the Scenario Investment Model (SIM)<br />

• Aston University: Construction of the simulation harness for the initial defined network<br />

• Alstom: development of the dynamic asset management, automated load transfer and meshed<br />

network.<br />

• GE Digital Energy: design and supply of Energy Storage Systems (ESS)<br />

• CISCO: design and supply of the communications infrastructure; cyber security testing of the<br />

communications infrastructure.<br />

• Logica: Project support functions for overall project, as well as Quality and Benefits Management.<br />

Assistance in obtaining and processing existing settlement data. Logica is also an implementer of<br />

DPLAN, one of the network modelling tools considered for the SIM.<br />

• University of Bath: knowledge capture, dissemination and customer engagement<br />

• ELEXON: obtaining customer settlement data; provide access to the systems required to process<br />

and aggregate this data.<br />

• ElectraLink: responsible for the development of enhanced customer load profile.<br />

• Milton Keynes Council (project sponsor) will be stimulating targeted initiatives.<br />

• JRC: provision of radio planning and frequency allocation for the telecommunications infrastructure<br />

Partners’ roles are also discussed in parts of the closedown report and the EATL report highlights a similar<br />

list of project partners.<br />

The full submission pro-forma highlights external funding of £2,064k (>10% of project costs).<br />

References:<br />

• Project FALCON closedown report; December 2015.<br />

• Summary of the LCNF funds learning EATL, April 2016.<br />

• FALCON Full Submission Pro-forma.<br />

PÖYRY MANAGEMENT CONSULTING<br />

October 2016<br />

713_Poyry_Report_Evaluation_of_the_LCNF_FINAL_Oct_2016_v700.docx<br />

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